Okay, it's totally weird that--at this late date, after so many years of drinking in cinematic grot--I can still dredge up a B-movie that I've never even HEARD of, like "Port Sinister." (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0046199) I mean, it (supposedly) has giant crab monsters! I've even seen "The Milpitas Monster!" How did I miss this sucker? It's co-written by Jack Pollexfen, who has given the world some truly classic cheese, including both "The Son of Dr. Jeckyll" AND "The Daughter of Dr. Jeckyll," "The Neanderthal Man," "The Man From Planet X," and--lest we forget--"Monstrosity," AKA the MST3K favorite "The Atomic Brain." Brrr.
Anyone here seen it? And are there any movies you've always wanted to see, but seem to have dropped off the face of the planet?
Haven't seen it but copies turn up on ebay all the time.
If you're looking for a copy of THE MILPITAS MONSTER, let me know because a local truckstop (You heard that correctly!) has a bunch for sale for only #3.33. What a great truckstop.
I'd like to see Jerry Lewis' dramatic masterpiece THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED but I've heard it's locked away in a vault somewhere...and also that you should, never, ever under any circumstances mention this Holocaust drama to Jerry...
Two B-movies that I had never heard of were:
Hera Purple Devil Goddess and Windigo
Both bad in a bad way
PORT SINISTER is available from a couple of gray market dealers.
There's a writeup on it over at Scifilm if you're interested:
Seen Port Sinister. What Dave Sindelar (linked in post above) said about it is very correct -- it is DULL. DULL DULL DULL. You may be asking, how can a movie with such cool concepts like a giant crab and a lost island fort be dull? Answer: Same way a movie with a cool concept title like Werewolves on Wheels can bore the average viewer into a glassy-eyed, drooling stupor. I can't even recommend it for its bad entertainment value. I'd compare it favorably to Serpent Island, but that's about it.
But you'll see it anyway because you must. You can almost usually find a copy on eBay. (That's where I got mine two years ago, and there's one there now as I type this.) But you may wish you'd spent your time looking at The Lost Continent (1968) again.
regards,
Apostic
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I've wanted to see THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED also for the curiousity value.
After the infomercial in the 80s and what I've read online about the whole Santo Gold fiasco, I want to see BLOOD CIRCUS. But the original negative and any copies supposedly disappeared after a brief premiere. Although it is listed in my 1994 copy of VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever Guide, so it may have been available at one time.
After seeing an episode of AMERICAN MASTERS on PBS about him, I'd love to see most of Lon Chaney Sr.'s films that have been lost, not just LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT.
Thanks for the tips, folks.
In return, I give you..."The Day The Clown Cried." (http://www.subcin.com/clowncried.html) Well, as close as you're ever likely to come to seeing it. anyway...
Amazing polarization on this subject, isn't there? I made an lukewarm, offhand reference to the "Golden Turkey Awards" write-up on another board, and got nuked so hard you'd have thought it was a Frenchman's convention (tee hee).
How about FLESH EATERS. The film about people stuck on this island with a German scientist who creates these flesh eating microbes that are out in the water surrounding the island.
The Cramps I think have a song called "Nest of the Cuckoo Bird" and I've seen a flier for it, but I can't find a copy anywhere. great title
"The Flesh Eaters" is a hoot. Not only does it have that wacky "surfin' the giant one-celled organism" climax, there's that grisly/funny bit of matte work involving the dead doofus on the raft...Movies Unlimited has it.
Thanks. I just checked it out. THE FLESH EATERS cost $18.99 on VHS. Maybe I'll pay that much for the DVD, but I'm not sure. I remember seeing this on Saturday Monster movie matinee on TV during the 70's.
Okay, here's a really really obscure one that I can only find a reference to as part of a reivew of WEREWOLF OF WASHINGTON: WEREWOLF OF WOODSTOCK.
My wife actually saw WEREWOLF OF WOODSTOCK at a drive-in(!) in Virginia as a teenager. According to the "Werewolf of Washington" (Which is available) review, "Werewolf of Woodstock" was shot by the same people on the still-nascent technology of videotape & then transferred to film-stock. It was shot at the site of the Woodstock Music Festival the following summer (1970) on the still-standing stage & light structures that nobody had bothered to remove from Max Yasgur's farm.
I haven't been able to find anything at all about the story of this film or really anything beyond my wife's recollections. She says that the werewolf mask used was the worst she'd ever seen(!!), and there was a sequence on motorcycles & jeeps, ala "Werewolves on Wheels".
So much lost treasure . . .
peter johnson
Squishy wrote:
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> Thanks for the tips, folks.
>
> In return, I give
> you..."The Day The
> Clown Cried." (http://www.subcin.com/clowncried.html) Well, as close as you're ever likely to
> come to seeing it. anyway...
>
> Amazing polarization on this subject, isn't there? I made an
> lukewarm, offhand reference to the "Golden Turkey Awards"
> write-up on another board, and got nuked so hard you'd have
> thought it was a Frenchman's convention (tee hee).
Which board was that?
You always have to be careful as you converse on different boards, as each of them develops their own separate set of "community standards" (for lack of a better word) depending on who they attract. There's one board which I enjoy lurking at, but am hesitant to join because most of them seem to not just like, but wholeheartedly LOVE Andy Milligan films, and if I were to let them know what I think about them (the films, not the board members), I'd probably get dropped quicker than a new Steven Segall film.