Sleepwalker, 1984. 7/10



Director:

Saxon Logan











This was a weird and fucked up film. <3

HANDS OF THE RIPPER (1972). Although the setting is a Gothic milieu with bloody killings, the Hammer film is a little more restrained than a lot of their offerings at the time (ie; No Nudity). Eric Porter is quite good as an early Freudian champion studying an almost placid Young girl (Angharad Rees) to see why her homicidal tendencies are released. Worth checking out, although the only performer I was familiar with here was Jane Merrow (THE LION IN WINTER).***

ROMANCING THE STONE (1984). A timid novelist wishes She could have an adventure as Her characters do and gets certainly gets it flying to Columbia to aid her sister. She has to rely on pluck She never knew She had and with the aid of an Exotic Bird Smuggler, finds thrills and chills galore.

Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas have good chemistry together and the film is good, but a little overrated. Most of the comedy comes from Danny DeVito and a truly funny scene in a small village looking for transportation. ***

Dogs, 1977. 7/10

Directed by Burt Brinckerhoff

THE RUNNING MAN (1987). I hadn't seen this in ages, but it has aged pretty well. Arnold has great one liners, an awesome cast and Richard Dawson is delightfully smarmy. ***1/2

Agreed. Romancing the Stone is a gem. It's all the little details... nice cinematography and direction. It's light comedy that plays like a novel adaptation. It has a lot of clever funny writing and it's quite lively in delivery.

TRUCK TURNER (1974). Decent Blaxploitation with Isaac Hayes ("Mr Hot Buttered Soul" himself!) playing a Bounty Hunter tracking an escaped Pimp who has a veritable army of gunmen. Violent a lot of times, but Isaac and Alan Weeks as his partner have good chemistry, an appearance by the always welcome Scatman Crothers and also welcome Yaphet Kotto, who has a pretty cool send off here; at least it's filmed in a different fashion than what You would expect. The most surprising part of TT is Nichelle Nichols (the classy Lt Uhara from the original STAR TREK) playing an extremely hateful and foul mouthed Madam! ::shocked::***

Maniac, 1980. 10/10

Directed by William Lustig

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Taste the Blood of Dracula, 1970. 7/10

Directed by Peter Sasdy

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My favorite Hammer Dracula movie!!!

SNOWBEAST (1977). TV movie obviously inspired by JAWS; a ski resort is about to have a big event, which could be jeopardized by mysterious killings nearby and the financial repercussions could be fatal. Decent turns by Bo Swenson and Yvette Mimeux , but lots of slow spots and payoff really isn't worth the time invested. **1/2