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THE OBLONG BOX Vincent Price stars as Sir Julian Markham, a wealthy member of the British gentry who we first meet in Africa as his brother, Edward, is strung up and disfigured in a voodoo ritual for some horrible transgression he has committed against the native peoples. , ,
THE OCTAGON Enter the Ninja may have been the impetus that starte dthe 1980s ninja craze in America, but this low key, low budget Chuck Norris actioner was the first ninjasploitation film out of the gate.Chuck must battle an army of terrorist-training ninjas before facing off with his evil ninja blood brother! ,
ODIN: PHOTON SPACE SAILER Our Animeighties celebration kicks off with the notorious flop of a feature film from the producer of Yamato, in which the energetic crew of a spacefarin' schooner high five each other wildly as they set out in search of the mythical planet Odin, from which ancient aliens may have come and settled on earth under the assumed identity of Norse gods. Needlessly long, hopelessly incoherent, and exceptionally animated, Odin is considered a shining example of everything that can go wrong with a anime movie. , ,
OLDBOY Oldboy comes to the west with a considerable amount of fanfare, having garnered awards at Cannes, as if such awards mean anything at all these days. I think at some point, every single film ever made will have won some sort of an award. Suffice it to say, there hasn't been a Korean film with this much stateside buzz surrounding it since Shiri and My Sassy Gal stormed the scene a couple years ago. And once again, what we have on our hands is a very cliche film in which everything that needs to happen does, but is presented so expertly that the end result is a hugely entertaining foray into an increasingly twisted tale of revenge. ,
OLULER KONUSMAZKI Oluler Konusmazki is one of the few examples of Turkish horror occurring between Dracula Istanbul'da and the films of today. It appears to have been a dismal failure at the box office, so I guess that means that the general demographic of 1970s Turkey didn't experience film like I do. , ,
ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO Banderas, sexy as ever, returns once again as the brooding guitar-playing mariachi who decides if he's going to keep getting mistaken for a killer, he might as well become one.
PARADISE, HAWAIIAN STYLE It would be some time before they'd send Elvis to the Hawaiian well for a third time, and by then it was more of a desperation move to revitalize interest in the films. By the mid-1960s, people weren't being as kind to Elvis' films as they were in the beginning. Sure, they were still popular with the kids, but critics lost their patience somewhere around Harum Scarum and had to admit to themselves that Elvis had yet to become the next James Dean, and it was very likely that he wasn't going to be doing it any time soon. James Dean, after all, died before he could make a movie like Kissin' Cousins. ,
PATLABOR: WXIII Ghost in the Shell II: Innocence and Patlabor: WXIII made the arthouse circuits around the United States at more or less the same time, give or take a year. Close enough for atom bombs, anyway. Both were received well by critics. Innocence was received well by fans. Patlabor somewhat less so, for a number of reasons. Chief among those reasons would be that Ghost in the Shell enjoys a much higher profile in the United States, either because the darker cyberpunk edge is more appealing to American fans, or because it features a hot, nearly-naked cyborg chick with a huge rack (of guns, I mean), while Patlabor has the merely cute, fully-clothed Noa Izumi. ,
PHANTOM OF SOHO With this basic foundation in German cinema, it was many years before I visited that nation's movies again, and when I did, it was a decidedly different type of film than those I'd been watching in school. Fewer pensive stares and excessively long takes, and more George Nader and his perfectly sculpted hair jumping out of Jaguar cars and shooting gangsters. When the book Fear Without Frontiers came out, I got my first glimpse at the weird world of krimi and knew, immediately, that this was a type of film I was going to want to see. , , , ,
PHENOMENA Although I hated this film the first time I saw it, these days I consider it one of the best horror films ever made. Dario Argento weaves a bizarre tale of a young schoolgirl with a psychic link to insects, a razor-wielding chimp, a serial killer, and a maniacal deformed dwarf. , ,
PHENOMENAL AND THE TREASURE OF TUTANKHAMEN Most of the heroes and villains of fumetti did not possess super powers. They simply liked dressing up in outlandish body stockings and kicking people in the head. Needless to say, the combination of gratuitous sex appeal in the form of various Eurobabes slinking around in mod 60s mini-wear, combined with garish space-age sets and amoral violence really speaks to a sophisticated man like me. So I tend to gravitate toward these fumetti-inspired films whenever I can find them, and I'm always happy to discover new ones (such as the ones from Turkey). However, it ain't all steak and onions, and if the 1968 fumetti film Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen proves nothing else, it proves that it is possible to make a film that will disappoint even someone like me with my incredibly low standards. , , , ,
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM Vincent Price stars as a Spanish nobleman driven mad with guilt over the belief that he buried his wife alive and she has returned from the grave to seek revenge. , ,
PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES Plague of the Zombies remembers what it is a horror film is supposed to: creep you out. It has very few startling moments, but the overall sense of mist-enshrouded dread is more than enough to keep a literate viewer on pins and needles. ,
PRAY FOR DEATH Sho Kosugi remakes his film of a couple years earlier, Revenge of the Ninja, once again playing a man of peace who also happens to be a ninja and gets pushed too far by a crew of mobsters. Violent ninja antics at their best in the last great ninja film of the 1980s. ,
THE PRESIDENT'S ANALYST The inspired cap to the hippie sequence involves Schaefer, disguised in a turtleneck, fur vest, shaggy mop top wig, and sunglasses banging wildly on a gong after joining the band while FBR agents who have managed to track him down drink acid-laced juice and have groovy freak-outs.
PREMATURE BURIAL Ray Milland stands in for Vincent Price in Roger Corman's third Edgar Allan Poe adaptation for AIP, and not surprisingly, they're still going on about being buried alive. ,
THE PUNISHER The Punisher reminds me of all those bands comprised of boring suburban guys pretending to be tough and tortured as they scream about the streets and pain and rage.