Movies:

Here are the movies I got in my set with a few quick notes. Each one will have its own more detailed review with morality and spirituality guides for anyone interested.

 

-Absolution: A Catholic schoolboy torments a priest with prank confessions. When another boy’s life is threatened the priest feels compelled to do something about it but is sworn to secrecy since it involves confession. His internal struggles with the matter threaten to drive him insane. It’s slow for a while but becomes a better story than most in this pack.

 

-Beast From Haunted Cave: A team of crooks awaken a deadly monster in the mountains. It's hungry now and wants them for dinner. It's an OK flick for an obscure black and white horror, but needs a better looking monster.

 

-Black Hooker: A white boy grows up in the house of his black grandparents because his prostitute mother doesn’t want him. He tries to find his way in life as an unwanted child raised by a child-molesting preacher. It's drawn out and often dull, not a great movie.

 

-Blood Mania: A young doctor needs money to pay a blackmailer. The daughter of a rich patient will resort to murder to get the money he needs in order to get him in her pocket. Things do not go well for them. This one is too obsessed with its nude scenes to be a good suspense.

 

-Breakout From Oppression: A woman recently out of prison tries to start a new life at a newspaper. Someone is out to make her life miserable and will bring harm to those around her in order to get revenge. It’s a choppy attempt at a Chinese slasher; not worth the time it takes to watch.

 

-Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride: (AKA Satanic Rites of Dracula) Dr. Van Helsing faces off against Count Dracula as the evil vampire attempts to wipe out humanity with a virulent plague. It's typical classic monster characters in a non-classic story type of B movie horror. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and Joanna Lumley star.

 

-Country Blue: A pair of lovers rob a bank and take off for Mexico. Trouble with the law and tragedy make the journey a difficult one. It's a criminals-played-as-heroes type of drama with boring car chases and pitiful fights. Not worth watching.

 

-Creeper: (better known as Rituals) A group of doctors is terrorized in the wilderness with no idea of who or why. It's a concept similar to Deliverance with more focus on elements of horror (severed heads on pikes and such). It might be a decent movie if not for the terrible A/V quality.

 

-Day of the Panther: A drug lord kills the partner of the baddest Kung Fu master in Australia. Blade is out for revenge by posing as muscle for hire and will chop suey a few faces along the way. It's a weak but somewhat fun martial arts movie.

 

-The Devil With 7 Faces: A woman is mistaken for her diamond-heisting twin sister and terrorized by thugs. It’s a terrible early 70’s Italian suspense/action movie with horrible audio and video quality.

 

-The Devil's Hand: A seemingly happy man turns from his normal life to the pleasures of a dark cult. Can he realize what he has given up or will the cult be the death of him? It's an interesting and dark tale of carnal pleasures vs. good sense.

 

-Don't Look in the Basement: A nurse takes a job at an odd sanitarium where the patients run wild. Who's on her side and who's out to kill her? It starts out OK but gets annoying further into it.

 

-Don't Open Till Christmas: Some kook is running around brutally murdering people dressed up as Santa Claus. Scotland Yard struggles to crack the case before more die. This one offers little more than shocking death scenes to keep the viewer interested. How shocking? How about castrating Santa as he drains his lizard?

 

-The Firing Line: A soldier for hire finds out the guys he's been working for are the evil ones while the rebels he's been killing are the good guys. He changes sides and becomes the rebels' champion. It's mindless nonstop gunfire and explosions. Not worth watching.

 

-Going Steady: 3 high school boys in Israel are interested in 2 things: girls and what they can do to get girls out of their clothes. One of them is about to fall in love and want a girl for more than just sex. It's a sex comedy that is lame rather than funny. Not worth the time.

 

-The Guy From Harlem: A detective who grew up on the streets of Harlem is hired first to bodyguard an African princess and then to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a crime lord. It's a pretty crappy action flick.

 

-Horror of the Zombies: A ghost ship full of zombie knights takes on stowaways. Can they survive this onslaught of the undead? This is an OK movie for a low-budget Spanish monster flick. The zombies are actually kind of cool.

 

-I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now: A man in need of money hires someone to kill his wife. When there is a problem with the insurance policy he goes to stop the killer only to find out the job has been subcontracted. He tracks down hit man after hit man trying to find the one who actually plans on completing the job. It’s a silly comedy that isn’t very funny.

 

-In Hot Pursuit: Hillbilly drug runners face off against cops that want their hide and a kingpin that would just as soon shoot them as look at them. It's a criminals-as-heroes action adventure that is so bad it's almost funny.

 

-Invasion of the Bee Girls: Men in town are dropping dead during sex. A govt. agent begins to suspect experiments with insects are causing women to act like queens who kill their mates. It's a campy sci-fi thriller that is more concerned with naked bodies than telling a story.

 

-The Island Monster: A little girl is kidnapped by drug smugglers to keep the authorities away. Her father infiltrates the organization to get her back. It's a really awful tale despite the involvement of Boris Karloff.

 

-Jive Turkey: A black crime lord battles Italian mobsters and the police force in an attempt to keep control of his gambling operation in Harlem. It’s a blaxsploitation flick that isn’t all that good.

 

-Katie's Passion: This is an early Paul Verhoeven film based on a famous autobiography about the struggles of a poverty-stricken girl in Amsterdam. Her family pushes her towards prostitution to make money, and guys are happy to take advantage of this pretty, young thing. It could have been an OK drama, but feels exploitative itself at times. Rutger Hauer guest stars.

 

-The Lazarus Syndrome: A cardiologist saves the life of a man who kind of latches onto the doctor. The guy accuses the head of the hospital of being a junkie. If he's wrong it's his doctor's job, if he's right it's a fellow patient's life. It's a decent medical drama with Louis Gossett, Jr.

 

-Legacy of Blood: A wealthy man has died leaving his family and servants a large inheritance. They must spend a week in his house to get it and should anyone die their share would pass to the survivors. People start dropping dead pretty quickly. This is more tedious than entertaining.

 

-Legend of Bigfoot: This is a supposed documentary of one man's search for the elusive Bigfoot. He claims the footage at the end is genuine proof, but obviously if that were the case this wouldn't be a little known public domain feature rather than the centerpiece of enthusiasts' arguments.

 

-Mad Dog: Mad Dog and his gang break jail and want revenge on the people that put them there. It’s a mobster revenge flick that isn’t very good at all.

 

-The Manipulator: Mickey Rooney is an insane movie director holding a girl captive as he forces her to recite lines for the movie he thinks he's shooting. It's an hour and a half of surreal craziness, loony rants, and repetitive lines.

 

-Moon of the Wolf: A small town sheriff investigates a death that looks in some ways like a wild dog attack and in other ways like a murder. It's a werewolf movie centered around the investigation aspects. It's not bad but features weak action and a terrible wolf getup.

 

-The Murder Mansion: A group of people take refuge in an old mansion where strange things start happening. Monsters quietly invade the house and people drop dead, but the monsters are not what they seem. It's a moderately interesting if convoluted tale of suspense.

 

-Nabonga: A young girl survives an airplane crash in the jungle where her thief of a father keeps her hidden away lest he be arrested for his crimes. Years later the son of a victim searches for the lost valuables to return them only to find they are guarded by the jungle girl and her huge gorilla protector. It's a mildly charming if unimpressive effort.

 

-Night Train to Terror: God and Satan discuss humanity and watch 3 short tales unfold: a body part harvesting organization, a group that plays weird games of Russian Roulette, and a face off between a Catholic girl and a demon. It's a mildly interesting attempt at shock value cinema. Richard Moll plays a couple of different roles.

 

-Prime Time: Someone has taken over the TV airwaves and replaced the regular programming with all kinds of crazy stuff. It's filled with parodies of shows and commercials, but it's not all that funny and makes it's jokes by being offensive. Fred Dryer and Harry Shearer show up.

 

-Prisoners of the Lost Universe: A trio of people is zapped into an alternate reality of swords and horses where a vicious warlord rules thanks to the “magical” technology of firearms. They face the savages of the land as they try to get back to their own reality. Richard Hatch, Kay Lenz, and John Saxon star. It starts off weak but becomes more fun as the action builds.

 

-Rattlers: Rattlesnakes in the desert are attacking aggressively with lethal results. A snake expert and a pretty photographer investigate to try to figure out what's going on. It's a poorly made but somewhat interesting flick.

 

-Savage Journey: This chronicles the early days of the Mormon church; from Joseph Smith's early musings about God to the journey to Utah. One part drama, one part documentary it's all parts dull. Richard Moll stars.

 

-Savage Weekend: A group of middle-aged business people take a trip to a vacation home where a killer starts offing them one by one. This is poorly written even for a slasher. William Sanderson guest stars.

 

-Shock: In this early Vincent Price classic a woman has gone into mental shock after witnessing a murder. She is entrusted to the care of a respected doctor who is also the killer. What will he do to her to hide his crime? It's easily one of the best movies in this set and just about the only reason I'm glad I got it.

 

-Single Room Furnished: Jayne Mansfield stars in her very last role as a woman who lives a troubled life as a prostitute. A neighboring girl idolizes her so the people that know her tell her story to reveal the truth of her sad life. It's a very boring movie featuring little more than people sitting around having dull conversations for an hour and a half.

 

-Slave of the Cannibal God: A woman ventures into the jungles of New Guinea looking for her lost husband. What she finds is a tribe of vicious cannibals. This was filmed as a shocksploitation, but the worst of the material has been edited out. It's still a violent and somewhat disturbing movie especially if you're an animal lover. Ursula Andress and Stacy Keach star.

 

-Snowbeast: A Yeti is killing people at a mountain ski resort. It's up to the head of security with the help of his Olympic skier buddy to track the beast before it murders more people. It's slightly better than I expected though still not really a great movie.

 

-Spare Parts: A newlywed couple on their honeymoon is attacked by evil paramedics. They nab the groom, but the bride escapes. Without money, transportation, or even decent clothes she sets out to find help and discover who is after her. It has some OK moments but isn't always logical.

 

-Throw Out the Anchor: In this Disney-like light-hearted romp a single father of 2 tries to help his new friends from having their land taken from them for a shady road construction project. It's not at all an impressive movie.

 

-TNT Jackson: A fist-slinging woman arrives in Hong Kong looking to learn the fate of her dead brother. She faces off against a drug cartel. It's a Martial Arts movie that is so bad it's almost fun.

 

-Trauma: When a teen girl is found murdered the police investigate a private girls school. What they uncover is a disturbing plot of underage sexual manipulation. It's a crappy story with weak acting and vast amounts of underage nudity that would make me dislike it even if it were otherwise worth watching.

 

-Treasure of Tayopa: A group of explorers sets out in the Mexican wilderness looking for a lost treasure. One of the guys is crazy and starts causing trouble. It borders on being entertaining but remains unimpressive.

 

-Twister's Revenge: A KITT wannabe monster truck and its driver are on a mission to save a kidnap victim: the man's wife and the truck's programmer. They're up against a bunch of rednecks, but seem to be more interested in tearing up their houses than finding the lady. I think it's supposed to be a comedy. It's really just stupid.

 

-Unsane: A famous author finds himself in the middle of a real murder mystery with a killer that takes inspiration from the writer's latest novel. If he can catch the killer what great publicity that would be! It has some problems but is a moderately good suspense flick.

 

-Voodoo Black Exorcist: An African man is entombed alive after being caught in an adulterous relationship. Years later he returns as a living mummy to kill people and take back a girl that reminds him of his lost love. The monster in this one is one of the least menacing ever. The movie is a joke and not on purpose.

 

-Women of Devil's Island: A group of women are sent to a penal colony on an island where they are forced to pan for gold. A new guy steps in to take over and wants to run the place as a respectable institution, but the guards aren't happy about losing their sexual favors. This movie is a waste of time.