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aka The Seducers, Mrs. Manning's Weekend
Director: Peter S. Traynor
Starring: Sondra Locke, Colleen Camp, Seymour Cassel, Beth Brickell
Two ladies (Sondra Locke & Colleen Camp) hitch up with a wealthy California businessman who takes them back to his enormous pad. One disco, hot tub, 3-way seduction later and all bets are off! This film just totally switches gears into one of the most unadulterated and senseless epics of torture/crime/anarchy/torture we have ever witnessed. Those girls hate them some middle classed, middle-aged business man and they don't hold back! A completely unhinged rollercoaster of surreal Grand Guignol excess that is truly twisted and it just has to be seen to be believed! This film contains absolutely no message or moral compass...zero, nada, zilch! Just pure white-hot cleansing violence! The note this film ends on left us speechless! San Francisco, put that flower in your hair!
aka Under Hot Leather
Director: Russ Mayberry
Starring: Tippy Walker, Robert Porter, Billy Green, Carmen Argenziano
Wow--If Easy Rider represented 60's disenfranchisement...then, The Jesus Trip encapsulated the 70's downfall of ideals. Ending up as the epilogue to the movie it aped is no small compliment. This outstandingly shot movie follows a biker gang's struggles against heroin smuggling, the man, and the universe itself. Challenging, entertaining and waaaay better than it should have been--one of the more underrated films wiped from the American conscious. This film transcends the biker movie reputation completely after the genre was already dead... Director Russ Mayberry's only venture outside of TV fare...indicating a glitch within the system. If this description seems vague, it's only because you just need to watch it. Deep and uncompromising…
This film has been released on DVD. It is no longer available to download here but we highly recommend buying your own copy: The Jesus Trip
aka Blood Legacy
Director: Carl Monson
Starring: Rodolfo Acosta, Merry Anders, Norman Bartold, Ivy Bethune, John Carradine
Runtime: 90 min
In order to qualify to inherit the family fortune, the four heirs must spend the night in the family estate. However, during the night someone starts killing them off.
Philippines
Director: Andrew Meyer
Starring: Joy Bang, Marlene Clark, Roger Garrett, Vic Diaz
WOW--another disciple request...and wow...we definitely weren't expecting this caliber of trashy fun from a Philippines lensed snake movie. It has it all--a doe-eyed college student played by Joy Bang (not kidding), Sexy Snake Queen seduction, seedy rituals, Sexy Snake Queen double-double cross, horrible transformations, cock fighting and a masturbation scene that is truly odd. Despite all that we have just told you, this film moves along at a fantastic and super watch-able pace. A refreshingly well made, hard R film--the Dirk Benedict snake potboiler SSSSSSS did a terrible job ripping off this awesome, dynamite film... And don't forget the cardinal rule "De-fanging a snake is like castrating a MAN!!"--amen to that...
Download Night of the Cobra Woman: avi video (681MB) iPod video (251MB)
Italy
aka L'Umanoide
Director: Aldo Lado
Starring: Richard Kiel, Corinne Clery, Leonard Mann, Barbara Bach
Richard Kiel and Barbara Bach star in a Star Wars rip off...STOP THE PRESSES... OK, not really. If you are interested in this then there is some...well,...lets just say that we can't escape our roots, ehh? We just screenedWar of the Robots which pretty much disqualifies us from commenting......but, CMON guys, Star Crash delivered and in Turkey they at least tried...this is Gong Show and I'm just an atom in the big scheme of things...hello?
Download Humanoid: avi video (897MB) iPod video (323MB)
Director: Don Chaffey
Starring: Julie Ege, Brian O'Shaughnessy, Tony Bonner, Robert John
It’s HOT! It’s HAMMER! It's FORGOT!...um...oh YEA, and it's cave people era...that's really all you need to know, practically, right? Well, Yea and No--it IS a Caveman film...and not even the fifth one made at this point...but there are Alien Astronout-ish villains...and it's fucking Hammer right? And, Jesus, Julie Ege is pretty damn hot...hot enough to make you forget about all those science books. But does anyone want us to mention how well made, paced, shot and edited this movie is--even without the inclusion of Carolyn Munro? Well do you, MR. TECHNOREALISTICACCURACYDINOSAURSVSHUMANSNEVERHAPPENEDINEEDMYMOMMY???? guy...yea, we thought so...
Download Creatures the World Forgot: avi video (683MB) iPod video (313MB)
Italy
aka La Morte negli occhi del gatto
Director: Antonio Margheriti
Starring: Jane Birkin, Hiram Keller, Françoise Christophe, Venantino Venantini
There are many threads that bind the Hex...you may have noticed that Antonio Margheriti in one of them...his catalogue of work speaks volumes and his name means something to us here in the catacombs. This may be one of his most beautifully realized works--a film that combines the popular Italian Giallo films with a Hammer sensibility. Dripping with gothic sexuality: Clue meets Vampyros Lesbos. We are very proud to offer you Seven Deaths in a Cat's Eye in full anamorphic glory. The good old days were very good indeed!
Download Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye: avi video (700MB)
Japan
aka Bijo to Ekitainingen, Beauty and the Liquidman
Dircetor: Ishiro Honda
Starring: Yumi Shirakawa, Kenji Sahara, Akihiko Hirata, Koreya Senda
Simply wow....Toho knocks it out of the park again. Heroin , gangsters, blobs and Weapons of Mass DESTRUCTION....and this was all in 1958. Stunningly gorgeous and a serious, haunting meditation on humanity. The definition of a classic - at the top of his game, Ishiro Honda's masterpieces still cannot be touched. Always intelligent, elegant and thought provoking......Japan hit their groovy groovy age way earlier and way higher!
This film has been released on DVD. It is no longer available to download here but we highly recommend buying your own copy: Icons of Sci-Fi: Toho Collection
North Korea
Director: Chong Gon Jo, Sang-ok Shin
Starring: Chang Son Hui, Ham Gi Sop, Jong-uk Ri, Gwon Ri
How to make a giant monster movie when you rule your own Communist country? Well, for starters you 'hire' a prominent director you kidnapped from the neighboring country...and then you use your army for large extra scenes! At least thats how Kim Jong Il rolled when he set out to produce Pulgasari....
Not you average giant monster movie....its more of a political period piece potboiler meets Pokemon on a Gollum high. Pulgasari is birthed from the hands of a common prisoner and goes on to lead the oppressed peasants in a revolt against their tyrannical overlord - leading to some great contests of strength and will. Believe us though when we say there is A LOT of planning, speculation and theorizing about revolt before it gets off the ground - all while a cute little Pulgasari grows and grows......but Pulgasari keeps growing and growing on an insatiable diet of iron. Apparently, saving the village from tyranny is not enough and he quickly turns on the peasants themselves teaching the audience that ...well....whatever....we'll leave the forced political overtones to more competent scholars and Battlefield Earth fans....
Somehow a portion of the Toho technical staff was roped into this so the giant monster and miniature effects are top shelf....that story alone probably warrants its own documentary. All in all a very interesting piece of modern film history. We do have to wonder what sort of film GWB would make if he were so inclined....would cowboy chapped giant bottles of beer and Psychlos be involved?
