Mildred Pierce (1945)
Joan Crawford's is terrific in this outstanding film Noir about a recently divorced woman who tries to make a go of it in the restaurant business but is seemingly undermined by everyone, including her vile daughter Veda (a standout performance that is both spoiled brat and terrifying femme fatale from Ann Blyth). Although it treads new ground in the Noir genre - rain, shadows and fog and gun shots in the night are largely missing here -
Mildred Pierce is perhaps more effective and shocking than most.
Brilliantly directed and photographed by
Casablanca's Michael Curtiz, this is one movie not to be missed.
Killjoy Goes to Hell (2012)
The fourth and final entry in the series is easily the best of what is mostly a bad bunch. Killjoy is sent to hell to answer to the Devil for his ineptness as a demonic clown. Following on from the decent
Killjoy 3 this improves even further. Trent Haaga is on fine form as the wise cracking clown who desperately needs help in saving his skin from jilted ex Batty Boop (Victoria De Mare). Some biting dialogue and a lot of fun make this one of my favourite Full Moon productions. A naked throughout the film De Mare helps as well.
Holocaust 2000 (1977)
Italian/British production starring Kirk Douglas as an industrialist who builds nuclear power plants, who comes to suspect his latest creation may end up fulfilling a terrible biblical prophecy in setting the world on a course of disaster. Basically a rehash of
The Omen with Simon Ward as Douglas' son who is seemingly the Antichrist.
Alberto De Martino brings together a fine international cast including Anthony Quayle, Virginia McKenna and Agostina Belli but they all appear to struggle with a muddled screenplay although there are one or two memorable moments.
Django's Cut Price Corpses (1971)
Low budget Italian nonsense. Poor script, shoddy camera work and woeful acting/dubbing. Jeff Cameron is the most forgettable Django i've come across. A film as clunky as it's title suggests.