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Agency (1980, George Kaczender) Now the plight of an advertising executive may not be a high priority on most folks lists. But seeing as this one is played by old robot legs himself, Lee Majors a few more ears may prick up. One of a slew of post Watergate films .... in the same ball park as Looker(1981) if you squint a bit. Rather faded 4:3 print here from Boulevard even though it's blatantly a port with the FBI warning at the start Will look into a clearer one later, as it's a decent enough potboiler.
__________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] [B] "... the days ahead will be filled with struggle ... and coated in marzipan ... "[/B] |
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Fiend Without a Face (1958) An odd British production that's so Americanized in it's setting, styles and well, everything really, that you'd scarcely believe it was made entirely in England. To be honest this alien invasion thriller isn't all that great as it plods along without much happening aside from an invisible force knocking over a bucket of water as it passes by. There's a standard plot about some sort of alien force using rocket experiments as a way to power up but basically sod all happens. Then fifteen minutes from the end all hell breaks loose. We ditch the affable sci-fi nonsense and the film becomes an utterly macabre horror fest. The aliens are revealed as grotesque brain-spine creatures that suck away human brains in a thrilling siege reminiscent of zombie films to come, as a small band of people are trapped in a house during an onslaught of flying brains. It sounds preposterous and it is, but it's also utterly thrilling and gruesomely gory for it's time as brains are splattered and blood runs re...er' black and white. Recommended. |
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