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May 28, 2019
Naughty but nice
You know when you buy DVDs of Fred Olen Ray's nudie cuties that you aren't exactly going to see a hot contender for the Oscars. These films are a throwback to the wonderful exploitation cinema of Russ Meyer, Herschell Gordon Lewis and David F. Friedman. The girls are lovely and are clearly having fun. The plots are a bit thin, but they have some great ideas. Super Ninja Doll is inventive and funny, the live anime gimmick a real hoot. Bikini Girls from the Lost Planet is hysterically funny, love the bit when they arrive at the staid university in their bikinis. Voodoo Dollz is funny, but the plot idea has the potential to be a great supernatural thriller. Maybe Fred can remake this sometime when he's not so busy.
Especially lovely about this set from Ray's Retromedia Entertainment is that the three films showcase the delightful Christine Nguyen, one of Fred's favourite actors. Christine has star quality and while she radiates in every scene, these films also showcase Syren, Nicole Sheridan and Michelle Bauer.
These movies are great pick-me-ups after a busy day.
Mar 01, 2024
All the Vibrant Colours of the Dark
The new high-definition restorations of Roger Corman's early 1960s classics, THE TERROR and THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, is an exciting visual feast, especially for those like me who have only experienced these films based on poor and deteriorating public-domain prints.
THE TERROR, in particular, is a colour film, largely shot on sets used in Corman's THE RAVEN, and the restoration has brought out all the colours of the dark with an almost 3D effect -- the result is sumptuous, glorious and breathtaking. We can see now how closely it resembles the Euro horror films of Mario Bava such as THE WHIP AND THE BODY and HERCULES IN THE HAUNTED WORLD.
THE TERROR's plot is overly complicated, thanks to the way it was filmed with Corman and six other directors shooting different sections. A lost French military officer Jack Nicholson sees the vision of a woman he believes is real and follows her to Boris Karloff's castle. He falls in love with this vision as he tries to solve the mystery over Karloff's pathetic protests. Meanwhile a local witch (wonderfully played by Dorothy Neumann) and her boy Jonathan Haze are watching the goings-on from afar. Their stories are linked and leads directly to a tumultuous climax. The improved picture and sound quality help make the story much easier to follow.
C. Courtney Joyner and Dr Steve Haberman bring their vast encyclopedic knowledge of cinema to the audiocommentary which provides fascinating insights into the making of THE TERROR.
THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, in black and white, looks better than ever.
This disc is one of three double bills from Film Masters of restored editions of Corman's Filmgroup movies on blu-ray. This is the second and it features as an extra the second part an excellent document on the films produced and released by Filmgroup.