RIP Robert Osborne

I am a huge fan of Turner Classic Movies. Osborne seemed like a genuinely good guy who loved film. Sad to see him go. TCM will never be the same.

Horror Recs Challenge 2014

I saw a post by Ninjas from a while back on doing a Recs Challenge like the one the IMDb Horror Board had. Not sure if that ever got off the ground. Anywho, here is the list from that challenge if anyone is interested.

1. Strangler of the Swamp (1946)(Zombie_CPA)
2. The Woman Who Came Back (1945)(Zombie_CPA)
3. Kuroneko (The Black Cat)(1968)(Zombie_CPA)
4. El Vampiro (1957)(Zombie_CPA)
5. Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)(Zombie_CPA)
6. The Vampire Bat (1933)(Zombie_CPA)
7. Silenced (2011)(shaza123)
8. Lorna the Exorcist (1974)(shaza123)
9. Mark of the Devil (1970)(shaza123)
10. Death Stop Holocaust (2009)(shaza123)
11. Chop (2011)(shaza123)
12. Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977)(shaza123)
13. Odd Thomas (2013)(sdaveak47)
14. Big Ass Spider (2013)(sdaveak47)
15. Open Grave (2013)(sdaveak47)
16. The Banshee Chapter (2013)(sdaveak47)
17. Insensibles (2012)(sdaveak47)
18. Stalled (2013)(sdaveak47)
19. Angst (1983)(peeptoad13)
20. Rabies (2010)(peeptoad13)
21. Killer's Moon (1978)(peeptoad13)
22. Motel Hell (1980)(peeptoad13)
23. Rituals (1977)(peeptoad13)
24. I Drink Your Blood (1970)(peeptoad13)
25. Psychos in Love (1987)(Matheny85)
26. Modus Anomali(Ritual)(2012)(Matheny85)
27. Blood Song(1982)(Matheny85)
28. The Strangeness(1985)(Matheny85)
29. The Carrier(1988)(Matheny85)
30. Retribution(1987)(Matheny85)
31. Crowhaven Farm (1970)(zedzeek)
32. Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (1971)(zedzeek)
33. Love Me Deadly (1973)(zedzeek)
34. The Night Strangler (1973)(zedzeek)
35. Symptoms (1974)(zedzeek)
36. House of Mortal Sin (1976(zedzeek)
37. Películas para no dormir: Cuento de navidad (Films to Keep You Awake: The Christmas Tale) (2005)(Mikey_Elite)
38. The Telling (2009)(Mikey_Elite)
39. How To Make A Monster (2001)(Mikey_Elite)
40. All About Evil (2010)(Mikey_Elite)
41. Tormented (2009)(Mikey_Elite)
42. The Breed (2006)(Mikey_Elite)
43. Dust Devil (1992)(jimb14red)
44. Society (1989)(jimb14red)
45. Night of Death (1980)(jimb14red)
46. Thirst (1979)(jimb14red)
47. The Visitor (1979)(jimb14red)
48. Psychomania (1973)(jimb14red)
49. Scream of Fear (1961)(Qwertyman3)
50. Nude for Satan (1974)(Qwertyman3)
51. The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)(Qwertyman3)
52. The Undead (1957)(Qwertyman3)
53. Don't Go in the House (1979)(Qwertyman3)
54. Blood for Dracula (1974)(Qwertyman3)
55. Isle Of The Dead (1945)(Tromafreak)
56. The Comedy Of Terrors (1963)(Tromafreak)
57. Don't Deliver Us From Evil (1971)(Tromafreak)
58. Squirm (1976)(Tromafreak)
59. Last House In The Woods (2006)(Tromafreak)
60. Wither (2012)(Tromafreak)
61. Môjû (1969) (Blind Beast)(Nan00k)
62. Grabbers (2012)(Nan00k)
63. 100 Bloody Acres (2012)(Nan00k)
64. Dead Set (2008)(Nan00k)
65. Dans ma peau (2002) (In My Skin)(Nan00k)
66. The Children (2008)(Nan00k)
67. Gu (Bewitched) (1982)(capkronos)
68. Litan (1982)(capkronos)
69. O Estranho Mundo de Zé do Caixão (The Strange World of Coffin Joe) (1968)(capkronos)
70. Qu mo jing cha (aka Magic Cop) (1990)(capkronos)
71. Vec vidjeno (aka Deja vu or Reflections) (1987)(capkronos)
72. A Warning to the Curious (1972)(capkronos)
73. Nightwatch (1994)(Reverend_Kane)
74. Happy Birthday to Me (1981)(Reverend_Kane)
75. The Ugly (1997)(Reverend_Kane)
76. Sigaw (2004)(Reverend_Kane)
77. The Boarding School (1969) aka La Residencia (Reverend_Kane)
78. The Evil (1978)(Reverend_Kane)
79. House of Mystery (1961)(emertens)
80. L'occhio dietro la parete (1977)(emertens)
81. Neither the Sea Nor the Sand (1972)(emertens)
82. Goodbye Gemini (1970)(emertens)
83. The Couch (1962)(emertens)
84. Flexing with Monty (2010)(emertens)
85. The Witch Who Came From the Sea (1976)(psychotronicbeatnik)
86. Ganja and Hess (1973)(psychotronicbeatnik)
87. Trance aka: The Eternal (1998)(psychotronicbeatnik)
88. What's the Matter With Helen? (1971)(psychotronicbeatnik)
89. Zeder aka: Revenge of the Dead (1983)(psychotronicbeatnik)
90. Hatchet for the Honeymoon(1970)(psychotronicbeatnik)
91. Brain Damage (1988)(alchemie666)
92. Dance of the Damned (1989)(alchemie666)
93. Strippers vs Werewolves (2012)(alchemie666)
94. American Mary (2012)(alchemie666)
95. Byzantium (2012)(alchemie666)
96. Naked Blood (1996)(alchemie666)
97. Twisted Nerve (1968)(lost-in-limbo)
98. What the Peeper Saw (1972)(lost-in-limbo)
99. Girly (1970)(lost-in-limbo)
100. The Seventh Curse (1986)(lost-in-limbo)
101. The Sender (1982)(lost-in-limbo)
102. The Forgotten One (1989)(lost-in-limbo)
103. Of Unknown Origin (1983)(yohumbug)
104. Special Effects (1984)(yohumbug)
105. Spider Forest (2004)(yohumbug)
106. Tower of Evil (1972)(yohumbug)
107. Queen of Blood (1966)(yohumbug)
108. Lost Things (2003)(yohumbug)
109. You gui zi (1976) aka The Oily Maniac (ninjas-r-cool)
110. Bôkô Kirisaki Jakku (1976) aka Assault! Jack the Ripper (ninjas-r-cool)
111. Wild beasts - Belve feroci (1984)(ninjas-r-cool)
112. Baxter (1989)(ninjas-r-cool)
113. The Bride of Frank (1996)(ninjas-r-cool)
114. Plaga zombie: Zona mutante (2001)(ninjas-r-cool)
115. Splinter (2008)(DeaconFrost666)
116. Rabid (1977)(DeaconFrost666)
117. Visiting Hours (1982)(DeaconFrost666)
118. Scalpel (False Face) (1977)(DeaconFrost666)
119. Wolf Creek (2005)(DeaconFrost666)
120. Trick r Treat (2007)(DeaconFrost666)
121. The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)(TheFiendsThatPlagueThee)
122. House of Horrors (1946)(TheFiendsThatPlagueThee)
123. Cult of the Cobra (1955)(TheFiendsThatPlagueThee)
124. Witchcraft (1964)(TheFiendsThatPlagueThee)
125. Craze (1974)(TheFiendsThatPlagueThee)
126. Cthulhu (2000)(TheFiendsThatPlagueThee)
127. Lesson of the Evil (2012)(NoseOfNicko)
128. Dead Of Night (1972)(NoseOfNicko)
129. Father's Day (2011)(NoseOfNicko)
130. Macabre (2009)(NoseOfNicko)
131. Evil Dead Trap (1988)(NoseOfNicko)
132. Blood Feast 2 (2002)(NoseOfNicko)
133. In Through The Looking Glass (1976)(morrison-dylan-fan)
134. Invisible Ghost (1941)(morrison-dylan-fan)
135. Black Snake (1973)(morrison-dylan-fan)
136. The Reptile (1966)(morrison-dylan-fan)
137. 1920 (2008)(morrison-dylan-fan)
138. Deranged (1987)(morrison-dylan-fan)
139. El habitante incierto aka The Uninvited Guest (2004)(SomebodyWicked)
140. A Cadaver Christmas (2011)(SomebodyWicked)
141. Sur le seuil (2003)(SomebodyWicked)
142. Heart of Midnight (1988)(SomebodyWicked)
143. And When She Was Bad (1981) aka Madhouse aka There Was A Little Girl(SomebodyWicked)
144. Sleepstalker (1995)(SomebodyWicked)
145. Mute Witness (1994)(triggerhappy6)
146. Dream Home (2010)(triggerhappy6)
147. 13: Game of Death (aka 13 Beloved)(2006)(triggerhappy6)
148. Sennentuntschi (2010)(triggerhappy6)
149. Julia's Eyes (aka Los ojos de Julia)(2010)(triggerhappy6)
150. Sexy Killer: You'll Die for Her (aka Sexykiller, morirás por ella)(2008)(triggerhappy6)
151. Fährmann Maria (Death and the Maiden, 1936)(jdidaco)
152. Valkoinen peura (The White Reindeer, 1952)(jdidaco)
153. Hakujitsumu (Daydream, 1964)(jdidaco)
154. Seidan botan-dôrô (Hellish Love, 1972)(jdidaco)
155. Arrebato (Rapture, 1980)(jdidaco)
156. Docteur Jekyll et les femmes (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne, 1981)(jdidaco)
157. Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975)(Hellraiserdisciple)
158. Nightmare (1981)(Hellraiserdisciple)
159. Psycho Cop Returns (1993)(Hellraiserdisciple)
160. Neon Maniacs (1986)(Hellraiserdisciple)
161. The Redeemer: Son of Satan! (1978)(Hellraiserdisciple)
162. Night of the Eagle (1962)(Hellraiserdisciple)
163. Portrait in Terror (1965)(Dr_Coffin)
164. Cry of the Bewitched (1957)(Dr_Coffin)
165. Night Tide (1961)(Dr_Coffin)
166. Uncle Was A Vampire (1959)(Dr_Coffin)
167. Crucible of Horror (1971)(Dr_Coffin)
168. Eye of the Cat (1969)(Dr_Coffin)
169. Davitelj protiv davitelja (1984)(Shadowplayed)
170. Ahí va el diablo (2012)(Shadowplayed)
171. Los sin nombre (1999)(Shadowplayed)
172. Isolation (2005)(Shadowplayed)
173. Chained (2012)(Shadowplayed)
174. Entity (2012)(Shadowplayed)
175. Deliria aka Stage Fright: Aquarius (1987)(DaveHedgehog)
176. Freak Out (2004)(DaveHedgehog)
177. The Battery (2012)(DaveHedgehog)
178. Scarecrows (1988)(DaveHedgehog)
179. Popcorn (1991)(DaveHedgehog)
180. Murder Party (2007)(DaveHedgehog)
181. The Borrower (1991)(ElijahCSkuggs)
182. Black Past (1989)(ElijahCSkuggs)
183. Christmas Evil (1980)(ElijahCSkuggs)
184. Plankton aka Creatures from the Abyss (1994)(ElijahCSkuggs)
185. Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)(ElijahCSkuggs)
186. There's Nothing Out There (1991)(ElijahCSkuggs)
187. The Woman in Black (1989)(ns1crr)
188. The Signalman (1976)(ns1crr)
189. Mientras duermes (2011)(ns1crr)
190. Frightmare (1974)(ns1crr)
191. I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer (2008)(ns1crr)
192. Breeders (1986)(ns1crr)

The Hidden (1987)



A perfect mash up of horror, sci-fi, action, this film is so fun & action packed. It's a true 80's gem that demands a viewing. Roger Ebert described it as: "A cross between Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Terminator," which is an accurate statement I think.

The film's essentially a creative reworking of the buddy cop formula that was popular in the 80's. The premise is really cool and involves an alien parasite in LA body hopping and committing violent crimes with each new human host it infects. Our two main protagonists are: Beck, a human cop (Michael Nouri) and Gallagher, an alien posing as an FBI agent (Kyle MacLachlan). They have to work together to stop the alien menace and learn more about each other in the process. Both protagonists are well developed and bond quite well over the course of the film despite some ahem, "differences". They manage to keep Gallagher's true alien identity a secret for a good chunk of the film and let it slowly come to light through his quirks and odd behavior. For example, his awkward behavior when invited over to Beck's house for dinner hints that he might just be too odd for this world. The conflict that develops between the two is inevitable because Gallagher has all the knowledge and his own motivations, but how can he explain it and expect Beck to understand and believe him? There's a real sense of urgency and exhilaration with each new human the evil alien parasite infects because it too has its own sinister intentions. You find yourself having so much fun watching and hope that the two protagonists succeed.

Thanks to taut directing from Jack Sholder, a great script, and great performances from the two leads, the film works. It's a perfect mash up of genres with the right touch of humor and is entertaining for its entire running time. Also, you can't get more 80's with its awesome soundtrack!

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

I think the story is a bit pointless, but it deserves a good slasher film. Any of the characters are not really memorable, or even the killer. It doesn't have a strong feeling like Valentine movie, but I enjoyed it on Valentine's Day. I loved the ending, it's creepy. I'd give it a 7.5/10 as a solid slasher film. I think The Prowler (1981) is much better and that one's excellent slasher film. I'm looking forward to the remake if I will like it more than the original.

So, what are your thoughts on this one and what would you rate it?

#MyBloodyValentine

Reviews with Ballz: Electra Glide in Blue

John Wintergreen (Robert Blake; In Cold Blood, Lost Highway) is a short, by-the-book motorcycle cop patrolling Arizona's highways, with hopes of soon moving up from being a highway patrolman and becoming a homicide detective. He eventually gets a chance to prove himself too when he discovers a body in a house in the desert and ends up helping with the investigation, quickly finding himself involved in something much more complicated than a simple murder and finding out just how difficult investigating a homicide can be.

Released in 1973 and directed by James William Guercio, Electra Glide in Blue isn't considered an exploitation movie, but it has a lot of characteristics that you might associate with the exploitation genre, including drugs, hippies, and a motorcycle gang. Those characteristics combined with the desert, murder mystery theme make for an interesting movie, to say the least.


So sit back and (hopefully) enjoy another... Reviews with Ballz!

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This movie starts out with a mysterious little scene involving a person cooking a couple pork chops while putting their dentures in a glass and loading a shotgun. They then seemingly kill themselves with the shotgun and we see someone else tending to the pork chops. This is the body John Wintergreen later discovers and of course, it turns out to be a lot more than a simple suicide, a fact that Wintergreen believes from the start despite the doubts others have.

Of course, Wintergreen's investigation into the murder doesn't go smoothly at all, encountering plenty of obstacles which slow his progress, a lot of which deals with bullshit from other cops. Wintergreen is closest to another cop named Zipper, but even when around this supposed friend, you can tell that Wintergreen doesn't exactly agree with everything Zipper does as a police officer.

Now you might be wondering why I mentioned that Wintergreen is short. Well, in real life, Robert Blake is only 5' 4" and this movie exploits that fact through both its dialogue and camerawork . Wintergreen's nickname however is Big John and considering the fact that the first time we see him in the movie, he's with a woman who implies he's been giving a good dicking to, apparently not everything about him is short.


Electra Glide in Blue has a few small faults, but the previously mentioned exploitation characteristics combined with a decent script, acting, and music make for a good crime-drama that I do recommend checking out, especially if you're a fan of cop or motorcycle movies.

My Rating: 4/5

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#ElectraGlideInBlue #JamesWilliamGuercio #Review #ReviewsWithBallz #RobertBlake

Adam Sandler Is A Cunt!



I've heard he's a nice enough guy, which isn't that unbelievable, I guess. And it's really nothing personal, but the longer Adam Sandler's film career goes on, the more I'm annoyed by this guy. And I know I'm not the only one. But why? Where did it all go wrong? It's not our fault. I used to like him like many others from my generation. I mean, he started out terrible with retarded shit like Billy Madison, but after a few more roles, it seemed as though Sandler was coming into his own.

The Wedding Singer was a good movie. I enjoyed The Water Boy at the time, as well. You couldn't pay me to sit through it nowadays, but it was definitely a solid comedy with some decent actors. In the late 90's, Adam Sandler was the man, as far as comedy actors go. But with success comes money. And with money comes the need for more and more money. And like pretty much all his contemporaries, money seems to have been his one and only motivation when choosing roles, throwing all pride and artistic integrity out the window. At some point, Adam Sandler got lazy. And whatever creativity there was, eventually turned to goofy, family friendly repetitivenes. Today, I want to talk about a movie from 2000 called Little Nicky. Perhaps this is where it all went wrong for Mr. Sandler. Then again, perhaps not. Maybe it was that sickeningly sweet natured Mr. Deeds from a couple years later. But I have grown to hate Little Nicky even more for some reason. Let's find out why, shall we?

Sure, I liked it when it came out, being the 20 year old, pot headed Ozzy fan that I was. I liked Adam Sandler back then, and wasn't at all hard to please when it came to comedy. So, it doesn't come as a surprise to me at all that I liked this. A faggy title, for sure. I always knew that. But hey! Ozzy's going to be in it! Can't miss this. I love that guy! And despite the disappointing 10 second appearance from my Heavy Metal idol, I still ended up liking the movie. But almost 17 years later, and not so much anymore. Tastes change, people grow, sense of humor matures. At 20, I totally approved of this. However, now, I would go so far as to say that Little Nicky is Pedo-Hitler, AIDS, and Hillary Clinton rolled into one. Yeah, I know what you're thinking. That sure is a lot of maturing. And you're right. it certainly is!

So, for what it's worth, we got ourselves one hell of an all-star cast, here (Haha! get it?). Nobody except Sandler and pals really matter, of course. But this lighthearted P.O.S. flaunts cameos by Quentin Tarantino, Rodney Dangerfield, Reese Witherspoon, Carl Weathers, Henry Winkler, Clint Howard, John Witherspoon, Dana Carvey, Jon Lovitz, Kevin Nealon, Michael McKean, and of course, the legendary Rob Schneider. No shit!



Little Nicky also stars Harvey Keitel, Patricia Arquette, Debo Zeus, and that David Bowie guy, who was probably the highlight of it all. The last two mentioned play Sandler's brothers. The three of them are the sons of Satan, "Satan" seems to be more of a title than an entity. Currently, Harvey Keitel's character gets to be Satan. Before that, Lucifer (Rodney Dangerfield) had the honor. I take it he was the first. After rumors of Satan retiring and passing the torch are shot down, Satan's bad seeds, Cassius and Adrian, flee Hell and make plans on corrupting and eventually taking over Earth. This drastic shift in good and evil weakens Satan, making him slowly decay. It's up to his more sweet natured son, Nicky, to get up there and save the day, since he's the only one who might be capable of ending their rampage. Except Nicky is a dim witted pussy and a pushover. so, things are not looking good for Satan, or humanity for that matter.

And naturally, Nicky is transported to New York Shitty because this is an Adam Sandler movie. And that's just how it goes. Nicky takes this magic flask with him, which is meant to trap his brothers. He gets killed regularly, only to get sent back home to try again. Nicky knows nothing of this world or it's many dangers. He's befriended by some Bullldog who has been instructed to watch his back. His voice is stupid, and they keep showing him at strip clubs and fucking other dogs. Unfunny things like this have Adam Sandler's fingerprints all over them. I'm sure he thought that was a real knee slapper. Well, it wasn't, so you can just fuck right off with that!


Nicky moves in with a closet homo played by Allen Covert, who isn't completely unfunny. Nicky also meets a nice girl, played by the usually gorgeous Patricia Arquette, who is not quite so gorgeous in this movie. Probably the bangs. A blossoming romance that hits a temporary roadblock when Nicky gets cock blocked by Adrian. Things look up when Nicky also gets some back up in the form of a couple of Metalheads who are naturally obsessed with Satan, because of course they are. The Metalheads are played by those two friends of Sandler's who aren't Allen Covert. Yeah. Those guys. With the help of his new idiot friends and that ridiculous bastard dog, Nicky finally starts figuring out how to tap into his very much dornamt evil side, so, he can save the world and his father from total destruction.

In my humble opinion, this here is one of the more annoying movies from this era of "outrageous" cluster fuck Comedies which all seem to fancy themselves far funnier than they are. (I'm looking at you, Half Baked and Next Friday!) An era in comedy which time has not been all that kind to. Or maybe some of us just outgrow them quicker than others. It's hard to tell, sometimes. Maybe some of us also simply tire of the same old predictable mainstream chucklefests from guys like Adam Sandler and Eddie Murphy, who always seem to take that PC, family friendly route. But I'm sure these guys would have you believe that their decisions to only do family friendly movies is some sort of moral thing. I think we all know it's just about adding more zeros to their paychecks. It's called playing it safe. Shame on you fags for contributing to the downfall of American comedy!
There's one thing about this movie that occured to me during my most recent viewing. Something that could be taken two different ways. That's the fact that Satan and his family are pretty much portrayed as decent people who happen to have a couple bad apples. Now, This family being all nice could be taken as a controversial move, capable of offending the religious fanatics of the world. That sounds fun, but I think we already know these predictable Happy Madison movies well enough by now to know that much thought would never be put into one. In reality, nobody is all that bad in Adam Sandler-Land. Even the cause of all evil and suffering in the world is actually a swell guy. A twat, I say. That's what Adam Sandler has done to himself almost every step of the way since this movie. Sure, he's still a huge star. And, sure, he's now worth $300 Million due to all this cookie cutter nonsense he keeps polluting theaters with. Meanwhile, hundreds of superior efforts will forever go unnoticed. But nothing can change the fact that every time he shows his face in one of these movies, he confirms my original point all over again. Yeah, I said it. Adam Sandler is a cunt! 2/10

Saluting one of the best trash actors

There is an actor who has graced our screens since the 1950s, an actor who's graced our screens both silver and small in over 100 appearances, whose unique appearance and acting style have given us memorable and screen stealing characters. Ever the chameleon, he's played parts of many different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and in each one he's remained doggedly himself. Although he's played heroes on occasion, his manic demeanour, and rugged looks have often seen him typecast in villainous roles. His devotion to acting (and possibly $$$) have seen him pop up in a surprising number of terrible films, many of which he makes bearable, with his odd inflections of words, and hamtastic acting.

Of course we all know who I'm talking about. It's obviously...



Wait! Hold up, not so fast!

It's not that dude. Though he is undoubtedly awesome and all, but he's not the one I'm talking about. No, I'm talking about this guy.



Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Henry Silva.

Now, I'm not going to give you a rundown of his life or filmography — that's all readily available for the interested over at Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Silva and IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0798328/reference , but in my opinion this actor is a true treasure of trash cinema.

A member of the Actor's Studio since 1955, there is no doubting the man can act, and act damn well. His roles in films such as The Manchurian Candidate and Johnny Cool attest to that. However, he was rarely the leading man, and all too often typecast as villainous heavies.

At some point around the mid-1960s, Henry Silva seems to have made a decision to accept any acting gig, no matter how bad, provided it paid, and proceeded to move to Italy, where he spent the next decade propping up a number of Euro-cop thrillers, mob films, and spaghetti westerns with his steely gaze, before returning Stateside to set about compiling a trash resume almost beyond compare..

Oh, and here he is helping sell Midas mufflers with Lee Van Cleef, showing all of his usual restraint...



Silva has starred (or appeared) in a number of terribly terrible movies, and a number of awesomely terrible movies. He wasn't too fussed, apparently. And in each one, his memorable performances exude a sort of boyish glee and charm. He's like the cat that got the cream. A grown man being paid to play soldier, deliver excruciatingly awful lines, and blow shit up.

Can't say I blame the guy. If someone paid me to sit in a tank and pretend to blow up Barry Bostwick wearing a gold leotard on a flying motorbike, I'd sure as shit take the money!



A quick glance at IMDb shows us that, in the trashy '˜80s, he took part in some memorably trashy epics.

Alligator (1980)
Megaforce (1982)
Escape 2000 (1983)
Cannonball Run II (1984)
Above the Law (1988)
Cyborg II (1989)



In later years, Silva has moved more into voice-work as Ban in various animated Batman shows (his deep timbred tones much better suited to the character than Tom Hardy's bizarre gurglings...), and cameos. One of my favourites comes as mob boss (what else?) Ray Vargo in Jim Jarmusch's excellent Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai (1999). As usual, its brief screen time, but memorable nonetheless.



At 85, he may be slowing down, but his contribution to good, bad, and good/bad movies is undeniable and unforgettable.

Henry Silva, I salute you!



#JonoSalutes #TrashLegends

Favorite Shark movies?

Jaws
Deep Blue Sea
Jaws 2
Jaws 3D
Jaws: The Revenge
The Last Shark
Cruel Jaws

What else?

Westerns

What are your thoughts on the western genre?

Some examples:
https://junkepics.com/film/?limit=25&tags=western&sort=value

I think it's a pretty good genre, though I haven't seen much from it. Mostly just the Clint Eastwood ones and a few others. Surprisingly, I've never seen a John Wayne movie either. I've noticed that horror fans tend to appreciate westerns quite a bit too.

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My personal favorites are:

Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
High Plains Drifter (1973)
Unforgiven (1992)

I'm back

Did I miss anything big?