Tag Archives: 60’s
The Scarlet Blade (1963)
The film is called The Scarlet Blade (aka The Crimson Blade, 1963), but don’t be fooled. The hero doesn’t wear red, and he doesn’t show up in a mask slicing his insignia on the faces of his enemies. This mid-60’s … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Midnight Matinee
Tagged 60's, Adventure, Hammer, Oliver Reed
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Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
Television may have been cinema’s chief competitor, but Hammer Films was never afraid to mine the small screen for inspiration, from its eerie adaptations of Nigel Kneale serials (the Quatermass trilogy, The Abominable Snowman) to the feature-length sitcoms of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, Adventure, Hammer, Oliver Reed, Peter Cushing, Robin Hood, Terence Fisher
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Wild Gals of the Naked West (1962)
Perhaps Russ Meyer’s The Immoral Mr. Teas (1959) wouldn’t automatically spring to mind when considering the most influential and important films of the 1950’s, but it reserves a certain special place in cinematic history for one simple reason: it elevated … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Leone, Theater Psychotronic
Tagged 60's, cheesecake, Comedy, Russ Meyer, sexploitation, slapstick, Western
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