Monday, 18 June 2018
392 The Omen ( 1976 )
This was another of the year's horror classics benefiting enormously from the presence of Gregory Peck in the main role as the wealthy ambassador who is unknowingly bringing up the Antichrist in the form of Damian ( Harvey Stephens ). Director Richard Donner rose to the challenge of making a convincing horror film where the main villain is a cherubic infant with judicious use of music and still-impressive special effects. Billie Whitelaw impresses as the fiendish housekeeper Mrs Baylock.
Lee Remick ( as Katherine Thorn )
Sex : No
Death : Pushed out of a window by Mrs Baylock
Lee came to prominence in the late fifties and was Oscar-nominated for Days of Wine and Roses in 1962 . She was in the top rank of actresses through the sixties and this was a late triumph for her. In the eighties, she was mainly to be found in TV movies. She died of cancer in 1991 aged 55.
Holly Palance ( as Nanny )
Sex : No
Death : Publicly hangs herself at a garden party at the behest of a devil dog.
Holly is the eldest daughter of Hollywood legend Jack Palance. Holly's own acting career is a bit spotty and she retired to raise a family in 1989. She is now 68.
Saturday, 16 June 2018
391 Land of the Minotaur (1976 )
Donald Pleasance and Peter Cushing go head to head over a Satanic cult in Greece to a soundtrack provided by Brian Eno. Sounds good doesn't it ? Well it isn't. It's a plodding bore with cardboard characters largely played by unknown Greeks and laughable Dr Who special effects. You suspect Pete and Don signed up for a break in the Aegean without bothering to read the script.
Luan Peters ( as Laurie Gordon )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
Luan has the main female role here.
Vanna Reville ( as Beth )
Sex : Beth has sex with her boyfriend ( offscreen )
Death : Stabbed by the grocerr's daughter
Vanna ( aka Gelsomina ) had a brief acting career in the late seventies.
Christina ( as Grocer's daughter )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
Whoever Christina was, this is her only film.
Jane Lyle ( as Milo's girlfriend )
Sex : A brief glimpse of nipple
Death : Survives
Jane was in the Greek video nasty Island of Death the same year and one other film then was never heard of again.
Efi Cosma ( as First victim )
Sex : no
Death : Stabbed by the grocer's daughter
Efi starred in a number of Greek films then went behind the cameras as a production manager.
Luan Peters ( as Laurie Gordon )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
Luan has the main female role here.
Vanna Reville ( as Beth )
Sex : Beth has sex with her boyfriend ( offscreen )
Death : Stabbed by the grocerr's daughter
Vanna ( aka Gelsomina ) had a brief acting career in the late seventies.
Christina ( as Grocer's daughter )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
Whoever Christina was, this is her only film.
Jane Lyle ( as Milo's girlfriend )
Sex : A brief glimpse of nipple
Death : Survives
Jane was in the Greek video nasty Island of Death the same year and one other film then was never heard of again.
Efi Cosma ( as First victim )
Sex : no
Death : Stabbed by the grocer's daughter
Efi starred in a number of Greek films then went behind the cameras as a production manager.
Saturday, 9 June 2018
390 Grizzly ( 1976 )
This rip-off of Jaws is an early sighting of Christopher George who became the king of mediocre horror movies in the early seventies and eighties. This is an awful film with cheap effects, uninteresting characters and an unferocious-looking bear at its centre.
Joan McCall ( as Alison Corwin )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
This was only Joan's third film but she soon gave up acting to become a writer ( including the uncalled-for sequel Grizzly II ) and is now President of a film company. She is now 75.
Victoria Johnson ( as Gail )
Sex : Gail strips to her underwear for an impromptu swim
Death : Torn apart by the grizzly
Victoria , a Penthouse Pet, was only in a few films as herself but found work as a body double including for Angie Dickinson in Dressed to Kill.
Kathy Rickman ( as June )
Sex : No
Death : Torn apart by the grizzly
Kathy was in just three films although the third was in 2009.
Mary Ann Hearn ( as Margaret )
Sex : No
Death : Torn apart by the grizzly
Mary had a brief acting career in the seventies.
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