THE AMG DIRTY DOZEN 7/20/12: Marjoe, A Mondo Movie, The Manhandlers and A Man Called Blade
The latest installment of the AMG Dirty Dozen features a quartet of titles beginning with the letter M, hence the alliterative title above. This batch of flicks includes a pseudo-knockoff of Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls, a fun post-apocalyptic message movie, a documentary of an evangelist-turned-b-movie-star and t.v. movie directed by a young pre-Halloween John Carpenter. The mea culpas amongst these reviews would be the review of Mannaja, which makes the mistake of getting too hung up on "originality" in the discussion of a spaghetti western, and Someone's Watching Me write-up, which unfairly critiques the film for its small-screen limitations. By the way, Black Sunday - a thriller, not to be confused with the Mario Bava film of the same name - is deserving of rediscovery and gets a big personal recommendation from Your Humble Reviewer.
ANGUISH: http://www.allmovie.com/movie/anguish-v2404/reviewBLACK SUNDAY (1977): http://www.allmovie.com/movie/black-sunday-v5949/reviewBUMMER: http://www.allmovie.com/movie/bummer-v7546/reviewDEAD END DRIVE-IN: http://www.allmovie.com/movie/dead-end-drive-in-v12694/reviewFADE TO BLACK: http://www.allmovie.com/movie/fade-to-black-v16572/reviewGANGSTER NO. 1: http://www.allmovie.com/movie/gangster-no1-v206893/review
GOLDEN SWALLOW: http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-golden-swallow-v159347/reviewTHE MANHANDLERS: http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-manhandlers-v31283/reviewMANNAJA - A MAN CALLED BLADE: http://www.allmovie.com/movie/mannaja-v146975/reviewMARJOE: http://www.allmovie.com/movie/marjoe-v31480/reviewMONDO CANE 2: http://www.allmovie.com/movie/mondo-cane-2-v33090/reviewSOMEONE'S WATCHING ME: http://www.allmovie.com/movie/someones-watching-me!-v129083/review