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Star Pilot Blu Ray half off at Amazon…

The film we watched last Friday for the Watch Party as Star Pilot, aka 2+5 Mission Hydra, a wonderfully goofy Italian sci-fi epic. There's a newish Blu Ray of it out, and Amazon has it discounted from $30 to $15, a rather reasonable price. One buyer on Amazon calls the image quality "stunning." Just…
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Not (?) Monster of the Day #24
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Not (?) Monster of the Day #24

It was getting late, and most people headed out, marking the near end of T(ween) Fest 2025 weekend. However, Sandy was up for one more movie, so I popped in my recently procured Blu Ray for 1930's The Bat Whispers. Sandy later admitted he was a bit unenthusiastic about the choice. These old dark…
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Not Monster of the Day #23
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Not Monster of the Day #23

Time for a classic. I provided The Enemy Below, a nifty WWII naval film about a cat and mouse battle between an American destroyer and a German U-Boat. The cast is great, with Robert Mitchum as the American captain and Curt Jurgens as his German counterpart. Both are very savvy fighters and the film…
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Not Monster of the Day #22
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Not Monster of the Day #22

What Waits Below (1984). I'm not sure I'd even heard of this one. On the other hand, it has one of those generic titles that refuses to fix a movie in your mind. Basically, it's an American update of one of those Amicus "lost civilization" movies that they ground out after Land that Time…
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Monster of the Day #3703
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Monster of the Day #3703

Friday's Watch Party selection was Star Pilot, aka 2 + 5: Mission Hydra. It's delirious '60s Italian sci-fi nonsense, and I've been keeping it in my back pocket for a while. Warning: It may show up at a future T-Fest as well. Other than the usual inexplicable inability to find any attractive actresses in…
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Monster of the Day #3702
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Monster of the Day #3702

Look, obscurities like Cyborg Cop II are fine. It's fun to find new (to us) weird, often foreign, movies to share. But sometimes, you should remember to dance with the girl that brought you. I can't remember if it was because some of the kids were in attendance, but we decided to watch Ebirah…
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Monster of the Day #3701
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Monster of the Day #3701

There comes a point in these long weekend, probably 20 movies in, when memories really start getting fuzzy. I kind of remember Cyborg Cop II, but it's not like the it has the sort of tight narrative that etches itself into your mind. It's no classic, that's for sure. But it's that sort of…
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