Trained To Kill: U.S.A. (1973) aka The No Mercy Man

Clip - Massive Brawl (Spoiler Alert!):



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Directed by Daniel Vance

Starring Sid Haig, Steve Sandor and Rockne Tarkington

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The Pyx (1973)

Soundtrack: Karen Black (singing) and Harry Freedman


Directed by Harvey Hart

Starring Karen Black and Christopher Plummer

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The Baby (1973)

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Directed by Ted Post

Starring Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman and Michael Pataki.

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Trapped (1973)

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Directed by Frank De Felitta

Starring James Brolin, Robert Hooks and Susan Clark.

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The Student Teachers (1973)

Directed by Jonathan Kaplan.

Starring Susan Damante and Brooke Mills.

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Guido & Maurizio De Angelis - Various Themes

A few tracks from the duo of Guido & Maurizio De Angelis, prolific Italian composers for film in the golden era of Italian crime, western and horror cinema.



From High Crime (1973) (d. Enzo G. Castellari)



From "The Violent Professionals" (1973) (d. Sergio Martino)




From "Raiders Of Atlantis" (1983) (d. Ruggero Deodato)

The Sinful Dwarf (1973)

Directed by Vidal Raski.

Starring Torben Bille.

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This is a legendary movie that not many have seen until the recent DVD release by Severin Films which bills it as the "Mother Of All Dwarfsploitation Movies".

It was filmed in Denmark and stars one of that country's most famous dwarf actors, Torben Bille who was the host of a children's show at the time.

Long considered to be one of the sleaziest films ever made, it involves a deranged dwarf living with his mother who lures women to his house to do some awfully bad things to them.

I haven't had the opportunity to watch this one yet so I can't comment on the quality. But the reputation of this movie speaks for itself. The website DVD Resurrections calls it "exploitation so audacious it must be seen to be believed".

This is not really the type of movie I enjoy but the trailer is so demented that it has a welcome home here.

Detroit 9000 (1973)

Directed by Arthur Marks.

Starring Hari Rhodes and Alex Rocco.

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Arthur Marks was the director behind one of my favourite blaxploitation movies, "Bucktown" with Fred Williamson and Pam Grier. He also helmed the late entry Grier vehicle and relatively tame "Friday Foster" but was also responsible for the oddity called "J.D.'s Revenge" which combined horror elements with blaxploitation, making it one of the few films to do so outside of "Abby" and "Sugar Hill".

This is great stuff. Filmed on location in Motown.

The Vault of Horror (1973)

Directed by Roy Ward Baker.

Starring Dawn Addams and Michael Craig.

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A top-notch anthology from Amicus studios, following up their succesful Tales From The Crypt release from the previous year. In fact, you can get both on one DVD and they make for a good night viewing back to back.

The two of them were easily the best horror anthologies until Creepshow came along in the 80's.

The Cheerleaders (1973)

Directed by Paul Glickler.

Starring Stephanie Fondue, Denise Dillaway and Jovita Bush.

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Mid-70's sex comedy that spawned two sequels, including the Jack Hill (Coffy) directed Swinging Cheerleaders in 74.

What is hilarious about this trailer is that the last minute or so is just a flagrant succession of butt shots. This is the type of film Clark Griswold probably watched while going to college in the 70's.

Sssssss (1973)

Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski.

Starring Strother Martin.

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Brought to you by the Universal producing team of Zanuck and Brown, the two who would bring us Jaws just two summers later.

Sssss is a bit of a warm-up for that movie which would take drive-in B-movie fare mainstream and make millions of dollars with it.

This trailer has some great voice-over work with lines like "Don't say it, hiss it!" and "Touch your skin. It's scaled. Look for your legs. They're gone. Feel your body. It's cold."

Or how about this classic, "King Cobra versus Mongoose! Or is it man against man?"

Amazing.

People Freaking Out Over The Exorcist

This is some footage from 1973 showing various audiences reacting to the then hardcore scares of the Exorcist. I can't think of any film that could be released today that would cause the same reaction. This is fun stuff.

Torso (1973)

Directed by Sergio Martino.

Starring Suzy Kendall and Tina Aumont.

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Scream Blacula Scream (1973)

Directed by Bob Kelljan.

Starring William Marshall and Pam Grier.

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Coffy (1973)

Directed by Jack Hill.

Starring Pam Grier, Sid Haig and Booker Bradshaw.

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Black Caesar (1973)

Directed by Larry Cohen.

Starring Fred Williamson.

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Horror Hospital (1973)

Directed by Antony Balch. Starring Michael Gough and Robin Askwith.

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Cop Killers (1973)

Directed by Walter R. Cichy.

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Charley Varrick (1973)

Directed by Don Siegel. Starring Walter Matthau.

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Electra Glide in Blue (1973)

Directed by James William Guercio. Starring Robert Blake.

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