Policewomen (1974)

Lee Frost is a forgotten director now but he was responsible for a slew of the most exciting drive-in films of the 70's including Chain Gang Women (see one post below), Dixie Dynamite, The Black Gestapo and the classic The Thing With Two Heads (see the Best of... in the top right corner for this amazing trailer).

It doesn't get much better than this...

Directed by Lee Frost.

Starring Sondra Currie and Tony Young.

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Chain Gang Women (1971)

A fairly low-brow prison break movie with some misleading advertising. This is not a "women-in-prison" film, but as DVD Verdict states, a "bargain basement Cool Hand Luke". Lead actor Michael Stearns had a bit part in Battle For the Planet Of The Apes two years later.

Directed by Lee Frost.

Starring Michael Stearns.

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The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970)

Clip: "Trapped"



Soundtrack: Ennio Morricone



Dario Argento's first film is a masterpiece of the giallo genre and is in my top 5 movies of all-time.

This wasn't the first giallo (that distinction belongs to Mario Bava's The Girl Who Knew Too Much from 1963) but it set the template for the genre that would boom in the following years.

Also features a memorable score from Ennio Morricone.

This has just been released on Blu Ray by Blue Underground.

Directed by Dario Argento.

Starring Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall and Mario Adorf

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Lightning Bolt (1966)

This came out in the golden age of the spy movie and was directed by Antonio Margheriti who would become more famous for horror films like Cannibal Apocalypse and Seven Deaths In The Cat's Eye under the pseudonym of Anthony M. Dawson.

This trailer has all the necessary ingredients...an evil genius bent on ruling the world and a narrator who actually uses the term "sexciting". Brilliant.

The electrified title card alone is worth the view.

Directed by Antonio Margheriti.

Starring Anthony Eisley and Wandisa Guida (originally billed as Wandisa Leigh).

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Death Rides A Horse (1967)

A good trailer for a classic Spaghetti Western. This is an absorbing little film with some real dark themes and brutal violence (the opening scene is one of the most horrifying in the genre) but unfortunately it has lapsed into public domain and the prints out there are usually full-frame and washed out. Worth looking at anyways.

Directed by Giulio Petroni.

Starring Lee Van Cleef, John Phillip Law and Luigi Pistilli.

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Bury Me an Angel (1972)

This trailer is what this site is all about.

Barbara Peters would go on to direct great drive-in fare like Summer School Teachers and the more well known Humanoids From The Deep before getting into television directing in the 80's.

Directed by Barbara Peters.

Starring Dixie Peabody and Terry Mace.

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Sno-Line (1986)

Filmed in Beaumont, Texas.

Featuring Paul L. Smith who played "Willard" in the classic slasher/giallo Pieces which was just released on DVD by Grindhouse.

Directed by Douglas F. O'Neons.

Starring Vince Edwards and Paul L. Smith.

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