70's Invasion B- movies / Cult Films.

shot of STEPHANIE de SYKES and BILLY BOYLE from SIDE by SIDE

updated as of July 31st '08

info on new found lost 70s rock films such as FINAL PROGRAMME see below after the kipper section.........you'll also find info on The SHARPIES and their -pre-punk scene in australia down there...

recently reviewed ;

CARNIVAL OF SOULS ('63 )

ALABAMA's GHOST ( '73 ), and PUTNEY SWOPE ( '69 ) in our Blaxploitation section,

ALICE in WONDERLAND ( '72 )

TOUCH of SATAN ( '71 )

THE TRIAL OF BILLY JACK ( '74 )

THE SWITCHBLADE SISTERS, ( '75 ) PRIVILEGE ( '67 ),

ORPHEAUS ( '49 )

oh yea those looking for info on KIPPER, they are at the very bottom of this page where they belong, scroll down after you find the lobby card from GODSPELL

After the movie section you'll find reviews of a 70s retro glam band who had a great cd out in 2001 called TEEN MACHINE, after it is our old review of the VELVET GOLDMINE soundtrack....

MOVIE SECTION

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we love B-movies, and since both of us agree that 90% OF THE FILMS THAT HOLLYWOOD HAS PUT OUT IN THE LAST 25 YEARS ARE COMPLETE POINTLESS GARBAGE ,we will spotlight old films here, and hey bruce willis is the WORST actor in the universe! ! ! and gary oldman is an idiot as well for starring in the horrible pretentious garbage called 'sid and nancy', we are asking that someone throw a rock and hit him in the head for dishonoring mr. vicious...

were gonna list our 5 favorites here followed by many runner ups....after # 5 the movies are in no particular order.........some are placed into categories like horror, blaxploitation, etc.

1 D.O.A.

is a great musical starring the SEX PISTOLS and other u.k. punk bands like SHAM 69, and X-RAY SPECS ....released in '78 it shows in depth footage of the PISTOLS touring the southern part of the states, and what was going on back in the u.k. political and musical spectrum at the time, it also has the famous SID and NANCY interview....allthough some parts of it are dark, one never tires of this fascinating rock film, love the correspondance with fans before and after the show........

2 GODSPELL

one of the greatest films ever ! VICTOR GERBER stars as JESUS in this rock musical based on the life of Jesus as told thru the eyes of FLOWER CHILDREN of the day, such as KATIE HANLEY, complete with songs and dancing, a film you'll watch over and over and never forget, see our in-depth reviews in our gateway 3....

3 SIDE by SIDE -

Super u.k. 70s glam rock musical comedy released in '75 starring STEPHANIE de SYKES, BILLY BOYLE, HELLO, MUD, FOX, TERRY THOMAS, JENNIFER GUY, and many more, 2 clubs compete side by side, well you should see first the info at the bottom of this page on this film, then head to our gateway 3 for an in depth review complete with pictures and so on, this is the CAMPIEST film of all time....:) recommneded for fans of ROCKY HORROR and R-n-R HIGH SCHOOL,

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4 THE GREAT ROCK-n-ROLL SWINDLE.......another great film starring the SEX PISTOLS complete with animations and over 20 songs, true camp ! but we would say D.O.A. is a bit better....

5 WOODSTOCK......what can we say, we've watched this one over and over, everything from the interviews to the drum circle to the crowd shots make for the best in Retro films, if you have not watched it in sometime, try after 2 a.m. after you've had lots to drink, a true document of the late 60s....

NETWORK........FAYE DUNAWAYE, PETER FINCH, and WILLIAM HOLDEN lead an all star cast showing how the govt. corrupts and controls the population through tv media, excellent acting, and funny too :)

ROLLING STONES R-n-R CIRCUS.............EXCELLENT film of the STONES and bands like the WHO, with YOKO ONO , MARIANNA FAITHFUL, TAJ MAHAL, and others, a GREAT time capsule and some of the last footage of BRIAN JONES playing with the band.....'Salt of the Earth' closes the set :)

SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL

produced by GODDARD the studio footage of the STONES rehearsing one of their best songs is priceless and shows the whole band including JONES in their heyday throughout the film playing different variations of the title track, acoustic versions, sing-alongs and eventually the whole song towards the end, but what happens throughout is that between the band singing and chatting comes pointless banter between Black Panthers which is boring, another scene where a girl answers yes and no to questions, poetry reading, etc. by the 2nd time you watch this remember to fast forward the pointless filler to get to the Stones playing, the ending is unique and funny !......avoid Cocksuckers Blues as it is just too fragmented, Gimme Shelter is another great STONES film too :)

poster from the GREAT film, 'SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS'

THE WIZARD of OZ..........one of yours and ours favorite films starring JUDY GARLAND.....some interesting sites out there you can find on this film about all the tiny details......( there was a rock musical low budget b movie version from the mid 70s called 'OZ' see below for reviews on this one )

SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE

as good as the TIME MACHINE ? BETTER ? that would be for the viewer to decide, this is an excelent Sci-Fi film, also a war film, maybe a war film within a sci-fi film or vice versa, BILLY PILGRIM ( MICHAEL SACKS ), also stars Eugene Roche, Ron Leibman as Lazarro ( hey was this the Psycho in Stripes ?, and Valerie Perrine, the film begins as Billy is walking in the snow in Germany while a slow soothing piano plays as the credits go by, within minutes he is captured by German soldiers along with 2 other american soldiers, Billy got there by accident as he is time traveling and cannot stop it, he travels from his youth in WW2 - to the present in the 70s when he has a family, sometimes he travels back and forth within seconds and cannot stop anything, we'll stop there because the film is so great and awe-inspiring we don' t want to give the rest away, as what comes next is incredible, somewhere along the lines Billy realizes time is not relevant and that our lives are just a series of events going on, always going on and often we don' t have control over fate.......

BLOODFREAK

from '72, if you want a film that reflects the music on this site then go and rent a real original,.........there are a couple of films with this title so be sure and get the one about the guy who smokes some super-pot and goes nuts, and hey the narrator is a REAL pRo!

or take a trip back in time and rent

'the PETRIFIED FOREST'

starring LESLIE HOWARD, BETTE DAVIS, and HUMPHREY BOGART, you'll be glad you did...a REAL classic...in fact one of the best films of all time, from 1936....LESLIE HOWARD steals the show !

Orpheus

aka Orphee

Love and Death are the main themes of this fantastic film which deals with fantasy and the afterlife and the present, the poet Orpheus is torn between 2 women, his wife Eurydice and the princess who represents death, in this surreal setting the living are taken by the princess into the afterlife and some of the dead are able to go into our world through mirrors, it is suggested that when someone dies, another person comes thru a mirror, any mirror in the house and takes you to the next stage of life, a lot happens in the film, Orpheas goes thru changes in mind as does the people whom he associates with in the film, the first scene a fight at a poet's cafe quickly results in a riot and death, later Orpheas keeps getting a code sent to him which he uses in his poems, they are sent at first unknowingly by the princess and Heurtebise, so he pursues this sound, this code, eventually she taks him to the other side, the scene where they are in a courtrom on the other side in an old decrepit building is unique, we'll stop there as we don' t want to give away what happens, but all in all this is one of the best Love movies we' ve ever saw, it is beautiful and sad, and special, and spellbounding all in one, this is said to be one of JEAN COCTEAU's finest films, we insist you see this film with a loved one or else alone.......see this site for photos and more info ~

http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~lenin/jean_cocteau_orp.html#jcforphee

but you know in ORPHEAS the ending is the best when they say ' IT IS NOT NECCESSARY TO UNDERSTAND, IT IS NECCESSARY TO BELIEVE ',....... *

dehi nityam avadhyo 'yam dehe sarvasya bharata tasmat sarvani bhutani na tvam socitum arhasi

"O descendant of Bharata, he who dwells in the body is eternal and can never be slain. Therefore you need not grieve for any creature." (Bhagavad-gita 2.30)

The very first step in self-realization is realizing one's identity as separate from the body. "I am not this body but am spirit soul" is an essential realization for anyone who wants to transcend death and enter into the spiritual world beyond. It is not simply a matter of saying "I am not this body," but of actually realizing it. This is not as simple as it may seem at first. Although we are not these bodies but are pure consciousness, somehow or other we have become encased within the bodily dress. If we actually want the happiness and independence that transcend death, we have to establish ourselves and remain in our constitutional position as pure consciousness.

Living in the bodily conception, our idea of happiness is like that of a man in delirium. Some philosophers claim that this delirious condition of bodily identification should be cured by abstaining from all action. Because these material activities have been a source of distress for us, they claim that we should actually stop these activities. Their culmination of perfection is in a kind of Buddhistic nirvana, in which no activities are performed. Buddha maintained that due to a combination of material elements, this body has come into existence, and that somehow or other if these material elements are separated or dismantled, the cause of suffering is removed. If the tax collectors give us too much difficulty because we happen to possess a large house, one simple solution is to destroy the house. However, Bhagavad-gita indicates that this material body is not all in all. Beyond this combination of material elements, there is spirit, and the symptom of that spirit is consciousness.

Consciousness cannot be denied. A body without consciousness is a dead body. As soon as consciousness is removed from the body, the mouth will not speak, the eye will not see, nor the ears hear. A child can understand that. It is a fact that consciousness is absolutely necessary for the animation of the body. What is this consciousness? Just as heat or smoke are symptoms of fire, so consciousness is the symptom of the soul. The energy of the soul, or self, is produced in the shape of consciousness. Indeed, consciousness proves that the soul is present. This is not only the philosophy of Bhagavad-gita but the conclusion of all Vedic literature.

see this site for more info and the rest of this scripture ~

http://www.harekrsna.com/philosophy/acarya/writings/beyond.htm

ROCK AND ROLL HIGH SCHOOL ( 1979 )starring the RAMONES and P.J. SOLES, one of the campiest and best cult films of all time period . excellent soundtrack !

BILLY JACK...GREAT early 70's film about one man seeking justice in a corrupt town starring TOM LAUGHLIN......

THE TRIAL OF BILLY JACK

BORN LOSERS of the late 60s was actually the 1st in the BILLY JACK series, we've never saw it , everyone has saw BILLY JACK from '71, however most have not saw the followup The Trial of Billy Jack, from early on in the film when a prosecutor questions Billy upon the stand and he answers him in a way where the prosecutor realizes he is up against someone with much higher intelligence you know this is gonna be a great film, ( see the very last page on our gateway to read what is said between them ) the film goes on showing the struggle between the indians, and the freedom school vs the government, one unique part shows Billy going on a spiritual pilgrimage and meets an indian maiden who helps him along the way and eventually he meets HIMSELF,.........along the way Billy kicks the shit out of racists, corrupt policemen and others, eventually it all leads to a showdown at the end where the national guard is called in and the students fight back, allthough some of the violence in the showdown is a bit overblown, the whole story is based on factual events such as the KENT state massacre, we'll stop there by insisting you get this film as it is one of the best of the 70s period, and there is a bonus in the film of some solo acoustic performances .......this is hard to find on vhs but search around online and you'll find it, and yes vhs is far superior to dvd format any day,

THE TIME MACHINE

starring ROD TAYLOR and YVETTE MIMIEUX released in '60 it is a fascinating tale of a man who invents a time machine in 1900 and travels far far into the future, along the way he meets his friend's son twice and much further into the future he meets a group of people who live under strange conditions and he sets out to save them from their keepers......must see film

THE LATHE of HEAVEN

BRUCE DAVISON from STRAWBERRY STATEMENT ( see above ) and WILLIARD stars in this UNIQUE sci-fi masterpiece about a man who's dreams are able to to completely change reality around him and in the world, but he does not understand what is happening so he goes to a psychiatrist who uses his powers of dreaming to manipulate DAVISON for his own use and the doctor begins to play GOD, fortunately for him he meets Heather along the way ( NIKI FLACKS ) who does not know what to think but eventually helps him to combat the doctor after reality changes around them everyday and they realize the doctor is the evil one in the world, excellent ideas of all kind run thru this sci-fi adventure, if you like SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5, and THE TIME MACHINE then you would like this film, which has someone in the future doing a Beatles cover, which is set up in a kitchsy sort of way by a robot, overall a charming film and unique in itself, they don' t make sci-fi films like this anymore, see this link for more info ~

http://www.thirteen.org/lathe/

LOGAN's RUN

GREAT sci-fi film starring JENNY AGUTTER, MICHAEL YORK and PETER USTINOV as the old man, here in this so-called perfect society people'd life ends while they are 30, only the people watching think it is a right to die as they are kept to believe they will be free when killed, so somewhere along the lines , the 2 characters break free and find themselves outside their world, their glass bubble amongst the ruins of what was once washington d.c., what they encounter changes the way they think of life, we'll stop there if you have not saw it, chances are you have and if you watch ity again like we did after 15 yrs of seeing it the first time around you'll love it again, top honors for the stage and design, which was also used later for anothe fantastic film called THE LATHE OF HEAVEN ( reviews to come )....

BLANK GENERATION is a really good video from n.y. showing all the underground bands from max's, and CBGB's in the mid 70s....

COP KILLER aka CORRUPT.....starring JOHNNY LYDON, in this film mr. ROTTEN uses his wits, and reverse pyschology to outwit a police officer who takes him hostage, allthough this is a serious film, some parts are really funny, EXCELLENT movie, it was released in the early 80's...

SPIRIT of '76...A great comedy released in the early 90's stars DAVID CASSIDY, OLIVIA d'ABO, and members of DEVO and REDD KROSS, and ROB REINER too,...keith partridge and friends take a trip back in time and accidentally get stuck in the 70's...GREAT ! ! !....love the ending with the parade and smiley faces... go to our downloads page to see a trailer....

ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW PURE CAMP, one of the best films of '75, and the glam music on it is much better than the film itself *

*ZARDOZ...is a great film from 74 starring sean connery, about a struggle between two cultures, the scene where connery discovers an old book from THE WIZARD OF OZ is one that made me have a FANTASTIC dream about it afterwards,

STRAWBERRY STATEMENT...GREAT protest movie from the late 60's starring BRUCE DAVISON...title track is sung by BUFFY SAINT-MARIE.....a cover of a JONI MITCHELL song done one step better....'were on a carousel of time'.........Davison later starred in WILLIARD, you know the film about the rats, and in around '79 - '80 he starred in a great but rather unknown film called 'THE LATHE OF HEAVEN' ( see below )....

QUADROPHENIA was a great film that told the true story of the battle between the mods and the rockers in england during the 60's...

SUBURBIA...Great film from the early 80's that shows california teenage punks living in an abandoned house trying to cope with life and dealing with small town prejudice...

*PHANTOM of the PARADISE* ' 74 produced by dePALMA is a great musical featuring glitter bands; the UNDEAD, and the juicyfruits, really GREAT songs here !

THE SWITCHBLADE SISTERS

ROBBIE LEE as Lace stars in a girl gang film that'll have you laughing hard as the girls and guys camp it up in what may be the best girl-gang film ever released, as Lace the leader of the Debs, LEE was the prettiest and best leader for the girls, her best frined Patch ( MONICA GAYLE ) does a great job as supporting actress, in the beginning she and her co-horts rob an evil landlord for 40 bucks that he just forced a poor mother of 2 kids to give him, soon they meet Maggie, ( JOANNE NAIL ) who also turns in a great acting job, ( love her dialogue between her and Crabbs ) and soon they're all in jail only to be sprung within the week, BUNNY played by JANICE KARMAN is very attractive and also has some very good lines, she was previously in a film called WHAM BAM THANK YOU SPACEMAN which was also from '75,

Dominic aka Nicki is Lace's boyfriend who is your average male chauvanist character and not too bright who ends up raping Maggie, ( somewhere between his character and his buddy Hook's character the guys behind Welcome Back Kotter must have gotten the idea for Vinnie Barbarino ! )........Lace finds out later and gets jealous, when she and Patch are talking Lace says 'everytime i tried to get close to Dom I can smell her stinking perfume'....FUNNY !....... later on there is a big showdown with Crabb's gang at the local roller rink where some gang members get killed, Lace ends up hospitalized and Maggie takes over for a while as leader of the Debs and renames them the Jezebells, another girl named Donut gets humiliated by the others throughout the film , ( Donut was played by LENNY BRUCE's daughter ), later in the film the girls team up with some sisters to get back at Crabb's cause apparently he's getting kids hooked on herion, great action scenes and some unintentionally funny moments make for a very entertaining and all around trashy film, this was afterall released in ' 75, if you want more trashy films from this year try 'Street Girls', also check out MILK-N-COOKIES glam tune 'Girls in Gangs' an unreleased number available on their live cd also from the mid 70s....a must see ! !

PRIVILEGE

very interesting film released in '67 and banned in some places in europe at the time of it's release, starring PAUL JONES of MANFREDD MANN, and JEAN SHRIMPTON model whose sister was MICK JAGGER's girlfriend for a time in the mid 60s, this would be Jean's only role, the first scene shows Jones ( STEVEN SHORTER ) being beaten by the cops in front of the audience right before he begins to sing, are they really beating him or is it all an act ( you'll have to get this film to find out ), somehow the British authorities use Steven as a medium to control the youth and people of the time, supposedly this is set in the future

later in the film they decide to use Steven to spread the word of God, but the pastor introducing him in this arena set up comes accross like a madman at a HITLER youth rally than someone who intends to do good, later in the film Steve and Vanessa ( SHRIMPTON ) discuss everything happening in his life and she suggests to him that he can stop it all now if he wants to, very surprising ending of which we can't tell you what happens, but this film has a very 1984 like setting involving media manipulation, mass control, big brother, and also how the music industry brainwashes youth, some rather good pop-rock songs are sung by Steven and another band too, overall a 7 on a scale from 1 - 10....

OZ

( A ROCK AND ROLL ROAD MOVIE )

rock musical version of the WIZARD of OZ from '76, well kinda....the trailer for this film shows what looks like a great film especially with the hypnotic music playing while dorothy stares at a photo of the Wizard, but what starts out pretty good ends up a LOW BUDGET affair that would only be of interest to 70s glam rock enthusiasts as most people would find this film unsatisfying due to a general lack of ideas of lack of excitement perhaps ?.......to begin with Dorothy is played by a very talented and beautfil JOY DUNSTAN which it appears is her only film as she later only acted in some tv shows, she is dressed in cool 70s fashions and early on acquires red ruby platforms :) the movie is set down under in australia and starts out with Dorothy and her friend watching a local band at a high school or some place they were called Wally and the Falcons who were a glam band of the time called JO JO ZEPP, they're allright on stage, they are actually the same band who plays as 'THE WIZARD' in the end singing the same tune, only their version is hard pre-punk rock whereas the latter is done with synths for a spage age glam effect............soon Dorothy and her friend and riding along with the group in the van when the van crashes ( did they get this idea from the film GROUPIE GIRL from 1970 ? see below ), and Dorothy gets up and begins her adventure and soon finds out her van killed the town thug

she she meets her fairy godfather, a villian who threatens her for killing his brother the town thug, a surfer who represents the scarecrow in the first part, so in the first 30 minutes everything goes well with cool 70s rock music playing in the background which is supplied by ROSS WILSON, JO JO ZEPP and others singing songs like 'WERE LIVING IN THE LAND OF OZ', but after she meets a biker ( a cowardly biker ) and a mechanic ( a heartless one, get it ? ) the film meanders back and forth for the next 30 minutes going nowhere really as she keeps trying to get to the city to see the Wizard play a rock concert, so she eventually does get to see him and his band play as the Wizard is played by the same character who sang in the local band that played in the beginning only the band are in full glam clothing and the song is a hypnotic one wherein they sing 'little girl i need your kiss, your lips are driving me insane, insane.....'....some unique 3-d effects are added which appears to be the highlight of the film, later she meets him behind a curtain, a shower curtain and jions him in the shower, so the whole movie was set to a low budegt affair and leaves you wanting more when it ends, like for example the movie says the Wizards final concert has AC/DC playing with him in Melbourne ? well it was not in our copy, seems the one song weas just played for fans, so anyways you know how the story ends, a happy ending, and even though it's not a masterpiece, JOY DUNSTAN is such a good actress and the songs in it are well played that there are some scenes one can watch over and over, still it coulda been made better had they added some munchkins and have had more happen in the film such as a poppy scene, an emerald city ?? but none of that is here, only mindless silly campy fun, so then this movie can be classified under - 70s campy fun :)

Note in the credits you can see the name - RALPH ROTTEN, and this was in '76 !

I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND '78

Classic b movie about BEATLEMANIA, sure you've saw this before, but try watching it again after all these yrs, a crazy loony ride back into 1964 full of magic, and as fun as watching 'R-n-R High School'..........has an all star cast also....

THEREMIN

WONDERFUL documentary film all about the Theremin and it's inventor Lev Sergeyvich Termen aka Leon Theremin, part of the film is about the inventor, other part is about it's use in modern music such as the BEACH BOYS 'Good Vibrations', we liked Theremin's wife playing and talking about the instrument, this film came out in the late 90s.....

here is a site all about the Theremin instrument -http://www.thereminworld.com/

CHATTERBOX from 1976 was a VERY UNUSUAL comedy about this uh.......gal named PENELOPE who shows off her singing talents, in a campy style that has to be seen to be believed...FUNNY !

SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS is a GREAT film of the 40's with VERONICA LAKE, about a couple taking to traveling by boxcar with the bums, with a great moral ending, sad, funny, and overall a film that will uplift the human spirit.....the scene at the church is very realistic and will make you laugh.......:) EXCELLENT MOVIE !

the PRESIDENT's ANALYSIST is a really good film starring JAMES COBURN, very looney 60's camp...* he also was in some great campy spy films as a character named FLINT - Our man Flint, well worth seeing :)

some HORROR FILMS

THE WICKER MAN

Classic HORROR film, yet plays more like a mystery, but we have to say, this is horror unlike anything you ever saw before, the horror here is REAL, real in the sense that people portrayed in the film really do exist in this day and age, released in '73 starring CHRISTOPHER LEE, EDWARD WOODWARD, BRITT EKLAND, DIANE CILENTRO, and many others, a police officer is summoned to a distant hard to get to isle of scotland to search for a missing girl named ROWAN MORRISON, as he asks around he notices the people and children there are more than just a bit unusual, Lord Summerisle ( LEE ) lives in a mansion surrounded by antiques, art, and lovely female creatures, ahh but something seems not quite right in this land of make believe, afterall a young girl is missing, or is she ? one has to follow closely thru the film to the very end to realize what goes on, all the while lovely scottish folk music the kind you can hear on old PENTANGLE and STEELEYE SPAN records plays during interludes and in the background as well

we will stop there as we don't wanna give away the ending, very interesting conversations on spirituality between the Christian ( Woodward ) and the Pagans he meets throughout the land, he believes that the soul is ressurected, the Pagans beleive more in transmigration of sorts, the film is very well acted and executed, great plot, wonderful scenery, all leading up to the island's MAY DAY......this film is a must see, since it is from ' 73 if you were to rent or buy it on a weekend, better to follow it up with a copy of GODSPELL............do not see the Wicker Man alone, bring a friend, btw do not see the remake, we hardly watch new films, they are BORING, nothing like 70s cinema for real movies :).......see this site NUADA for info on the film and lost scenes of which there is said to be different versions of the film -

http://www.nuada98.fsnet.co.uk/nuada%203/

The SENTINEL was a really good horror film from the late 70's, about reincarnation and a single gal living alone in n.y. city.....starring CRISTINA RAINES who gave a great perfomance, also had AVA GARDNER in a small role as her landlady....

LET's SCARE JESSICA to DEATH.....'71

EXCELLENT atmospheric film about a female vampire in a small town, and how she and the others attempt to drive a young woman out of her mind, she being one ZOHRA LAMPERT, a mysterious girl runs around in a white dress throughout the film, her name is GRETCHEN CORBETT, then there is a woman Jessica and her friends meet named Emily who seems to be a drifter, but she's actually a 200 yr old vampire, this film works well on all levels and is actually scary like a true 70s horror film should be, ever notice how horror films since 1980 or so are not at all scary, well this is one that will scare and entertain you, it's in a class all by itself

CARNIVAL OF SOULS

there used to be an abandoned amusement park between wendover and salt lake city in utah called The SALTAIR PAVILION, it serves as a focal point for this GREAT film about a young girl ( the lovely CANDACE HILLIGROSS ) who survives a car wreck where her 2 friends are killed, they find her wandering around the lake dazed and not knowing how she survived, she leaves town only to be followed by a ghoul at certain times, later she finds that at times people cannot see or hear her, as if she does not exist in our world.......she moves into a boarding house where the only other renter is some idiot who comes onto her and the lady who rents rooms there, she gets a pt. time job as a church organist only to be fired, she ends up visiting a psychiatrist who is unable to help her, she seems to drift in and out of the material world as she feels she is summoned to the Saltair Pavilion,......the film plays like an old TWILIGHT ZONE episode more so than say a horror film, but it can still be classified as horror too, we'll stop there as there is somewhat of a suprise ending, Candace was in another film called 'The Curse of the Living Corpse' , and starred in some tv shows also, so how do we rate this film ? HIGHLY, it's very well made, eerie in some places and has great music to go along with the ambiance, Candace tried to have a sequel remade over 20 yrs later but was unable to, read an interview here ~

http://www.bmonster.com/profile18.html

THE TOUCH of SATAN.........'71

a.k.a. CURSE OF MELISSA, a.k.a. NIGHT OF THE DEMON, a.k.a. THE TOUCH OF MELISSA,

VERY GOOD film overall that many people have criticized, we liked the 70s nowhere aspects of it, slow moving in parts but the acting by the 2 main characters is what makes the film a worthwhile and interesting venture, nice scenery, cool 70s fashions, pleasant conversations, not nearly as scary like say the above film which is also from '71 but the movie builds up well.......Jody ( MICHAEL BERRY ) is a college age guy whose father wants him to be a lawyer like him, but he wants to travel around teh country a bit before he makes up his mind, on his way to california he stops in a small town, just oh hanging out by a pond he finds and along comes a pleasant girl named MELISSA, ( EMBY MELLAY ) after talking she invites him to her parents walnut ranch where Jody encounters a strange woman who Melissa says is her crazy great grandma, who really is her sister, along the way 2 people in the town are murdered, people in town stare at Melissa because she is a witch,

there is some funny dialogue and the title track is sung in one part of the film which sounds like very corny 70s pop and doesn't sound like a song one would use in a horror film, along the way wouldn't you know Jody and Melissa fall in love, so this romance gets in the way of Jody truly understanding that something is WRONG here, the flashback sequence to the 1800's later in the film is well acted as well which explains the current dilemma of the Strickland family, this is Melissa's only film she was in which is a shame because she is an attractive actress which could have played well in any type of movie, the movie's most touching moment is when she sang 'Amazing Grace', we saw the MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATRE 3000 version of which info is near the bottom of this page, the critic and his 2 robot friends making fun of the film all the way thru turns it into a comedy, unfortunately they talk over some key moments of the film....on a scale from 1 - 10, we'll give this film a 7.7, see our downloads 4 page now to watch some clips from the film....

HORROR HOTEL.......good atmospheric film from '60, about a witch who sacrifices her guests in a dungeon beneath the hotel, stars PAMELA JESSEL , and DENNIS LOTTIS.......

DEVIL RIDES OUT.....GOOD film with CHRISTOPHER LEE about a a devil cult trying to kidnap people and brainwash them, good climatic ending....

FRANKENSTEIN ISLAND

leaving this one near the bottom of our horror film section where it belongs,'78 or '81, not exactly sure, well as soon as these guys hit the beach after landing from the hot air balloons and start the dialogue you know you found a winner, the acting is so bad, so bad you start to laugh, then for some reason actors get paralyzed in the arm at random whenever they mention a place like Kentucky, they meet some pretty jungle girls who smoke reefer out of skulls and play bongos, when the bums come in and one of them laughs a ridiculous laugh, you'll be the one laughing, laughing at how you are spending sat. night watching this mindless film, a lot more happens but we will not give away the ending, but there is a spinning pink box, a monster, and some unexplained occurences, so go to IMBD.com and read the user's comments about how bad/good this one is :)

FRANKENSTEIN ISLAND is a true masterpiece in every sense of the word .

CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS

from around '72 this one too is said to be a masterpiece of meaningless, bad acting and worse script and it's from the 70s so it has to be a winner, more info to come soon....

( on Jesus )

' He went to parties in disreputable company and was looked upon as a glutinous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners; he assaulted indignant tradesmen and threw them and their belongings out of the temple; he drove a coach and horse through a number of sacrosanct and hoary regulators ; he cured diseases by any means that came handy with a shocking casualness in the matter of other people's pigs and property; he showed no proper deference for wealth and social position; when confronted with neat didectical traps, he displayed a paradexical humor that affronted serious-minded people, and he retorted by asking disagreeable searching questions that could not be answered by rule of thumb.

But he had a daily beauty in his life that made us ugly, and officialdom felt that the established order of things would be more secure without him. So they did away with God in the name of peace and quietness.

WALKABOUT is a Really good underated film if you need an escape, starring JENNY AGUTTER in 71, who showed up 5 years later in the sci-fi classic LOGAN's RUN,.....

THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH was the very good b-movie that DAVID BOWIE made in 76, and had some unshown scenes added a few years ago...

SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS is one of finest fims of the 60's, great acting and storyline, well developed plot, and the music in it is SUPER!...

ROBOT MONSTER...was one of the best films of the 50's , about a robot who terrorizes a mayberry-type family, and finally

ESCAPE FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN ( mid 70s )...is a good film about children with magical powers... "Return to Witch Mountain" was the sequel

ED WOOD's

*'GLEN OR GLENDA'* is among the greatest artistic achievements of the 20th century !!! ,BELA LAGOSI steals the show and reminds us of HITLER losing his mind in his final days,.......... if you haven't seen 'GLEN OR GLENDA' before, then forget about this idiot site and go rent it!, also *PLAN 9 from OUTER SPACE* is his other milestone, with superb acting that should have been nominated for a grammy at the time!

AMAZON WOMEN on the MOON

released in '87, this is a great film which has lots of skits beginning with a spoof of a 50 sci-fi film, a film that came out in the late 70s Kentucky Fried Movie is one to aviod it's dull and not funny at all, this film like THE GROOVE TUBE is far , far better, from black people with no soul as told by BO DIDLEY, CARRIE FISHER too is funny in her skit, non-stop laughs and an all star cast make this film unforgettable :)

THE GROOVE TUBE

from 1972 this film was like a precursor to SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE with it's use of skits and short plays some of which are very funny, look closely and you'll notice CHEVY CHASE in some skits, and is that LAURAINNE NEWMAN in one scene ? campy good time music plays in the background, while some skits are not so good others are real funny....

SMITHEREENS

we placed this film next to Groupie Girl because they are somewhat similiar in plot, allthough Groupie Girl is a colder film, this film is more into the present ( 1984 ) and has rather good, and realistic acting performances from both RICHARD HELL, and SUSAN BERMAN, and BRAD RINN, not a great film, but a decent one with good acting and best performances are from Hell and Berman, good soundtrack with songs by Hell and the FEELIES ( see page 6 ) among others HELL was also in BLANK GENERATION from '80 , never saw it but it boasts a good soundtrack too, another film called BLANK GENERATION is one we like a lot, they are music videos grouped together filmed in black and white from the N.y. CBGB's scene mid 70s, now thats one we'd call a GREAT film....

BREAKING GLASS....released in '80, is said to feature a cool new wave sound track...Kate ( HAZEL O'CONNOR ), stars in a movie about the u.k. new wave / punk scene of the late 70s and all the corruptness that surrounds it, it is said to be very good, we'd like to see it one day....

GROUPIE GIRL

a decent rock film about what happens to a girl who makes the wrong choices in partners and pays the consequences, you feel sorry for the girl in the end, and are thankful they are only acting, it is full of careless sex and the part is played very well by ESME JOHNS, we could not find any more films she was in, the good part of the film are the songs, from the opening title track till the last 30 minutes of the film where she meets BILLY BOYLE who starred in the far superioir english rock film - 'SIDE by SIDE' ( see above ) , there is a funny part in the film right before she meets him when the cops bust a mansion where a rock band is hanging out, Boyle has 2 songs he contributed to the film - ' I WONDER DID YOU', and 'LOOKING FOR LOVE'.......overall the film is cold, but an honest portrayal nonetheless.......

ALICE in WONDERLAND

allthough a lot of film versions have been released on this story, we like this u.k. version that was released in '72 that features FIONA FULLERTON, she was around her late teens - early 20s when this film was made, consider this the pyschedelic version of 'Alice' with period costumes and some rather funny scenes throughout, 'but your just a bunch of card she says, this can't be true ' :)

THE MASK OF FU MANCHU

enjoyable adevnture farce from the golden year of 1932, BORIS KARLOFF as the evil FU MANCHU, along with his daughter as played by MYRNA LOY are planning to take over the world with the help of GENGHIS KHAN's treasure, LEWIS STONE, KAREN MORLEY and others race to stop them, a funny moment abound when Morley calls Loy a silly little fool for trying to steal her man, unique adventure with lighting at the end adds to the spectacle, watcth it in magic mushrooms like we did for an even overall more enjoyable expierence.......:)

THE LOST WEEKEND

from 1945 starring RAY MILLAND as the drunk, he is a writer and is trying to get out a novel but drinking gets in the way, funny in parts especially when he types out the words The Bottle on the typewriter, good acting from JANE WYMAN too, eventually he ends up in a mental ward due to his drinking, but gets out, good use of the THEREMIN instrument in the film :)

TROUBLE in PARADISE

an oldie from 1932 and only a bit over an hour long, the film has some rather mumorous moments and the dialogue between KAY FRANCIS and MIRIAM HOPKINS is what makes the film standout, the film deals with a couple trying to con a wealthy woman out of something, you'll have to watch the film to find out what....

THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY

'80 or so, FUNNY ! info to come soon....:)

BUDDY HOLLY ' 78

GOOD film of the late 50s rock-n-roller as portrayed by GARY BUSEY, love the scene at the APPOLLO where they were the first white act to play, the crowd loves them, u will too, have to say LA BAMBA which came out yrs later is a bit better, which is because they went more in depth into the role........

LENNY '74

GREAT movie about LENNY BRUCE as portrayed by DUSTIN HOFFMAN, kids of today forget about how Bruce was one of the first heroes of the counter culture, paving the way for the 60s generation, he was placed in jail many times for using foul language in his comedy acts, VALERIE PERRINE does a good job as his wife......

FORBIDDEN ZONE

the film starts out promising showing a french family living in venice beach california with zany music playing, some intersting musical interludes accompany a dull film which jumps around too much in the 5th dimension as they put it to make it worthwhile, came out in '80 and we were not too impressed with this one :(

MATRIX ( late 90s )

we don't care much for new movies here, but this one was a decent sci-fi film with a basic battle of good vs evil , but with sci fi effects as never witnessed before, always liked KEANU REEVES, he does a good job here, most interesting part is when he goes down the chamber and one can see people all lined up being used by machines for their bodies............well worth seeing again......he also had a convincing role in the DEVIL's ADVOCATE w/AL PACINO....

PLEASANTVILLE ( late 90s )

Great comedy with a good moral, and an overall political statement on how society came of age in the 50s, in this setting Pleasantville is all make beleive, for the folks who live here, all they know of the world is in this town, the geography starts and ends there, no words on the books, everything is straight out of LEAVE it to BEAVER/FATHER KNOWS BEST..........till the teenage brother and sister are sent there by DON KNOTTS who plays a funny role here...............eventually the 2 kids begin to upset the apple cart and slowly the town goes from black and white to color and in the end they expose some racist truths, has a happy ending too,

CRAZY PEOPLE

a lot of comedies that have been released in the 80s and 90s were not all that funny whereas some fall into a category of real funny, that can be said for Crazy People starring DUDLEY MOORE and DARYL HANNAH, DUDLEY is an ad exec who gets real stressed out and ends up at the funny farm where he falls for Mrs. Hannah who looks great in any film she plays in, love it when she 's says "I'M CRAZY", very convincing, later in the film the crazies help him in advertising and they succeed, overall GREAT comedy !

TALLADEGA NIGHT

....the ballad of RICKY BOBBY was a funny film starring WILL FERRELL, poking fun of the nascar white trash lifestyle and those who follow nascar, and applebee's too, who the hell would eat there ?

THE HOLY MOUNTAIN

from Alejandro Jodorowsky released in '73, what a pile of crap this film is, we thought it was gonna be something to do about Jesus, it was not, instead the viewer is treated to scenes that have nothing to do with one another of various people going nowhere and going thru towns here and there, gross scenes, lots of naked people, boring very BORING ! somewhere where they come to a scene where 7 or is it 9 people are in a meeting the film attempts some coherence in a unique sci-fi setting, but then again the film delves into bad taste, aviod this mess like the plague, 2 hrs of dullness, BORING !

BLAXPLOITATION FILMS -

DARKTOWN STRUTTERS

what promises to be a great film is a collection of rather OUTSTANDING songs mixed in with camp and silliness, SYREENA and her girl biker gang wear outrageous costumes and get harrassed by the police in the first few minutes, but it is their dance 10 minutes into the film to a song about SYREENA ( TRINA PARKS ) that must be seen and heard, they really camp it up with great singing and dancing, then they meet a cool gang of bikers, unfortunately the movie resorts to predictable slapstick comedy throughout the film and the songs in it are what really stand out, such as one in the middle by the DRIFTERS and another very slow soul number where a gang sings, then the ending one, so you'll want this movie for the great singing and dancing in it which is not enough....the film does get a 10 in the costume dept. thougg

ALABAMA's GHOST

starring CHRISTOPHER BROOKS this film is in a class all by itself, released in '73 this had to have been made by director FREDRIC HOBBS under the influence of several hits of LSD !!!...his previous films are said to be ones of assorted bizzarreness and must be seen to be believed, they are 'GODMONSTER OF INDIANNA FLATS' ( '73 ), ROSELAND ( '70 ) and 'TROIKA' ( '69 )....we've never saw these but we can account that ALABAMA's GHOST is not only so bad it's great, but the acting is very well done and convincing and with all the large crowds it looks like someone spent a lot of money to make this film, HOBBS also used some cast members from his other films to make this MASTERPIECE.......BROOKS stars as ALABAMA a janitor who works in a nighclub, the opening scene is of a jazz band of which ain' t all that exciting, thus it sets the scene as Alabama is asked to close up the place as he does every night, he starts talkin' jive, and accidentally discovers a secret tomb underneath the club

he follows a vioce that calls to whoever as found the tomb, when he gose through a series of catacombs he evenetually finds the vioce which comes from a small record player spinning a 45 record, and he finds CARTER the GREAT's tomb complete with all his costumes and magic memorabilia as Carter was a real life master magician from a long time ago, Alabama finds an address inside and goes there to find CARTER's wife and granddaughter, so Alabama talks jive with granny and convinces her that he must take up Carter's position and travel around the world performing a magic show, only when he leaves is it revealed that granny is really a man in disguise, so we find out that Alabama is being used, yrs pass and Alabama bcomes KING of the COSMOS and a world-wide superstar performing magic tricks to millions of people worldwide, all thru the film you'll find yourself shaking your head in disbelief as such a funny bad/good film, we'll stop there as we won' t give the ending away, there may be a small comparison to the film Privilege ( see above ) in the way that the main character is exploited in front of a nation, but this is a GREAT film that must be seen by 70s movie fans, BROOKS gave the best acting performance as sometimes he looks as if he's thinking 'man how did i end up acting in this mess around all these nuts' ? :) , he played JESUS in a film also from '73 called THE MACK, and was in several more films, see this link for gthat list -

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111917/

for some info on CARTER the GREAT see this link ~

http://www.sftradjazz.org/carterthegreat.html

COFFY '73

GREAT film starring PAM GRIER going undercover to find the supplier who got her 11 yr old sister hooked on herion, she was in another GREAT one called 'FOXY BABY' '74, and again in 'SHEBA BABY', '75 loses the decadence and is not nearly as good as these 2.....

5 on the BLACK HAND SIDE ' 73

early 70s black comdey drama about a family and neighbors rebelling against a very conservative father who lives in the stone age, he has to face his wife who stands up for women's rights, and has to attend his daughter's african wedding while he argues with all of his family, featuring JA'NET DU BOIS in a pre-GOOD TIMES role, also GODFREY CAMBRIDGE, GREAT title track as sung by KEISHA BROWN and PRIME CUT ( see page 5 )

'SCREAM BLACCULA SCREAM' ' 73

good horror movie and a FUNNY b movie as well, PAM GRIER has a good role as a voodoo priestess using her powers for good against evil, TOM MARSHALL plays the black dracula, a good actor as well, but some of the dialogue and exploitation aspects of this will make u LAUGH !......this was the sequel to 'blacula', never saw that one.....

THOMASINE and BUSHROD ' 74

VONETTE McGEE and MAX JULIEN played in this film as kinda a BONNIE and CLYDE, allthough they played black thieves who operate in the American south between 1911 and 1915, ..........Thomasine and Bushrod steal from rich, white capitalists, then give to Mexicans, Native Americans and poor whites.......a GOOD film, but has a sad ending, good acting by JO MO whoever he was,.......... ' jo mo shoot your babies'..........yea he was just joking ya know.......

TRUCK TURNER.....Great action film starring ISAAC HAYES with good action sequences, the lobby card pictured on this page is super ! see page 8 for a photo

PUTNEY SWOPE

actually the only review here is of the theme song which must be heard to be believed, these lyrics between a black and white couple are incredible ! the film is a comedy about a black ad exec at an all white ad agency, the film is from '69 and has been praised as a cult classic, see our reviews on page 5, oh yea don' t forget to check out one of the coolest videos on youtube.com ~

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9-D-0_jX1O0

some WAR FILMS

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN

superb epic war film and an anti war film as well, led by TOM HANKS in ww2, a team of brave soldiers are sent to france to rescue sgt. Ryan whose 4 brothers were all killed in the war, very well produced and realistic war film, but why did they put ted danson here, why ?

'THE ODESSA FILE' is a superb film from 74 starring JON VOIGHT, about a german in the 60's who disguises himself as a former waffen s.s. to infiltrate ex-nazi underground...highly recommended...

'HOLOCAUST' is a really good film about life in and around concentration camps of WW2 starring JAMES WOODS and MERYL STREEP...

...'PATHS of GLORY' is a great film starring KIRK DOUGLAS about WW1 that deals with treason amongst other subjects, the movie is worth renting alone for the scene at the end where the girl sings for the french soldiers.....unforgettable *

if you are interested in WW1 and WW2 posters, then this site here has some beautiful ones

http://www.homestead.com/warposter/warposter s.html

'DEATH PROMISE' late 70s, supposed to be so bad you'll laugh, and laugh....well we've never saw this one, but we'd love to !

yea, yea, we've actually saw many more great films, but ya know our site is mostly on music, and spiritually, sometime we'll come here and add more, check out a super B movie site called PIMPADELIC WONDERLAND, another is SHOCKING VIDEOS,another is called TRASH PALACE both accessible from our LINKS pages.... ******

scene from GODSPELL *

Psalm 95

A Call to Worship and Obedience 1 O come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! 2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! 3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. 5 The sea is his, for he made it, and the dry land, which his hands have formed. 6 O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! 7 For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

O that today you would listen to his voice

our close friend from germany named Luna sent in reviews of 2 70s uk glam rock films, they are rather unknown today.....SIDE by SIDE is far, FAR better of the 2....there are 2 more of the same '74/'75 glam era

'SIDE BY SIDE'

Year: 1975 Genre(s): Comedy Runtime: 84 mins. Distributor(s): GTO Director: Bruce Beresford Producer: Drummond Challis Music: Mac and Katie Kissoon, Desmond Dekker

Music artists:

Stephanie de Sykes, Barry Humphries, Terry Thomas, The Second Generation, Mud, Kenny, Fox, The Rubettes, Hello, Mac and Katie Kissoon, Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band, Desmond Dekker and the Israelites, Kenny, Lauri Lupino Lane

Cast:

Barry Humphries: Rodney, Joss Terry-Thomas: Max Nugget, Stephanie DeSykes: Julia,

Billy Boyle: Gary, Dave Mount: Flip, Frank Thornton: Inspector Crumb, Jennifer Guy: Violet, Sheila Collings: Bessie

Sound Track:

Includes:

The Rubettes: I can do it,

Stephanie De Sykes: Born with a smile on my face

Hello: Bend me shape me

Mud: Side by side

The second movie with Mud, and especially Dave Mount, is called "Side by side" In this movie where also performances of The Rubettes, Stephanie de Sykes, Lynsey de Paul and Spike Milligan.

to see a review and some pictures of both these films, see this link at a MUD site -

http://home.hccnet.nl/paula.versnick/mud/films.html

HOWEVER go to our Gateway 3 and you'll see an in-depth review of what is one of the GREATEST films of all time ~ 'SIDE by SIDE', amazing !!

STEPHANIE de SYKES should have been nominated for an oscar , a grammy whatever, we give her the best female performance in a film of the 70s period !.....NOOSHA FOX does a great cameo performance but only in the song 'imagine me, imagine you', she should have acted as well,.....

'NEVER TOO YOUNG TO ROCK'

Year: 1975 Genre(s): Comedy Distributor(s): Libert International Director: Dennis Abey Producer: Greg Smith, Ron Inkpen

Music artists: Peter Noone, Scott Fitzgerald, Mud, The Glitter Band, Rubettes, Slick, Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band, Sally James

Cast: Mud, Rubettes, Glitter Band, Freddie Jones, Peter Denyer

Sound Track: LP, label:GTO

Includes:

Rubettes: Never too young to Rock, Sugar baby love, Tonight, Juke box Jive

Slik: Never too young to Rock, Boogiest Band in Town

The Glitter Band: Angel Face, Just for You, Let's Get Together Again, Shouted Out

Mud: Dyna-mite, Tiger Feet, Cat Crept In, Rocket

In May 1975 the comic rock-movie "Never too young to rock" went in premi?e in Dublin. In this movie also played The Rubbettes, The Glitter Band and Peter Noone.

this excert Luna got from a MUD site, we posted our reviews of this film in our Gateway 3 of the 70s invasion in the summer of '04, it is not as great as it sounds above, actually the film blows pretty bad like a cheap b movie, but it is very worthy to get for the song performances, of which SLIK's 'BOOGIEST BAND IN TOWN' is a standout, also MUD and the GLITTERBAND have great performances too, RUBETTES are good also so you'd just want this film to watch those clips over and over and especially the finale where the title track is sung, go to our Gateway 3 to see our reviews....

'CONFESSIONS of a POP PERFORMER'

( featuring KIPPER )

at the bottom where they belong, there exists nothing at all in rock music like the band who terrorized london moviegoers and rock fans alike like KIPPER, pre-punk, rock bottom glam, whatever they were labeled as, KIPPER defied all expectations in their brief period from ' 75 - ' 76 and as some claim singlehandidly gave birth to punk rock, that birth is anaylzed in the first song ' THE CLAPHAM ' from the film 'CONFESSIONS of a POP PERFORMER' ( '75 ), it was one of the period piece english sex comedies that in itself was a bit funny for the times, but mainly served as the showcase for the ( best/worst )band of all time, KIPPER.....funny thing ROBIN's brother in the film is named SIDNEY NUGGETT , in SIDE by SIDE - MAX NUGGETT was the owner of one club, but SIDE by SIDE is by FAR a much better film, except nothing in the world compares with KIPPER thats for sure....

' THE CLAPHAM '

this performance has to be seen to be believed and after the first viewing, many viewers have dropped their jaws in eye-popping expectations and shook their heads in disbelief, the 5 piece leather-clad band takes the stage to the delight of the few hundred fans who assembled to witness the barrage of rock and violence that night sometime in london circa ' 75, the singer looks quite a bit like IAN HAMPTON of JOOK but with a poofed out afro, they begin to play a bass heavy rock-bottom number with defiant guitar and drumming by none other than ROBIN ASKWITH,.......' HERE's A NEW DANCE FROM SOUTH LONDON, IT's CALLED THE KLAPPER, HERE's A NEW DANCE THATS GOING AROUND, IT'S GONNA BE THE RAGE OF LONDON TOWN, ...........IT's FINGER SNAPPIN', IT's FOOT STOMPIN' IT's THE CLAPHAM , DO THE CLAPHAM !!!!!!!!!!!......'...( a source says they are singing ' DO THE CLAPHAM' named after a town in england called Clapham.......sounds like they are singing DO THE KLAPPER.......

at this point the audience is up off of all their seats, many are dancing, some are beginning to fight, this was all documented live, and there were also a number of old-timers in the audience jioning in on the fun, next says the singer -

' NOW I WANT YOU TO GET REAL VIOLENT ' ( and he makes a fist and convinces the audience to really come alive, and they do as he says, a riot ensues and somehow towards the end of the song, a short in the electrical wiring goess off and smoke and minor explosions take place on the stage as the crowd goes wild, again nothing like this was ever witnessed till the SEX PISTOLS came about later, so one can say KIPPER set the stage for all to come....

'JACK THE RIPPER'

another number has the band playing a decent rock number with lyrics ' THE NAME IS KIPPER, MEAN AS JACK THE RIPPER', elsewhere in the film they are just rehearsing, we once read where they had an lp released or unreleased on a glam forum yrs ago,

this review was posted july 19th '06

we found the video which showcases the birth of punk rock here -

http://youtube.com/results?search_query=confessions+of+a+pop+performer&search_type=

'THREE FOR ALL'

from the golden year of 1974, we have posted song reviews in our gateway 5, this film was a campy one based on a touring band called BILLY BEETHOVEN.....some cast members; Paul Nicholas and Robert Lindsey feature prominently admist the supporting talent of Richard Beckinsale, Diana Dors, Liz Frazer, Hattie Jacques, Roy Kinnear, Arthur Mullard, Simon Williams and Edward "The Equaliser" Woodward, to name only a few.......also with

Adrienne Posta, Cheryl Hall, Lesley North Graham Bonnet, Robert Lindsay, Christoper Neil, Paul Nicholas, as "Billy Beethoven".....Guest Appearance of Showaddywaddy

SOUNDTRACK;

Side One

1. Three for All (Marionettes) 2. Don't Drink The Water (Billy Beethoven) 3. The Party (Rock 'n' Roll Party) (Showaddywaddy)

4. With A Girl Like You (The Troggs) 5. Driving in The Rain (Stephen Stapley) 6. Spanish Holidy (Hasta La Vista) (Marionettes)

7. Happy Machine (Kaplan Kaye) 8. Liza (Kaplan Kaye) 9. Dreams (Out In The Forest) (Billy Beethoven)

Side Two 1. Untitled (Here Comes The Rain) (Billy Beethoven) 2. Hot Rod (Willy Zango) 3. Lady (Granny)

4. We're Free (Billy Beethoven) 5. Rock on Man (Rock Island Line) 6. Things Get Better (Adrienne Posta)

7. Groovin' with Mr. Bloe (Mr. Bloe) 8. Roadsweepers Rag (Instrumental) 9. Three for All (Reprise) (Marionettes)

http://www.bonnetrocks.com/disco/early70s/early70s.htm

These below we have not yet saw, but they sound very interesting

FINAL PROGRAMME

sci-fi adventure about a rock star who travels thru time, from '73

OZ

a mid 70s dorothy travels thru a strange land to met a wizard who is a glam rock icon of some sort, came out in '76 , 2 video downloads are here

http://youtube.com/results?search_query=confessions+of+a+pop+performer&search_type=

BLACK MOON

umm not sure about this one yet, the youtube vieo is interesting to say the least, a crazed girl speaks with a unicorn and attacks talking flowers, it came out in '75....

JUMPING BEAN BAG + GLITTER...........these 2 short unreleased films from '76 on the u.k. Glam scene now out, 'Glitter' featured TOYAH WILCOX, see our Links 4 page for the link.......

SHARPIES

the pre-punk skinhead look was alive in 1974 in melbourne australia, youth gangs dressed in straight leg jeans with short hair, they had girlfriends that followed their style too, there is a rare film that exists, for now see these 2 clips at youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNcdUbVWH8E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNcdUbVWH8E

INFO TO COME SOON

lastly a u.k. film were looking for

THE AMAZING MR. BLUNDEN........last , but not least a british fantasy film from the early 70s about some youngsters on an adventure of a supernatural nature......one of us thinks he saw this film when he was 5....we want to see this film, write us if you have it on vhs,

next is our review of l.a.'s TEEN MACHINE, and our friend from europe's comments, followed by our review of the music from the film VELVET GOLDMINE, about 70's glitter rock; then B movies, and a KONGS article :) .................................*

TEEN MACHINE

we listenened to sound samples of 'after school special' from the 'teen machine'

1 1 DEMOLITION GIRL...handclaps, electric guitar, teen vocals, reminded us very much of HELLO, the 2nd best track here :)

2 hot mom....lead vocals by MANDY, this is power pop with good vocals

3 bitchin camaro ....power pop with bubblegum-type harmonies

4 POP STARS......early 70's pop sound, this rates with the best of the PARTRIDGE FAMILY....GOOD one...

5 SCHOOL's OVER.......YEA ! SUPERB vocals by ANGEL, bubblegum harmonies, over loud 70's guitar sound, the BEST track, and our chioce for 'best summer song for 2001'...:)

6 sugarland.......some guitar crunch here and there, ...ok...

7 I'M GONNA STEAL YOUR GIRLFRIEND' pop-rock, most comparable to CHEAP TRICK...good one.....

well there you, they have some other songs on the lp as well, we are really impressed from what we have heard, retro 70's sound with an updated power-pop sound of 2001, if you like any of these 70''s bands ; HELLO, JOOK, MILK and COOKIES, the TEENS, and the PARTRIDGE FAMILY, then you'll love the sound of the TEEN MACHINE,

hope they can improve with the next lp, check out their tour schedule.....the link is on the homepage

we sent this link to a friend in europe, he listened to some samples, then compared them to some 70's glitter bands -

http://www.teenmachine.net/home.html

CHECK THIS BAND OUT - THIS IS LA.'s BAND's ATTEMPT AT A 70'S RETRO GLITTER, BUBBLEGUM style

They sure sounded glam! Just send them here, ask them to do some covers and they will be loved by all retro fans (me and my fellows). No, 70's acts are really loved in the clubs over here. But they have to play something which people have heard.

WERE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ANY OF THE SONGS FROM SAMPLES ? IF SO HOW DID THEY SOUND ?

When I got to hear about this band I was told this was a retro glam band. But I don't agree in this, it's more a powerpop act holding on to pop and harmonies rather than heavy guitars and drums. The album by Teen Machine is called "After school" and some songs can be heard on their home page in Real Audio. There were seven songs available. But... remind you that this is a modern sound, but with influenses.

the cd cover is from the old show 'AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL'.........remember ? ******************************************************

VELVET GOLDMINE SOUNDTRACK review -

So hollywood wants to release a film about 70's glam, the songs are a mixture of covers, 70's originals, and 90's originals, what we want to know is why there was so many ROXY, ENO, songs and some pointless covers and why the soundtrack did not include songs of SUZI QUATRO, SLADE, HELLO, and more HARLEY songs, why?

because thats hollywood for you ... aside from fine originals from REED,HARLEY,BOLAN,ROXY,ENO,etc. there are some good covers, some overblown covers too , but mostly good original songs like SHUDDER TO THINK'S 'hot ones' and the central piece 'the ballad of maxwell demon'... , PLACEBO does a good cover of T.REX's '20th century boy', and

THOM YORKE of RADIOHEAD has some nice songs like the cover of ROXY's '2hb', and 'ladytron', but the wylde rattz cover of 't.v.eye' blows, it's too pretentious, GRANT LEE BUFFALO's 'the whole shebang' is really nice, sounds like BOWIE circa '71,...PULP's 'we are the boys' is a good zombie like punk tune, and TEENAGE FANCLUB does a campy version of the DOLLS 'personality crisis' along with someone named DONNA MATTHEWS, elsewhere the cover of 'baby's on fire' sounds put on, but overall it's pretty enjoyable, however if you want the real thing then go and buy some of the real 70's glitter on this site like HELLO or ARROWS.......

**************...........****************........... -* we are afraid of wynonna judd * *************************************************

Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there. I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow; I am the diamond glints on snow;

I am the sunlight on ripened grain; I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the morning hush I am the quick uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circling flight. I am the soft star that shines at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there, I did not die.

Mary Frye 1932

SHONEN KNIFE 'MUSIC SQUARE' '93

I am very happy tonight We could be here today I was waiting for a long time To come to music square

When you sing the song that i love I can't stop the beating of my heart I don't know why

I am very happy tonight I could be close to you I was waiting for a long time To come to music square

Every song i will give to you I want you to have a merry day

I am very happy tonight I could see the beautiful stars I've been waiting for a long time

VIDEO MAIL ORDER, to get rare videos of the past - the present here are a few cool video sites, long live VHS....

1 PIMPADELIC WONDERLAND

2 TRASH PALACE

3 SHOCKING VIDEOS

4 CINEMA DE BIZZARRE

5 MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000

if you have not yet saw this show, you must if you are a fan of bad films, a guy named Mike and his 2 robot friends sit with you through all sorts of so bad they're good films and turn them into comedies by making fun of the film all through it, see this link for more info

http://www.mst3kinfo.com/daddyo/index.html

info to come on rare 70s films such as TAKING OFF, and THE VAN,

PHIL HENDRIE

since you have read this far then here is something you may have not been looking for but will be glad you found, Phil ran the best comedy radio show for yrs in L.a. before it was syndicated nationally only to end around 2006, his special brand of humor consisted of he imitating other people's vioces so well, in his case a revolving group of characters who would say ridiculous things on the air, then people out in radio land would become very upset and call the show live and begin to argue with one of these people while Phil acted as a host of the show often having to stop and calm both the caller and one of his made up characters, so well was his act that he fooled people from all walks of life including a u.s. senator into thinking they were speaking with 2 people when all the time it was just Phil they were speaking with,

Phil Hendrie's show made fun of people who listen to talk radio in the first place so one can say it was very anti-radio.......his radio show was so funny that the humor rivaled and often surpassed the humor of say the old Saturday Night Live tv show from the 70s into the early 80s.........and often left many listeners laughing so hard they would cry, another angelfire site has done a good job documenting his radio show allthough many of the links to sound clips no longer work, search around for some archives and you'll have found the best kept secret in comedy radio ever :)

see this link here for more info -

http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/oceanbrz/page61.html

Pierre de Chardin

http://www.angelfire.com/vt2/70sinvasion/