![]() ![]() Also, it gets tiring when every action hero and villain now know martial arts. I sure miss those 80's actioners when things weren't so operatic like action movies are these days, always trying to out artistic the previous one with how many smoke machines you can have behind the fights and how many nanosecond edits you can get between kicks. I always enjoyed him when he was serious and a little awkwardly uncomfortable looking at times, like in THE LONGEST YARD and STARTING OVER and SHARKEY'S.Ī non-Burt starring actioner from the 80's that deserves reviving is the very cool Frankenheimer directed DEAD BANG from 1989 starring Don Johnson. He's got almost a method like mumbling in HEAT and that's a good fit for him, even though the majority of his fans preferred his good old boy antics. I think what I enjoy most about Burt's action pics from the 80's is that he was no longer winking at the camera all the time like when he was the biggest star in the world the previous decade. MALONE is next on the Watchlist and I'm really looking forward to it, especially now with your input. I remember "Physical Evidence" and "Rent a Cop" being bad, but I haven't seen them in years. "Malone" definitely has its moments as well. "Stick" is flawed but entertaining, same with "Heat". I really enjoyed reading the "Heat" review, Prof, Burt's run of slicker action movies in the 80s, aside from "Sharky's Machine", gets shit on a bit, but they're pretty fun. The most ironically funny part of the whole film is seeing Burt rip off another dude's hairpiece and mock him over it. The most deliriously romantic horror picture ever made, The Whip and the Body is a decadent masterpiece by the bloody brilliant Bava ( Black Sunday, Black Sabbath, Kill, Baby…Kill!). ![]() When Kurt is found murdered, it brings no peace to those who had feared him, as his vengeful spirit cannot be contained by the grave, and he returns to torment those unfortunate enough to remain within Menliff Manor. Horror legend Christopher Lee ( Dracula, The Wicker Man, House of the Long Shadows) stars as Kurt Menliff, the sadistic son of a wealthy Count, who returns to the family castle, much to the dismay of his family, their servants, and the beautiful woman with whom he shares a fondness for the lash (Daliah Lavi, The Silencers, The High Commissioner). Steeped in sadomasochism and lushly photographed in the vivid hues for which the director is known, Mario Bava’s The Whip and the Body is a Gothic thriller that far surpasses the AIP Edgar Allan Poe films that it was intended to emulate.
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