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Double Feature: The Naked Zoo (1970)/Mako: Jaws of Death (1976)

Posted on December 4, 2020 at 10:50 am by Jeff Kuykendall

The third disc in Arrow Video’s He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection matches a reconstructed director’s cut of Grefé’s druggy, campy melodrama The Naked Zoo (1970) with one of his best known grindhouse efforts, the sharksploitation feature Mako: … Continue reading →

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Gwendoline (1984)

Posted on April 14, 2020 at 11:26 am by Jeff Kuykendall

When The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak – in its native France known as Gwendoline (1984) – opened in the U.S. in January 1985, it received a healthy ad campaign and a wide release. I … Continue reading →

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Belladonna of Sadness (1973)

Posted on August 8, 2016 at 12:11 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Earlier this year I reviewed A Thousand and One Nights (1969) and Cleopatra (1970), the first two films from the experimental, adult-themed “Animerama” series from manga legend Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy). The first film beat Fritz the Cat (1972) to … Continue reading →

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