Let's Go To the Movies #6 Friday 2 June 1972

 

Over at the Colonial on Woodward Ave (in the exact spot where Little Caesars Arena now stands) is the Filipino produced THE HOT BOX (Their guns are hot and their bodies are hard!) with Margaret Markov leading a group of escaped female prisoners/revolutionaries. 

Also on the bill is Lee Frost's CHAIN GANG WOMEN (which is mostly chain gang men) , Dario Argento's THE CAT O- NINE TAILS and the complete unknown to me CUE MASTER (pool tableploitation ??) 

An interesting combination of a blaxploitation/heist film with some film noir elements, COOL BREEZE is playing several downtown theatres and drive-ins. Another one that really needs a nice Blu-ray release.

FRITZ THE CAT, complete with a Judith Crist quote ("Fritz The Cat is a Ball For the Open Mind!") is still playing a few theatres after its April premier. 

Held over for its second week is THE POSSESSION OF JOEL DELANEY. Starring Shirley MacLaine, this interesting & creepy  NYC based voodoo possession has finally gotten some Blu-ray love the past few years. 

Another MIA on Blu-ray, THE LONERS has Dean Stockwell leading a trio on a vicious crime spree and is trying to hitch on the the "new Hollywood" bandwagon from the previous decade with its shout outs to BONNIE AND CLYDE and EASY RIDER. 

"Fun & Thrills At the Drive-Ins Tonite!" with the double feature of the classic THEY CALL ME TRINITY along with the Joe Namath/Ann Margaret biker flick C.C. AND COMPANY which got some interest with its appearance in ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD courtesy of Margo Robbie's theatre visit. 

A pretty great triple feature with a couple of Eddie Romero directed Filipino horror classics including TWILIGHT PEOPLE (a homage to The Island of Doctor Moreau) and BRIDES OF BLOOD (sadly most likely without the "oath of green blood"). THE BLOOD FIEND is a retitling of 1967's THEATRE OF BLOOD starring Christopher Lee.

The world premiere of TOP OF THE HEAP is playing downtown at the Fox. Written, produced,  directed by and starring Christopher St. John, it recently received a new 4K restoration so hopefully a new physical release is coming. St. John had appeared in SHAFT and used his salary from that to finance this amazing film. 

A couple of major studio releases playing around are Peter Bogdanovich's wonderful screwball comedy WHAT'S UP DOC? and a jut-jawed Chuck Heston saving the day (plus a gaggle of TV stars and former Hollywood sort-of A-listers) in SKYJACKED.