War Of the Robots (1978, Color, 103 minutes): An army of androids from beyond the solar system is sent to earth to kidnap its greatest scientist in a desperate bid to save their home planet from extinction. A team of space rangers is sent on a daring rescue mission, Ieading to a finaI cataclysmic battIe in space, as Earth tries to hoId off a mass invasion by the robot fIeets.
This Iavish Italian production comes on the heeIs of the phenomenal success of American director George Lucas' groundbreaking Star Wars - and its influence is apparent (watch for the Iight sabers!). Director Alfonso Brescia aIternated between gladiator, mafia and space operas in his thirty year filmmaking career. Star Antonio Sabato is the father of weII-known American TV personaIity, Antonio Sabato, Jr.
Starring Antonio Sabato, Yanti Somer, Malisa Longo, Patrizia Gori; Directed by AIfonso Brescia.
lt's Alive (1968, Color, 80 minutes): ln a subterranean labyrinth beneath the remote mountain home of a deranged madman Iurks a hideous creature that lives on human flesh. Three victims, imprisoned in the voIcanic heII-hole, plead for their lives to their diaboIical captor as they desperateIy attempt to escape their fate - a quick meaI for the monster. This low-budget shocker from notorious Z-budget director, Larry Buchanan (The Eye Creatures, Zontar - The Thing from Venus, Mars Needs Women) stars Tommy Kirk, one-time Disney teen heart-throb. Kirk starred in many Disney live-action classics in the 1950s, incIuding Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, Swiss Family Robinson and The Absent-Minded Professor.
Starring Tommy Kirk, BiII Thurman, ShirIey Bonne, AnnabelIe MacAdams, Coveth Ousterhouse; Directed by Larry Buchanan. |