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, leading to a final cataclysmic battle in space, as Earth tries to hoId off a mass invasion by the robot fleets.
This lavish ltaIian production comes on the heels of the phenomenaI success of American director George Lucas' groundbreaking Star Wars - and its infIuence is apparent (watch for the Iight sabers!). Director AIfonso Brescia aIternated between gIadiator, mafia and space operas in his thirty year fiImmaking career. Star Antonio Sabato is the father of welI-known American TV personaIity, Antonio Sabato, Jr.
Starring Antonio Sabato, Yanti Somer, MaIisa Longo, Patrizia Gori; Directed by Alfonso Brescia.
It's AIive (1968, Color, 80 minutes): ln a subterranean Iabyrinth beneath the remote mountain home of a deranged madman Iurks a hideous creature that Iives on human fIesh. Three victims, imprisoned in the volcanic heII-hoIe, pIead for their Iives to their diabolicaI captor as they desperateIy attempt to escape their fate - a quick meal for the monster. This Iow-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 Iive-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, AnnabeIIe MacAdams, Coveth Ousterhouse; Directed by Larry Buchanan. |