Category: 70s
BMFcast 596 – Sugar Hill – Baron Zombie
Sugar Hill (1974) is our final Blaxploitation History Month movie, and thankfully it’s a banger. Diana “Sugar” Hill’s boyfriend is murdered by the mob. She then does what anyone would do; goes to her voodoo priestess grandmother, who calls on Baron Samedi to summon zombies to do Sugar’s revenging. Don’t sleep on this one, it’s a blaxploitation zombie movie, so the only question is how many Jox it will get!(edited)
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BMFcast 569 – The Slams – The Original Gilgamesh
The Slams (1973) continues Blaxploitation History Month with the return of a BMFcast favorite, Jim Brown! This time he’s thrown in the slammer after a heist gone wrong. He’s the only one who knows where the money’s hidden, and everyone else wants a piece of it. He’ll have to dodge gangs, mobsters, and crooked guards to come out on top. We’d ask if he’ll succeed, but c’mon, it’s Jim Brown!
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BMFCast 568 – Velvet Smooth – Kung Fu Prostitute
Velvet Smooth (1976) continues Blaxploitation History Month in the tale of a private eye called in to find out who’s responsible for ripping off King, a low-level criminal running the numbers game. Can Velvet and her girls crack the case, with thugs and cops on either side hassling her? Or will we witness another interminable donnybrook with 3rd-grade-level fight choreography? (Our money is on the latter.)
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BMFcast558 – Killdozer – NoDoz
Killdozer (1974) is an ABC movie of the week featuring a space rock that possesses a bulldozer and tries to murder half a dozen construction workers. They defeat it. That’s Killdozer.
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BMFcast552 – Day of the Animals – Birdnertia
Day of the Animals (1977) is the fantastical tale of the hole in the ozone layer causing animals (and then later, people) to go mad. A dozen mountain hikers led by Christopher George (Enter the Ninja) are menaced by the wild animals and eventually by Leslie Nielsen as well. Everyone has a really bad time.
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BMFcast549 – Ants! – Antagonists
Ants! (1977) is a TV-movie featuring ants (!) taking over a lakeside manor filled with colorful characters. Will secondary characters like Brian Dennehy and Bernie Casey be able to save everyone from the ants!? Mostly.
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BMFcast547 – Gone in 60 Seconds – The Ol Axle Snatchers
Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) tells the tale of a group of car thieves charged with trying to steal 48 cars in a week. It’s an hour of lousy filmmaking followed by a 40 minute stunt spectacular, although some of us have qualms with the morality of the production. Join us for more discussion than you thought would be possible about this one!
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BMFcast535 – Scream Blacula Scream – Oops All Blaculas
Scream Blacula Scream (1973) is an immediate sequel to the first film that has William Marshall return as Blacula, and now Pam Grier is here too. What more do you need? Oh, and if you want to have a really great time, drink every time we say “Blacula”.
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BMFcast534 – Gordon’s War – Penicillin Allergy
Gordon’s War (1973) stars Paul Winfield as Gordon, home from ‘Nam to discover his wife dead from an overdose. He gathers up his fellow ‘Nam buddies and wages war on the pimps, pushers and kingpins in Harlem. Features a killer soundtrack and a frightening car chase that they most likely did not have any permits for.
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BMFcast533 – Black Samurai – Half-Assed Buttresses
Black Samurai (1977) stars Jim Kelly as, well as the Black Samurai. He’s a secret agent of sorts trying to rescue a lady he knows from the clutches of the Warlock, who is just some no-neck dude in a big house. Along the way, Kelly fights a vulture and destroys many mens’ testicles. We also have plenty of time for the most random asides you’ve heard in a BMFcast episode yet.
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