Paul Naschy Lives!

When I was a child, my friends and I would often sneak into local theaters during late summer mornings or early afternoons. Back then, many theaters were open 24 hours, to try to maximize profits. Sometimes we'd outright sneak in, and other times we'd do little errands for the theater owners to get in, especially for skin flicks and horror crap.

Back then, the crap that ran in off hours was usually B film detritus- Toho monster flicks, Ray Harryhausen flicks, soft to hard core porno, Hammer horror films, AIP-Roger Corman crapola, and, if lucky, stuff with monsters and chicks.

Enter Paul Naschy and the films he scripted.

Naschy was the king of Spanish exploitation and horror films. Many of them showed nudity, too!

Imagine being a six or seven year old in the early 70s, and seeing stuff like that.

Well, recently I saw a boxed set of Naschy films really cheap at a Half Price Books store, and given the decades intervening, will savor my watching of the films.

Anyway, here is a clip of the films in the Naschy boxed set:



And, if you wanna find out more about the grand man himself, check out his website: http://www.naschy.com/

Quatermass And The Pit (aka Five Million Years To Earth)

Never let is said that the Hammer Studios in Great Britain were all Dracula-based schlock. This film, based upon the BBC Quatermass television shows, was released in the USA as Five Million Years To Earth, and I snuck in and saw it in theaters when young, with my pals.

Released a year before 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Planet Of The Apes, this was the first really good sci film since Robinson Crusoe On Mars. Realistic, scary, and deeper than normal sci fi fare, it rocks.

And, it's free on Cinemension: