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/

Fritz The Cat

I saw Fritz the Cat at a local porno theater when i was a child and found it to be quite dull. Years later, I saw the Terry Zwigoff documentary on Robert Crumb- Fritz's comic book creator, and I had my reason for the dullness.

It was the first cartoon to get an X rating, and recall feeling cool for sneaking in with my pals Ziggy and Georgey to see it. But, I didn't enjoy the film at all, and neither did they.

Here's a sample:



Yawn.