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A Movie A Day: PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER (1962)
For me? An island like this. Peaceful. Full of golden women and no men.

Well, thanks to this column ...
by Shan		Aug 17th, 2008
06:28:12 AM
... I have discovered a number of movies I've never heard of.
This sounds perfect.
by Knuckleduster		Aug 17th, 2008
06:48:33 AM
I've been meaning to find some good swashbucklers to watch, but it's hard to find any good ones other than the obvious choices. I'm definitely getting this.

Whatever happened to Viggo Mortensen's Alatriste movie? Seems like it just disappeared.

I'm a bad person...
by FlickaPoo		Aug 17th, 2008
06:58:53 AM
I only REALLY enjoy old movies like this one if they have a little nudity or at least some good old timey hotness (flimsy nightgowns and co.). I don't think it's just because I'm a pervert because obviously a person can find any flavor of nudity they want pretty much instantaneously these days. I think it might be because sex in old flicks provide a unique blend of hotness and comforting nostalgia......I call it "Chicken Soup for the Shlong" (feel free to substitute your own penis synonym).
The Vampire Lovers....there's a good one.
by FlickaPoo		Aug 17th, 2008
06:59:32 AM
Alatriste
by Nandokin		Aug 17th, 2008
07:27:44 AM
Came out in Spain a couple years ago and even though it was moderately succesful, most people despise it. It's a really uneven picture, one shot looking great and the next b-movie cheap. Add to that choppy editing and a screenplay that's overstuffed with too much plot from all the 5 novels that were avalaible at the time and you have a mess. Also, Viggo's accent didn't work at all, even though he nailed the rest of the role.
Land lubbers
by Shoegeezer		Aug 17th, 2008
09:49:38 AM
Hammer's Pirate movies have all the high seas adventure but without any sea at all and Berkshire is hardly tropical. There's barely any water at all in this but great cast more than makes up for it. Sangster is quite under rated a writer, his autobiography is an excellent read if you want to see the life of a jobbing writer. He wrote my favourite Kolchak too, Horror In The Heights. He's still around too.
WTF where is Gremlins 2??
by theredtoad		Aug 17th, 2008
10:13:29 AM
I've been patiently waiting...my patience is running thin.
Hey Quint re: Treasure Island
by Bloo		Aug 17th, 2008
10:26:24 AM
I have VAGUE memory of the 1990 TI, which I'm pretty sure was a Disney Channel production I know Bale did one or two other Disney movies as well

well I can't find if it was a Disney production or not but it appears to be written/directed by Heston's son Fraser and appears to be made for TV

IMDB joint ventures hard?
by Lenny Nero		Aug 17th, 2008
11:56:51 AM
You go to an actor's page. You plug in other person's name at the bottom. You check off those two actors names on the next page and hit "submit" or something akin to that. Done.
Re: 1990 Treasue Island
by Captain_Pigphucker		Aug 17th, 2008
12:04:56 PM
It was made for the then new TNT. It has never been released on home video. That is a shame because Heston is the best Long John Silver ever.
This set looks cool.
by Rando Calrisian		Aug 17th, 2008
12:13:00 PM
I might just have to pick this one up.

And Quint, theredtoad has asked about Gremlins 2 a few times over the course of this thread. Is that one on the list of flicks you haven't seen? Just curious.
Nice ensemble of Hammer vets...
by thegreatwhatzit		Aug 17th, 2008
01:00:41 PM
Chris Lee, Andrew Kier, Oliver Reed and the very underrated Michael Ripper. Unfortunately, Marla Landi is the least effectual of the Hammer babes (she was adequate in HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES but Yvonne Romain would have owned the movie). Check-out BLACKBEARD THE PIRATE ('52), which somehow slipped past the censors. Robert Newton doesn't eat the scenery--he swallows it whole. There's a rather gruesome beheading (the disembodied head hangs in the town square, predating Hammer's Grand Guignol). And there a scene where Blackbeard ogles Linda Darnell's cleavage, which spills out of a crimson-colored bodice ("Arrrghh, Little Robin Red Breasts," observes the drooling pirate). Blows-away Disney's PIRATES. Incidentally, BLOOD RIVER was directed by John Gilling who subsequently helmed THE REPTILE and PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES, two of Hammer's most durable classics.
Oliver Reed + Christopher Lee?! That is awesome
by George Newman		Aug 17th, 2008
02:13:29 PM
This sounds fantastic. i'd love to see Reed as a pirate!. That 1990 Trease Island sounds really interesting too. Young Christian Bale is just fun to watch (more Empire of the Sun, than Newsies)
Remember Moriarty's One Thing I Love Today?
by zombiwolf		Aug 17th, 2008
02:35:29 PM
Thanks for being reliable, Quint. You should check out 'The Savage Jackboot', another badass Hammer production. Can't find it on imdb so it's probably got a lame alternate title.
My mistake
by zombiwolf		Aug 17th, 2008
02:37:31 PM
Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee had the script and Hammer made some fucking awesome posters but they never filmed it.
I shall weep when Lee dies
by The Rabbit Of Carrot Shaped Doom		Aug 17th, 2008
02:54:30 PM
He is one of the last great actors of our age and few can perform subtle manace as well as he can. He is a true thespian and one cannot help but be drawn to him when he is on screen. I hope Our Lord does not take him for many more years to come.
Treasure Island
by gojira		Aug 17th, 2008
04:09:49 PM
Treasure Island was indeed a TNT production and a quite lavish one at that. I agree that Heston provided an excellent Long John Silver and Christopher Lee's Blind Pew is one of his best roles ever (albeit a small one). The film was directed by Heston's son Fraser and was released on VHS many years ago but unfortunately it has not yet had a DVD release. Which is a great pity as its one of the finest adaptations of Stevenson's novel I've ever seen.
Lee was the only good thing about the SW prequels
by The Rabbit Of Carrot Shaped Doom		Aug 17th, 2008
04:55:42 PM
Not to start a debate on Star Wars when that is happening in about five other TalkBacks, but i truly believe that Mr Lee was the only highlight of those particular movies. He even managed to make Mr Lucas' dialogue seem palatable.
"Chicken Soup for the Shlong".......
by FlickaPoo		Aug 17th, 2008
05:05:55 PM
...a guy gives you a concept like this for free and......nothing?....Really?! Sometimes I don't even know who you people ARE any more!....sigh....
TNT of course!
by Bloo		Aug 17th, 2008
09:19:12 PM
I knew it was for a cable network and I saw it, for some reason I always assocaited it with Disney

I think I got 1990's Heston father/son duo mixed up with Disney's Return to Treasure Island whcih I saw many many times

If TNT/TBS was smart they'd get this released on DVD right away and Pimp out Christian Bale's name all over it

needs more blood
by chipps		Aug 18th, 2008
12:16:09 AM
MORE BLOOD!!
Don't forget about Michael Ripper!
by bgart13		Aug 18th, 2008
01:10:12 PM
He's my third favorite Hammer actor, behind Lee and Cushing. He's wonderful in these Hammer pirate flicks, expertly crass and scummy. What a great guy...
Treasure
by Skot		Aug 18th, 2008
08:50:58 PM
Treasure Island
by Skot		Aug 18th, 2008
08:53:43 PM
Fraser Heston's Treasure Island is a must-see, and it's criminal that it's not on DVd. Reed and Lee are only in the beginning, but Christian Bale is great throughout. And Charlton Heston's Long John Silver will never be topped. Unlike Robert Newton, Heston is DEADLY and believable as a one-legged seas gimp who can still command a gagle of cutthroats. Find it and see it.
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