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Prom Night (1980) The same plot lines were to be found some decades later in The Graveyard  I reviewed above. What is tricky is that the protagonist, if you look at the cover of the dvd and the titles, should be Leslie Nielsen. But I doubt he adds up  more than 5' of the entire running lenght. Anyway I give it a 6/10 only because 2 of the 4 murder scenes are very good.

Il figlio di Spartacus (1962)  This  was shot in Cairo for the exteriors. The story has little to do with history but it has some good ideas, like having the bad guys (at the orders of Crassus-Claudio Gora) being blacks (some even of the Al Jolson kind). Gianna Maria Canale is hot, while Ombretta Colli never impressed me, even when late in the '60s changed her look. The story flows effortlessly, so it's worth a full 6/10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0FrYwcoigE

Brenno il nemico di Roma (1963) I always wanted to see this movie ever since I saw the giant poster in the lobby of a cinema set in a church appendage. I was impressed by the face of Gordon Mitchell, really looking fearsome.  I saw him in person in the mid 70's, he was having a kind of spat with a woman and he looked, well, somebody to stay away from: like I did. And in the movie he plays perfectly the dreadful character the poster promised, dubbed perfectly by the fine actor Arnoldo Foa'. The movie in itself is not bad, though being a C production, with some stock shots for the battle scenes. But the presence of Mitchell guarantees the rating of 6/10 to an otherwise run of the mill product. Vae Victis!   

"Routine; a better film with the same plot is The Tall Texan." (Garfield) I give this 6-7/10 because of the idiotic Indians getting zombie-like suicides.

This is a big one to scratch off the list since the late 00s bluray was basically a DVD. The fact that Arrow is handling it basically guarantees that this will be a 10/10 upgrade.

An innocent cowboy convicted with three robbers, fresh out of Yuma Territorial Prison, travels with them to get a share of their hidden loot.


This is a B movie in the best possible way, and while the score is standard fare and the pacing isn't as blistering as its 73 minute runtime would suggest, this is very well crafted with a lot of low angle shots. The desert town atmosphere punches way above its weight (and budget) and the story consistently adds new wrinkles to keep things moving along. Recommended for anyone who likes 50s B movies and B westerns.  B

A lawman becomes a deputy in a town where he suspects the friend he had to kill in self-defense, was framed for murder.


There is a great confrontation/shootout in the middle of this movie that should have been placed at the end of the film. For its budget and programmer standards, this is pretty good, certainly entertaining, and has some good atmosphere for this type of movie -- and good performances. But it's borderline if we're talking about this as something worth owning and revisiting.  C+

I only watched the 2nd cut for the first time last week (never saw the theatrical). And now there's a third one: https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2026/10/4/miami-vice

Ecstasy of Gold:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dewLkgeKdl8