B-Movie Gazette: ROLLERCOASTER (1977) - REST IN PEACE GEORGE SEGAL - PULL THIS ONE OFF THE SHELF, BLOW THE DUST OFF, IT'S HIS MOST FORGOTTEN ABOUT GREAT PERFORMANCE

B-MOVIE OF THE MONTH - WITHOUT WARNING (1980)

Greetings All - It would be cool to do a post one time called the ten most essential B-flicks, sort of a B-Movie 101 thing. If that ever happened I would have to include this sci-fi horror classic from Graydon Clark (Black Shampoo, Satan's Cheerleaders.) This one's a don't pass go and don't collect $200 folks, just see it, Or watch it again. I'm not even going to begin to explain the plot except you have these flying disc things that attach themselves to people, in this case campers on an outing and kill and feed on them. Eventually these discs are tied to an alien, a hungry alien. A forerunner to 1987's Predator sort to speak and with a flat-out goofy cast. Jack Palance and Martin Landau, say what? And looking drugged out I might add but the real surprise here is veteran character actor Larry Storch, from the '60's, a guy who knew 150 dialects and here he is in this as a boy scout leader lol. Also known as It Came Without Warning, this gem is streaming free now only on Plex. 2.75 stars/2.75

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

ROLLERCOASTER (1977) - REST IN PEACE GEORGE SEGAL - PULL THIS ONE OFF THE SHELF, BLOW THE DUST OFF, IT'S HIS MOST FORGOTTEN ABOUT GREAT PERFORMANCE

America lost one of it's great actors this week, George Segal passed at 87 from bypass complications. 1977's Rollercoaster finds him not only in his natural comic element but action too as he plays a safety inspector of coasters trying to hunt down a very cunning serial bomber (Sam Bottoms.) He's kind of forced into the whole thing which is where his wry humor shines. A big role for him, he's practically in every scene.

Throw in a great Richard Widmark latter day performance, the legendary LA band Sparks, awesome locations like Kings Island and Magic Mountain and you've got one heck of an overlooked and underrated flick. Only available on DVD, in fact I'm going to pull mine off the shelf right now! 😉 3.5 stars/5