B-Movie Gazette: WILLIAM SHATNER DOES HIS OWN STUNTS ATOP AMTRAK TRAINS, LLOYD BRIDGES IS ON BENNIES IN THE CHEESE-FEST KNOWN AS "DISASTER ON THE COASTLINER" (TV 1979)

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

Sunday, January 30, 2022

WILLIAM SHATNER DOES HIS OWN STUNTS ATOP AMTRAK TRAINS, LLOYD BRIDGES IS ON BENNIES IN THE CHEESE-FEST KNOWN AS "DISASTER ON THE COASTLINER" (TV 1979)

An ABC Sunday Night Movie Of The Week. All the ingredients were here for an ultimately cool TV movie but unfortunately it only delivers in the last ten minutes with a cool action scene where William Shatner does some pretty courageous stunts on a train going 40 mph plus. Everything leading up to that however is cheese-o-rama with Lloyd Bridges leading the pack as an overzealous cop eager to pull his gun on any one or thing that crosses his path. Alec Baldwin would be proud. (Sorry, couldn't resist that one.)

Worth one watch for cinephiles otherwise skip this and watch Unstoppable or Silver Streak instead. Currently streaming on Paramount +, Amazon, also found the YT link below 1.5 stars/2.75