B-Movie Gazette: THE AMAZING DOBERMANS (1976) - THIRD AND FINAL ENTRY IN THE SERIES CAME A FEW YEARS LATER WITH MORE STAR POWER BUT LESS ENTERTAINING

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

Thursday, April 27, 2023

THE AMAZING DOBERMANS (1976) - THIRD AND FINAL ENTRY IN THE SERIES CAME A FEW YEARS LATER WITH MORE STAR POWER BUT LESS ENTERTAINING

The third entry in the infamous Doberman Gang series produced by the Chudnow family went for more star power than the first two movies with Barbara Eden starring alongside Fred Astaire (who actually is really good in this) and good ole five-pack-a-day James Franciscus. This star power however did not translate to a better film and although there are some enjoyable parts (mostly scenes with just the dogs,) the film pales in comparison to the first two entries in the series.

Amazing Dobermans is and has been a very obscure film to come across with the only release on VHS long gone, very hard to find and pricey. There is currently a user up on YT which I put below, I would describe the quality as adequate or watchable. It's the only online version of any kind that I could locate. If you did like the first two films, then I still recommend this one. It has a good story and moves along at a nice steady pace. It's the actors that are phoning everything in, the dogs are spot-on though, heheh. 1.75 stars/2.75