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The Hanged Man, a review by addicted2dvd

The Hanged Man
An ex-gunslinger who survives his own hanging turns into a mystical avenger fighting for justice in the Old West, coming first to the help of a young widow who is trying to keep her silver mine from the clutches of an unscrupulous land baron.

My Thoughts:
This is the second movie I have now watched out of that 20 Great Westerns boxset I found in the Walmart Bargain Bin. This is actually a TV Movie from 1974. When I found that out I was quick to pop this one in... as it has been my experience that I really enjoy the TV movies from the '70s. In this case I would say it is a decent movie... but nothing really great. While it was a good story... I just didn't care about any of the characters in this movie.

Once again the quality of this movie is better then I expected. Even though the image was a little on the dull side... for the most part the image was clear and more then watchable... with only a little dust noticeable on the film. And no problems with the sound either. At least not on the cheap standard TV and extremely old Surround Sound that I have. One of these days I need to get me some new equipment where I can really judge the quality of the DVDs I watch.



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Western Round-Up on July 12th, 2009)

The Adult Version of Jekyll & Hide, a review by Jimmy

Title: The Adult Version of Jekyll & Hide (1971)

Genre: Horror
Director: Lee Raymond
Rating: NR
Length: 1h31
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None

Stars:
Laurie Rose
Jane Tsentas
John Barnum
Jude Farese
Rene Bond

Plot:
When slimy stud Dr. Chris Leeder (Jack Buddliner) takes possession of Dr. Jekyll's ancient notebook, he quickly becomes obsessed with the murderous sex crimes of the original Mr. Hyde. Ignoring the notebook's warning that the Jekyll and Hyde formula "makes people appear as they really are," the demented doc mixes the potion and promptly turns into... "Miss Hide" (Jane Tsentas), a sexy blonde in a mini-skirt who just happens to be a homicidal nymphomaniac!

After enjoying a lesbian romp with Leeder's secretary (legendary skinflick starlet Rene Bond), and the sadistic slaughter of a drunken sailor (ouch!), Miss Hide decides to pay a visit to Leeder's fiancee (Jennifer Brooks) and permanently cancel the wedding...

OK nobody would call this film a works of taste, common even Dave Friedman who picked up the movie said it's a piece of crap. But it's a fine movie for what it is, a drive-in sexploitation shocker. To be honest I sure prefer to watch an adaptation of Stevenson where the doctor turns as a sex crazed woman than a monkey like creature. The film, even if the effects are basic, is quite violent: the scene where Linda York is killed sure is. John Barnum (using the Jack Buddliner alias here) isn't that much of an actor and he sure isn't a sex symbol (he is the kind of guy you don't want to see naked, but you will...). But you get some decent acting from an underused Laurie Rose, the lovelly Rene Bond and, of course, Jude Farese who will appear regulary on TV series some years later untill 2007.

Not great not bad, but it delivers what you expect.

Evidently the trailer isn't on Youtube and I won't bother posting it since it had male nudity in it.
 
Rating :

(From Jimmy's - 2013 Ooctober Horror Marathon on October 2nd, 2013)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Berlin, Berlin: Complete Series (2002/Germany) IMDb | Wikipedia Universum Film (Germany) Director: Writing: Length: 2150 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Extras:

• 5 Postkarten mit Bildern der Hauptdarsteller
• Bonus Trailers
• Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Interviews
• Photo Gallery
• Storyboard Comparisons
• Trailers

This series really surprised me. I enjoyed it from beginning to end. For some reason I had never watched it before, even though I heard good things about it and it is also often compared to "Mein Leben und ich" (another series I enjoyed). I have to admit that I even enjoyed it more than that one. Though I really liked the first three seasons of it but then grew tired of it.
"Berlin, Berlin" only has four seasons, but unusual for a German comedy series it doesn't only have 13 episodes per season, but it has 20. The first season even 26.
Through the bonus features I found out, that this series even won an international Emmy award for best comedy series (the first German series to do so). I didn't even know that the Emmies had an international award. And in my opinion it deserved it.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 24th, 2012)