I have the full rundown on the notorious spacey alternate ending to this sci-fi winner by design specialist Saul Bass. The ants are taking over, and they mean business. World conquest begins at a research lab in Arizona, where Nigel Davenport, Michael Murphy and Lynne Frederick try to hold out against super-intelligent hormigas that cut them off, build sophisticated weapons and instantly adapt to any chemical attempt to stop them. Phase IV Blu-ray Olive Films 1974 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 84 min. / Street Date October 27, 2015 / available through the Olive Films website / 29.98 Starring Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport, Lynne Frederick, Alan Gifford Cinematography Dick Bush Insect sequences Ken Middleham Art Direction John Barry Film Editor Willy Kemplen Original Music Brian Gascoigne Written by Mayo Simon Produced by Paul B. Radin Directed by Saul Bass
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Olive Films Blu-ray of the intriguing Sci-Fi curiosity Phase IV appears to be a newer, cleaner transfer than the older DVD.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Olive Films Blu-ray of the intriguing Sci-Fi curiosity Phase IV appears to be a newer, cleaner transfer than the older DVD.
- 11/17/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
1976 saw the publication of John Brosnan’s excellent book The Horror People. Written during the summer of 1975, it makes interesting reading 40 years down the line. Those who feature prominently in the book – Peter Cushing, Vincent Price, Jack Arnold, Michael Carreras, Sam Arkoff, Roy Ward Baker, Freddie Francis, Robert Bloch, Richard Matheson and Milton Subotsky – were still alive, as were Ralph Bates, Mario Bava, Jimmy Carreras, John Carradine, Dan Curtis, John Gilling, Robert Fuest, Michael Gough, Val Guest, Ray Milland, Robert Quarry and Michael Ripper, all of whom were given a mention. Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Junior, Michael Reeves and James H Nicholson were not long dead. Hammer, Amicus and American International Pictures were still in existence. George A Romero had yet to achieve his prominence and Stephen King wasn’t even heard of!
Brosnan devoted a chapter to a new British company called Tyburn Films. Founded by the charismatic and ambitious Kevin Francis,...
Brosnan devoted a chapter to a new British company called Tyburn Films. Founded by the charismatic and ambitious Kevin Francis,...
- 7/4/2014
- Shadowlocked
So, you’ve seen the news story – reported here in The Guardian yesterday – of Tom Hanks giving the cost of the cinema ticket back to two people who didn’t like his film Larry Crowne, that bombed at the box office this summer. Is that a dangerous precedent or the way forward for consumers?
I haven’t seen Larry Crowne because it didn’t play at my local flea-pit. It’s not 3D, you see, so doesn’t appeal to the mouth-breathers who frequent our shining diadem in the local entertainment crown. No wizards, no explosions, no interest. But, you know what, I did pay good hard-earned money to go see Harry Potter 7½ which was in 3D and consequently the picture was so gloomy I may as well have been listening to a radio play. That’s £7.50 I’ll never see again.
So, y’know, I think the Warner Brothers owe me some cash.
I haven’t seen Larry Crowne because it didn’t play at my local flea-pit. It’s not 3D, you see, so doesn’t appeal to the mouth-breathers who frequent our shining diadem in the local entertainment crown. No wizards, no explosions, no interest. But, you know what, I did pay good hard-earned money to go see Harry Potter 7½ which was in 3D and consequently the picture was so gloomy I may as well have been listening to a radio play. That’s £7.50 I’ll never see again.
So, y’know, I think the Warner Brothers owe me some cash.
- 8/17/2011
- by John Ashbrook
- Obsessed with Film
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