Blackula, Blackenstein, Dr. Black and Mr. Hyde. I know there's several zombie movies. What we need to find more of is kung-fu horror-splotatino like Golden Needles or Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires.
Made during the period of time in Hollywood where if you wanted to get your film financed you needed a cameo from an A level celebrity like Brother Theodore.
@Alexander_Stern1 which was pretty much the only role I think that guy was actually made for! What's funny to me is that their version of The Hobbit is still the best one!
it WAS the 70s... I can legit buy that people just stood around tasting hats "Are we making a Blaxploitation movie, or a Hong Kong style Kung-Fu Exploitation movie?" "Yes." They were going to make a movie called 'Devil's Expresso', but it was just a documentary on the founding of Starbucks
Hell, most movies like this, were made in the Philippines, and eventually they were eating every hat, in the same movie. 😆 If you’ve never seen a Weng Weng movie, I highly recommend seeing one. For Y’ur Height Only(or just Y’ur Height Only) is where you start, then Agent 00, or The Impossible Kid. 😂
Another gem, also "stealing the bling of the dead" is the name of my new zombie rap group. And I remember the 70's, street corner hat-tasting was a real problem! ❤
@@euansmith3699 it was awful, they had mexican heroin called "sombrero-in", "fedora fentanyl", a strain of weed called "derby herby", and watching someone going through "sweat-band withdrawal " was terrible!! Kids, keep your head clear, DON'T DO HEAD GEAR!!
If any movies screams the 70's , this is it. Bad fashion , disco sucked ass on a professional level , New York thought it was the center of the Universe ( even when it was broke and over run with crime ... kinda like now ) and all you needed to do to get bad movie made was the words KUNG FU. But I can say that its not very likely that anyone is running around with DEVIL'S EXPRESS T-shirts and brags about it.
This film definitely has the 1970's written all over it. Kung-fu fighting, demon possession, open collars with jewelry, turf war, and cheap monster effects. Not all "genre combining" plots can work, but it's great that the filmmakers tried. As for the worst attire to fight in, I would have to go with wearing wetsuits in "Surf Nazis Must Die" (1987). Even the choreography for the fight scenes looked awkward. I imagine wetsuits don't give a lot of mobility out of the water.
One of the greatest unintentially funny films of all time. Bad Fighting Clothing: in Warhawk Tanzania's other film "Force Four" (aka "Black Force", which is on Prime in the UK), he fights some hoods in white and gray checked Rupert Bear trousers, and platform blue suede boots. Barechested, of course.
This actually looks really entertaining... I gotta watch the whole thing. A remake or comic book series would be fun! Martial arts and the supernatural in an urban setting is a great combo.
I just rewatched "I Am Going To Get You Sucker" last night. The attire worn by Ja' Net Dubois's stunt double in the fight in the diner is an easy win for "Least Appropriate Giy Substitute" ever. Style point: It really isn't necessary to hang your head in supplication every time you blow a line.
🎶 Marshall, Will, and Holly On a routine expedition Met the grea-test earthquake ever known. High on the rapids It struck their tiny raft. _(AHHhhh!)_ And plunged them down a thousand feet below. To the La-a-and of the Lost. 🎶
Thanks Robin, this looks like the perfect movie for a Saturday night. Perhaps 'Hissy' can make another guest appearance. Now if only it had been a mashup with "Horror Express"!
His genuine actual bona fide name is Warhawk Tanzania? Hmm.. okay, that will definitely stand out in the DMV. 0:42 "But while Curtis is meditating, Rodan goes for a walk." I wonder if only *Godzilla* fans will find that phrase perplexing. 1:10 I now want to see a movie called *Bling of the Dead* The tag phrase could be "Bling it on!" or "When there's no more bling in hell, the dead will pimp the Earth" 5:55 is it possible to do a short video on Brother Theodore? He was always my favorite of the Chipmunks. And Gollum too! 7:56 oh boy! You want completely inappropriate fighting attire? I point you to *The New Barbarians (1983)* and the bubble armor the character of Scorpion wears in his final fight with George Eastman. Did I mention that George bufus the hero?
The only way the Devil's Express title makes sense is that it's riffing on Big Trouble in Little China's Porkchop Express truck.... ten years before that movie was made.
"Subtle! To anyone watching, they're just two guys, _tasting a hat"_ - lmao. Man, I wish Robin'd review more exploitation movies from the '70s Btw, as I was perusing the thumbnails in my Sub Feed, I misread this as, "The Devil's Empress." NOW, I refuse to believe there *ISN'T* a schlocky horror movie out there called 'The Devil's Empress' and that Robin will find it and review it for _this very show_ someday, 😆
Guy on the left was actually just going through his basic kung fu forms. They probably just told him to do "something martial arts", so he did what he was doing in training. Looks like he may be using Praying Mantis Kung Fu.
The least appropriate fighting attire is any outfit they make a woman fight in in any one of these movies. Jesus, it's like they think breasts can throw punches.
6:28 What he said 😆 I always thought Brother Theodore could have starred in a biopic about Mel Brooks… or maybe vice-versa 😄 Edit: Fun(?) “Fact”: Brother Theodore has appeared in two films previously reviewed here on DCR 😁
The least appropriate fighting attire? I mean, historically there was a lot of warriors who fought wearing nothing at all, just to show how unafraid they were. I'm kind of surprised we don't see that more in movies.
attire, noun, clothing, especially fine or formal clothing. attire, verb, to be dressed in clothing of a specified kind. While many folks have gone into battle starkers throughout history, that isn't attire. Literally the opposite, actually. :) Although I suppose woad might qualify as a corner case.
Oh, and the worst fight attire goes to kylo ren, obtrusive coat/cloak/low vision helmet, plus spinning plus goofy lightsaber. Also, I hate star wars now. 😢
The most inappropriate attire for a fight; the film 'Alley Cat'' where the heroine hears intruders in her back yard and confronts them completely naked (Probably deserving of a review 😆).
You mentioned east meets west. Have you ever considered doing an Al Adamson film cslled "East Meets Watts"? Remarkable for his not finding a way to shoehorn his wife into the cast.
Blaxploitation meets martial arts meets zombie movie in the disco era. (1976) Screams "So bad it's good", which aptly sums up this forgotten film. Probably inspired "Big Trouble in Little China ten years later.🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ahh, the days when every street strutter, jive talker and ghetto dweller was a martial artist... not all of them reached the coveted black belt, but still.
Very hard to say what the snake's role is. It shows up from nowhere, he picks it up, it apparently tells Curtis that his friend is graverobbing, then vanishes back to its day job.
"Stealing The Bling Of The Dead Has Consequences" is a great movie tag line.
A feel like it could be applied to quite a few films - and every D&D campaign I've ever played in.
"Supernatural Ghetto horror" is a 70's trend that never gets mentioned in most retrospectives of the era.
And for good reason ...
Definitely a trend, though.
Blackula, Blackenstein, Dr. Black and Mr. Hyde. I know there's several zombie movies. What we need to find more of is kung-fu horror-splotatino like Golden Needles or Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires.
@@jackwells8107 don't forget *Abby!*
@@jackwells8107 Golden Needles ain't no 70s horror show, you jive turkey!
I was expecting Rodan to team up with Mothra and recruit Godzilla to battle Ghidorah.
When it comes to inappropriate fighting attire, I think that Zed's mankini from Zardoz takes the biscuit.
"Stealing the Bling of the Dead" should be the title of your next book.
Indiana Jones, "This belongs in a museum! [yoink]"
Clearly needs to be a Dungeons & Dragons module.
I absolutely lost it at the "Nothing to see here. Just two guys tasting a hat!". Man. I lived through this period of movies. I remember a lot of them.
Made during the period of time in Hollywood where if you wanted to get your film financed you needed a cameo from an A level celebrity like Brother Theodore.
The man was famous enough to make an impact on pop culture for a time. And no, I do not know why or how.
He played Gollum in the Rankin-Bass Tolkien specials!
@Alexander_Stern1 which was pretty much the only role I think that guy was actually made for! What's funny to me is that their version of The Hobbit is still the best one!
wow.... someone else remembered that.... I'm impressed 👍
@@TheMadAfrican1blows away Jackson's Hobbit trilogy.... no offense but I think they , well, stink
A black gang, a Chinese gang, and a Puerto Rican named Rodan. What more could you possibly ask for?
Brother Theodore cameo.
Hello to all the ancient Britons who are now thinking of Derek Griffiths.
Steady on; our Derek would have sorted this situation out without recourse to violence and immoderate language.
Absolutely. After 10 years of dealing with those maniacs Little Ted and Hamble, nothing phases him now.
(and boy, have I just dated myself... 😂)
He got down to the last 2 for the lead role. The film's loss is Play School's gain.
Thanks for mentioning Brother Theodore.
This is clearly rubbish and I must watch it! Also, Warhawk Tanzania should've got an Oscar just for that name alone.
it WAS the 70s... I can legit buy that people just stood around tasting hats
"Are we making a Blaxploitation movie, or a Hong Kong style Kung-Fu Exploitation movie?"
"Yes."
They were going to make a movie called 'Devil's Expresso', but it was just a documentary on the founding of Starbucks
Hell, most movies like this, were made in the Philippines, and eventually they were eating every hat, in the same movie. 😆
If you’ve never seen a Weng Weng movie, I highly recommend seeing one.
For Y’ur Height Only(or just Y’ur Height Only) is where you start, then Agent 00, or The Impossible Kid. 😂
Did you live in the 70's? I did and that was not likely.
@@nedludd7622 maybe all the hats around wherever you lived back then were too tough, dry, and flavorless so you just didn't see it so much there
@@andrewparsons2391 So you admit that you know nothing of the 70's.
@@nedludd7622 or, I was joking the entire time
Least inappropriate fighting attire? Gotta be Sean Connery's get-up in Zardoz
You beat me to it! 😄😄😄😄
Good answer haha!
Oh god, don't remind us! 😂
Win. No contest.
Truly a classic case of actor and character's names being the wrong way round.
"Once I looked into the abyss. And the abyss looked right back at me. Neither one of us liked what he saw".
---Brother Theodore
Bro Ted to his friends.
@@ajivins1 I'm rather surprised that he had any, given that he always portrayed himself as the consummate misanthrope.
"The abyss blinked first." - every cat ever
"Stealing the bling of the dead" is the sentence I didn't know that I needed to hear today. Thank you.
0:57 "What's that you say, Hissy? Rodan's fallen down the well?"
I will love this forever you genius...❤❤❤
I know it's based on his look in the comic, but how Diabolik did anything, much less fight, in that outfit in "Danger: Diabolik" is beyond me.
Awkwardly, and with a great deal of chafing.
@@richmcgee434 You are quite correct, Nice Internet Person!
Have a cookie. 🍪
Another gem, also "stealing the bling of the dead" is the name of my new zombie rap group. And I remember the 70's, street corner hat-tasting was a real problem! ❤
"Tasty hat you got there brother. Dig it!"
Were they selling hatshish?
Stealing the bling of the dead should be added to the Geneva Conventions as A Crime Against Humanity.
@@Maria-co9eg Wait... it isn't already? What kind of a world do we live in?
@@euansmith3699 it was awful, they had mexican heroin called "sombrero-in", "fedora fentanyl", a strain of weed called "derby herby", and watching someone going through "sweat-band withdrawal " was terrible!! Kids, keep your head clear, DON'T DO HEAD GEAR!!
If any movies screams the 70's , this is it. Bad fashion , disco sucked ass on a professional level , New York thought it was the center of the Universe ( even when it was broke and over run with crime ... kinda like now ) and all you needed to do to get bad movie made was the words KUNG FU. But I can say that its not very likely that anyone is running around with DEVIL'S EXPRESS T-shirts and brags about it.
I liked Rodan better when he was a pteranodon.
Warhawk Tanzania and Brother Theodore, the greatest film duo since Shemp Howard and Lon Chaney Jr!!!
"East meets West Side Story"
This film definitely has the 1970's written all over it. Kung-fu fighting, demon possession, open collars with jewelry, turf war, and cheap monster effects. Not all "genre combining" plots can work, but it's great that the filmmakers tried.
As for the worst attire to fight in, I would have to go with wearing wetsuits in "Surf Nazis Must Die" (1987). Even the choreography for the fight scenes looked awkward. I imagine wetsuits don't give a lot of mobility out of the water.
Don't tell Kickass!
This is one of my favorite bad movies. The premise, the name of the lead actor, the... everything, really.
Rodin... My favourite sculptor. Didn't know he lived until the 70s and did low budget movies. So versatile!
It must been hard not to make a kaiju joke.
Where's Kojak when you need him 😁
Rodan has never made a particularly remarkable sidekick. I'm just sayin. 10/10 fricheks
One of the greatest unintentially funny films of all time. Bad Fighting Clothing: in Warhawk Tanzania's other film "Force Four" (aka "Black Force", which is on Prime in the UK), he fights some hoods in white and gray checked Rupert Bear trousers, and platform blue suede boots. Barechested, of course.
This actually looks really entertaining... I gotta watch the whole thing. A remake or comic book series would be fun! Martial arts and the supernatural in an urban setting is a great combo.
I just rewatched "I Am Going To Get You Sucker" last night. The attire worn by Ja' Net Dubois's stunt double in the fight in the diner is an easy win for "Least Appropriate Giy Substitute" ever.
Style point: It really isn't necessary to hang your head in supplication every time you blow a line.
That's just the effect of Science Adviser rebooting Robin's operating system after each crash.
I'm not. The script is on a low table in front of me.
@@robinbailes5236 You might borrow a lectern from the Science Advisor. 👨🔬
Bling of the Dead is my next zombie parody script.
3:06 At this point I had legitimately forgotten there was a monster in this movie.
"Stealing the Bling of the Dead" would be a great movie title.
You really gotta watch out for those subway Sleestacks
🎶 Marshall, Will, and Holly
On a routine expedition
Met the grea-test earthquake ever known.
High on the rapids
It struck their tiny raft.
_(AHHhhh!)_
And plunged them down a thousand feet below.
To the La-a-and of the Lost. 🎶
0:44
Rodan is the name of the monster bird in the Japanese-made 1956 monster movie "Rodan"
“Hissy” 😂
This is what I want the next Insidious and Star Wars to look like. Including outtakes.
Aww, dammit! I wanted to see Brother Theodore fight the demon. He woulda scared the living shit out of it.
Ah yes, the classic gangland street martial arts fights of 70’s and 80’s NYC.
Saw a lot of those back then of course.
"Can you dig it? CAN YOU DIG IT?! *CAN YOOOOOU DIG IT!* "
@@euansmith3699 "I knew you could."
At 4:46 you can see the 4th of July "sparkler" they stuck in the electrical box.
Thanks Robin, this looks like the perfect movie for a Saturday night. Perhaps 'Hissy' can make another guest appearance.
Now if only it had been a mashup with "Horror Express"!
His genuine actual bona fide name is Warhawk Tanzania? Hmm.. okay, that will definitely stand out in the DMV.
0:42 "But while Curtis is meditating, Rodan goes for a walk." I wonder if only *Godzilla* fans will find that phrase perplexing.
1:10 I now want to see a movie called *Bling of the Dead* The tag phrase could be "Bling it on!" or "When there's no more bling in hell, the dead will pimp the Earth"
5:55 is it possible to do a short video on Brother Theodore? He was always my favorite of the Chipmunks. And Gollum too!
7:56 oh boy! You want completely inappropriate fighting attire? I point you to *The New Barbarians (1983)* and the bubble armor the character of Scorpion wears in his final fight with George Eastman. Did I mention that George bufus the hero?
"Tasting a hat" LOL
The only way the Devil's Express title makes sense is that it's riffing on Big Trouble in Little China's Porkchop Express truck.... ten years before that movie was made.
"Subtle! To anyone watching, they're just two guys, _tasting a hat"_ - lmao. Man, I wish Robin'd review more exploitation movies from the '70s
Btw, as I was perusing the thumbnails in my Sub Feed, I misread this as, "The Devil's Empress." NOW, I refuse to believe there *ISN'T* a schlocky horror movie out there called 'The Devil's Empress' and that Robin will find it and review it for _this very show_ someday, 😆
Not quite what you want, but there's a 1938 film called the Devil Is An Empress.
2:57 Aaahh... UNAGI !!!
Brother Theodore's best work since his VO in the Horror Of The Blood Monsters trailer.
Jon Mikl Thor’s studded speedo from Rock n Roll Nightmare is arguably the pinnacle of inappropriate fighting attire.
Hell yah....! Kung Fu, Blaxploitation, Zombie / Demon Horror Action...70s style. Can you dig it!
Space Monster Wangmagwi is a Korean kaiju film from 1967 that's recently gone back on the market. It's perfect for your treatment.
OH, those eyes...that first victim was struck by hyperthyroidism!!!
Guy on the left was actually just going through his basic kung fu forms. They probably just told him to do "something martial arts", so he did what he was doing in training. Looks like he may be using Praying Mantis Kung Fu.
BLING OF THE DEAD is a blaxploitation flick waiting to be filmed.
The least appropriate fighting attire is any outfit they make a woman fight in in any one of these movies. Jesus, it's like they think breasts can throw punches.
6:28 What he said 😆
I always thought Brother Theodore could have starred in a biopic about Mel Brooks… or maybe vice-versa 😄
Edit: Fun(?) “Fact”: Brother Theodore has appeared in two films previously reviewed here on DCR 😁
Starred might be too strong a word.
@@DarkCornersReviews Lol, agreed, maybe “portrayed” fits better 😆
1:13 Now I so badly wish this or any other movie had been called, "the Bling of the Dead."
This is as 70's as Miami Connection was 80's. You'd swear it was made years later as a spoof of the decade"s worst fads and trends.
At 5:31 he doesn't even have to make contact, just the shear awesomeness of his moves cause people to fall to the ground.
This movie is RIPE for a remake!!! Maybe even get the trilogy treatment😉
@@Comicbookfan-or6oo Ohhhhhhhhh sh*t!!! Good casting👌
The least appropriate fighting attire?
I mean, historically there was a lot of warriors who fought wearing nothing at all, just to show how unafraid they were.
I'm kind of surprised we don't see that more in movies.
attire, noun, clothing, especially fine or formal clothing.
attire, verb, to be dressed in clothing of a specified kind.
While many folks have gone into battle starkers throughout history, that isn't attire. Literally the opposite, actually. :)
Although I suppose woad might qualify as a corner case.
Ah the '70s. Good times and bad movies.
So it's kinda like a blaxploitation version of John Carpenter's "Big Trouble In Little China". Sounds like my kind of movie 😂
Is Warhawk Tanzania not one of the greatest names of anyone in movie history? Or history of the world for that matter.
The Tinfoil Terminator from ROBO VAMPIRE.
If someone made an aggro face at me while being called Warhawk Tanzania and wearing THOSE gold flares, I'd be pretty damn scared too.
Ah! The Great New York Hat Tasting Epidemic of the 70s... Strange times...
Most inappropriate fighting costume? Sean Connery's red loincloth in Zardoz. Definitely!
😸😸😸🗿
Oh, and the worst fight attire goes to kylo ren, obtrusive coat/cloak/low vision helmet, plus spinning plus goofy lightsaber. Also, I hate star wars now. 😢
Doesn't everybody?
This is the greatest movie ever!
The most inappropriate attire for a fight; the film 'Alley Cat'' where the heroine hears intruders in her back yard and confronts them completely naked (Probably deserving of a review 😆).
One presumes she didn't want to wash their blood out of her clothing? Naked means cleanliness is just a garden hose away.
I'm going to go with Jillian Kesner in Firecracker.
As cheesy as some of these movies are in their performances, there's also something that has to be admired about the filmaking.
You mentioned east meets west. Have you ever considered doing an Al Adamson film cslled "East Meets Watts"? Remarkable for his not finding a way to shoehorn his wife into the cast.
When I glanced at the thumbnail I thought that the title of this movie was The Devil's Empress, lol!
"He's understandably peeved that the black community (and Rodan) are blamed for everyrhing" don't know why, but I find the "and Rodan" hillarious
Very funny review!
7:23
still inferior lousiness-wise to Sean Connery's 1974 "Zardoz"
I thought the fighting in The Guy From Harlem had the worst choreography
No, the least necessary kick in movie history is Prince Barin (Timothy Dalton) kicking over the laser rifle stand.
This film seems to be awesome.
I never realised "Count" Dante made a film!!
The bling of the dead best film title yet
I watched 2023’s The Old Way last night and this looks 100 times better than that.
Blaxploitation meets martial arts meets zombie movie in the disco era. (1976) Screams "So bad it's good", which aptly sums up this forgotten film. Probably inspired "Big Trouble in Little China ten years later.🤣🤣🤣🤣
it's a bad movie, yes - but it's still much more entertaining than your average bad movie. Fits in the s.b.i.g category.
Ahh, the days when every street strutter, jive talker and ghetto dweller was a martial artist... not all of them reached the coveted black belt, but still.
Oh, man, Jonny Trunk's gotta get on the stick with re-releasing this soundtrack
🤤
Stealing the blind of the dead is always a bad idea.
Least appropriate fighting a tire? Unfortunately that would be Batman 1989
...everybody Kang Fewl fightin'
I've long wondered whether singer Carl Douglas ever once considered suing some of these people for copyright infringement.
Roger Moore´s safari suit has to be up there.....
Has there ever been a better name than Warhawk Tanzania?
There's an actor named Texas Battle, but I think Mr. Tanzania gets the prize.
@@parisgreen4600 Texas Battle is a very honourable second.
The Shogun of Harlem says there Sho'nuff has. Sit down, Kittyhawk. ruclips.net/video/hd226lx04GY/видео.html
I wonder if you had to pay more for riding the Devil Express then you have to pay let's say riding the Devil Local.
If you want a martial arts film that mixes mysticism and martial arts but does it a lot better, And is just.........weird. Try The Boxers Omen.
Is that snake at 0:55 his pet, the way it looks? Because I'm okay with almost any story where a snake isn't pictured as bad.
Very hard to say what the snake's role is. It shows up from nowhere, he picks it up, it apparently tells Curtis that his friend is graverobbing, then vanishes back to its day job.
What shirt are you wearing? It's driving me crazy!
From the Roger Corman film "It Conquered the World" www.teepublic.com/stores/dark-corners?ref_id=26415
Wait, so did the demon get defeated or not?
Did Rodan fight Godzilla in this movie???!!!