Christopher-Lee Movie Reviews

Director Charles B. Pierce hit the jackpot with his quintessential 70's drive-in, cult classic- "The Legend of Boggy Creek." "Boggy Creek" was a docu-drama about a bigfoot-like creature that prowled the Arkansas backcountry. Despite its absurdly low budget, it was quite a hit! Instead of attempting to follow up his success with similar movies, Pierce took his money from "Boggy Creek" to make mind-numbingly dull westerns like "Gray Eagle" and the schlocky B grade epic- "The Norseman."

"The Norseman" was either a big step-up for Pierce or a big step down for its cast. The star is Lee Majors who was at the pinacle of his popularity thanks to his TV role as the Six Million Dollar Man. The film also features famed character actor Jack Elam as a Norse wizard and once upon a time A-list Hollywood actors Cornel Wilde and Mel "the ex-Mr. Audrey Hepburn" Ferrer. And how can any fan of the NFL fail to notice Deacon Jones and Fred Biletnikoff among the Vikings? After working in "Boggy Creek" with a cast that featured ordinary Arkanas people playing themselves, Pierce must have felt pretty darn good working with Wilde, Ferrer, Elam, and Majors. However, it must have been tough for Wilde and Ferrer to realize that their careers have been reduced to playing supporting roles in a grade B kiddie adventure movie.

The plot is simple: Lee Majors and his band of rough and tough Vikings come to North America looking for other Vikings who never returned home. They discover the reason their companions never returned is because some dastardly Injuns burned their eyes out and enslaved them. Of course, Majors and the boys have to kick some Injun butt in lots and lots of slow motion battles.

Overall, this is a silly 70's kids' movie. If I had seen this as an 7 yr old back in 1978 I probably would have loved it! Lee Majors, Vikings, Indians, and lots of battle scenes- it would have been right up my alley. However, when I was seven years old I had no taste whatsoever.

While this Viking/swords and sorcery "epic" is anything but a comedy, I have to admit I laughed wholeheartedly throughout.

Lee Majors leads a rag-tag group of Norsemen to America to find lost comrades, only to be rudely greeted by a band of especially sadistic Indians whose hobby seems to be poking out tourists' eyes with burning sticks of firewood. The slow-motion battle sequences, complete with thundering musical score, reminds one of an XFL football game, though I must admit "The Norseman" predates that colorful sport by several decades.

I rather enjoyed the list of established character actors, including Cornel Wilde and Jack Elam, furrow their overgrown eyebrows while praying to Odin after the death of yet another Viking caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Several former football players, among them Deacon Jones (yes, Deacon Jones) provide picturesque blocks to weak Native American offensive lines, and there's even Susie Coelho playing a female squaw with the proper fashion sense to wear her buckskin as short as a Nancy Sinatra mini-skirt. That's the pioneer spirit!

I actually enjoyed this wild adventure, if for no other reason than it reminds me of my own youth, sitting in a darkened theater during a Saturday afternoon matinee, guzzling Mr. Pibb and voraciously swallowing Lemon Drops while listening to Lee Majors deliver lines like...."What say you Wizard! When will the Gods show us land!"

Roger Corman, no doubt, is proud.

Great movie. kind of tells who came to America first. Lee is young in this movie must be one of his first ones

Calling this movie terrible is an understatement. Who the heck is Robbie Benson? Judging by this movie, in which he stars, co writes, co produces and composes it's all too obvious why you haven't heard of him. The 'barber shop' folk song at the beginning will have you ejecting your lunch, you almost wish Jason Voorhees would show up and hack him to pieces. I've seen a lot of lousy movies in my time. This ranks as one of the worst.

I remember seeing this when I was very young, and for some reason the memory of this movie never left me. Seeing it for the first time in twenty years, I now can say why that is. For one, it is just pure and simple fun. And two, Robbie Benson's hilarious dead-on slap stick. Most importantly though, are the songs. WHY WAS THERE NO SOUNDTRACK FOR THIS FILM EVER PRINTED? Could it be that Benson's film suffered from very poor advertising, and pompous critics? Obviously! You can tell that Robbie really put his heart into this movie. His original music will stick in your ears long after the credits roll, causing you too to wonder why this music exists only within the confines of this video tape. Robbie was obviously expecting more, and it is a shame the studios didn't do enough part to bring that vision to light. Linda Grovenor gives a charming performance alongside Benson, and her screen presence is reminiscent of Carrie Fisher. If you enjoy a good, fun, '80's style romp, this one is for you.

Better then average Hammer film with Peter Cushing as an archielogist trying to save his family after they disturb the tomb of an ancient Egyptian princess guarded by a mummy (Christopher Lee) who was the high priest in love with the princess, and now is killing the members of the expedition off one by one. Both Peter and Chris play their roles quite well, even though the script borders on nonsense.

This 1959 Hammer film version of the legendary mummy outdoes the murky, confused and slow-paced Universal original by a longshot. Granted, neither film is exactly high art, in fact they're both pure nonsense. But, nevertheless, this version, starring Peter Cushing as Professor Banning and Christopher Lee as the mummy, is superior in every way to the Universal version. Stylishly directed with superb atmosphere and music, it may not have all the thrills of the Brendan Fraser version, but it makes far more sense plot-wise than any other Mummy film. Peter Cushing does an excellent job as usual, always convincing, and Christopher Lee is terrific at conveying emotion with only his eyes (the rest wrapped in bandages). If you find yourself with an adversion to "old" films for some reason, it may not be your cup of tea. Otherwise, you'll no doubt enjoy this extremely fun and exciting film.

It is difficult to summarize this movie without explaining the entire plot in one or two sentences. There is a small twist at the end that differentiates it from others, but this is so minor and comes so late it is difficult to accept or care. Essentially, we are treated to an opening that introduces us to Susan Heller (played by Andrea Roth, who despite being in movies such as this has quiet a following online) who stumbles into the lives of a ranching family when his car "breaks down". She manages to win the trust of the husband (played by Gil Gerard - yes, Buck Rogers himself - who shows us all just how low you can sink) and gets a job. However, the sister does not believe her (as the formula dictates) from the very beginning, and sets out to discover the truth behind Susan.

After being released from a mental institution, a woman with anger problems tracks down her birth mother and applies for a job on their horse ranch. Nobody in the family has a clue that she is related to them. But when a sister becomes suspicious of her, she does some research and finds out who she really is, but not in time before the woman wrecks havoc on the family and her mother for revenge of her empty, foster-home childhood.

on a scale of one too one million with one million being the best this movie was aproximately a -10000.597. The acting in porn movies is alot better than the acting in this movie.a low budget porn film.If i had the choice of seing this movie and watching midgets play monopoly id watch the midgets.The only reason for anyone to watch this movie is to see dirk's nice package.:-->

Nope, he never got to kiss the girl. And the movie wasn't in color, either. Didn't have to be. This is THE BEST, most beautiful version ever made of the finest tale of heroism ever told. A 5 (out of five) Kleenexes rating for A Tale of Two Cities, starring Dirk Bogard!! Don't confuse it with any other version of this movie. No man alive played the indolent wastrel, Sidney, with the intensity that Dirk did. A unique performance! The others were great too.

You watchers of TITANIC (it was OK), get a real movie, will you?

"It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have done before. It is a better rest I go to...than I have ever had."

Beat that for unforgettable if you can. Hand me another Kleenex.

John Savage heads a cast of direct-to-video regulars in a muddled psychological thriller. The "Deer Hunter" co-star plays Dr. Ian Lazarre, a deeply troubled psychiatrist who tumbles into a deep blue funk of drinking and despair after his first wife dies in an auto mishap. His second wife (Candice Daly) and his best friend (Eric Pierpoint) have him committed to a rehab clinic operated by the mysterious Dr. Vernon Renquist (Malcolm McDowell) and the equally ambiguous Nurse Chambers (Kim Cattrall). And that, of course, is when Lazarre's troubles really begin. The poor guy must cope with ever-increasing doses of an experimental drug, nightmarish visions of an executed serial killer, and sporadic beatings by a bulky orderly (Sam Jones) who enjoys his work much more than he should. "Where The Truth Lies" is long on spooky atmosphere, but short on narrative logic.

The acting performance of savage is very intense as always , and he and mcdowell are getting more quality out of this medium budget movie .

The first time I saw this movie was around 1987 on commercial TV, and what caught my attention was a belly dance cameo by a woman credited as Suzanne Danielle. All the other times I saw this movie on U.S. TV, this cameo had been edited out. However, on British TV in Saudi Arabia in 1995, it had been left intact.

If low-budget spookiness, with a campy edge and a bit of blood is your bag, 'Castle of the Walking Dead' comes highly recommended.

If "Gone With The Wind" and "Ben Hur" and "Titanic" are the movie equivalents of dove under glass and "Terminator" and "The Matrix" are the same as a roast beef dinner, then "Remote Control" is like a peanut butter sandwich. It is a nice experience but it probably won't change your life. It is a sci-fi look at a world where the enemy is a VHS tape called "Remote Control." In this movie in a movie a guy named Cosmo and a girl named Belinda have to save the world from an interplanetary gang that threatens to take over by using the video rental store as it's base of operations. It also has a hideout in a video reproduction industrial warehouse. Kevin Dillon is attractive as the hero. There is enough action without going overboard. The movie doesn't always look good but that is probably explained in the credits where we see the names of 38 stunt performers and only one make up person. I liked the movie and would show it to friends as a comedy science fiction flick that would pair well in a double feature with "Lust in the Dust" or "Teen-agers From Outer Space." Tom Willett

If "Gone With The Wind" and "Ben Hur" and "Titanic" are the movie equivalents of dove under glass and "Terminator" and "The Matrix" are the same as a roast beef dinner, then "Remote Control" is like a peanut butter sandwich. It is a nice experience but it probably won't change your life. It is a sci-fi look at a world where the enemy is a VHS tape called "Remote Control." In this movie in a movie a guy named Cosmo and a girl named Belinda have to save the world from an interplanetary gang that threatens to take over by using the video rental store as it's base of operations. It also has a hideout in a video reproduction industrial warehouse. Kevin Dillon is attractive as the hero. There is enough action without going overboard. The movie doesn't always look good but that is probably explained in the credits where we see the names of 38 stunt performers and only one make up person. I liked the movie and would show it to friends as a comedy science fiction flick that would pair well in a double feature with "Lust in the Dust" or "Teen-agers From Outer Space." Tom Willett