MFB: November 1980

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

November 1980

Vol. 47 No. 562

The Alternative Miss World

(USA: I Wanna Be a Beauty Queen)

UK - 1980 - 90m - col

Tigon (X)

D: Richard Gayor

And Give Us Our Daily Sex

El periscopio

Spain/Italy - 1980 - 83m - col

Childs Associates (X)

D: José Ramón Larraz

Attack of the Phantoms
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park

USA (TV) - 1978 - 86m - col
Brent Walker (A)
D: Gordon Hessler

The Awakening

UK - 1980 - 105m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (X)

D: Mike Newell / Dolby Stereo

Babylon

UK/Italy - 1980 - 95m - col

Osiris (X)

D: Franco Rosso

Battle Beyond the Stars

USA - 1980 - 103m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (A)

D: Jimmy T. Murakami

The Big Brawl

(aka: Battle Creek Brawl)

USA - 1980 - 95m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA) (cut)

D: Robert Clouse

The Blue Lagoon

USA - 1980 - 105m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Randal Kleiser
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Followed by: Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991, Sep/1991), Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Tough Guy (UK: Super Dragon): May 1976

Chuquiago

Bolivia - 1977 - 86m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Antonio Eguino

Clones of Bruce Lee
Death Penalty on Three Robots
사형삼걸
S.Korea/Hong Kong - 1980 - 88m - col / scope
Jay Jay (X) (cut)
D: Nam Gi-nam, Joseph Kong Hung (the latter billed as 'Joseph Velasco' in some territories)

Come Play With Me 2

Die Nichten der Frau Oberst

(aka: Secrets of a French Maid)

Switzerland - 1980 - 92m - col

Tigon (X) (cut)

D: Erwin C. Dietrich [as: Michael Thomas]

The Dark Intruder

USA - 1965 - 58m - bw

Rank Film Library

D: Harvey Hart

Death Ship

Canada/UK - 1980 - 91m - col

Barber Rose (X)

D: Alvin Rakoff

Dressed to Kill

USA - 1980 - 104m - col / scope

ITC (X)

D: Brian De Palma

The Fog

USA - 1979 - 90m - col / scope

Rank (AA)

D: John Carpenter

Germany: Year Zero

Germania: Anno zero

Italy/France/Germany - 1947 - 74m - bw

GCT (A) (cut)

D: Roberto Rossellini
Also reviewed: May 1949.

He Knows You're Alone

USA - 1980 - 94m - col

CIC (X)

D: Armand Mastroianni

The Hunter

USA - 1980 - 117m - col

CIC (AA)

D: Buzz Kulik

Last Embrace

USA - 1979 - 101m - col

United Artists (X) (cut)

D: Jonathan Demme

Last Feelings

L'ultimo sapore dell'aria

Italy - 1978 - 105m - col / scope

GTO (A) (cut)

D: Ruggero Deodato

The Life

La dérobade

(USA: Memoirs of a French Whore)

(aka: Confessions of a Street Walker)

France - 1979 - 120m - col

Watchgrove (X)

D: Daniel Duval

Malizia erotica

[see: And Give Us Our Daily Sex]

The Mountain Men

USA - 1979 - 105m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (A) (cut)

D: Richard Lang

Nurse Sherri

(aka: Hands of Death)

(aka: Hospital of Terror)

(aka: Killer's Curse)

(aka: The Possession of Nurse Sherri)

USA - 1977 - 88m - col

Amanda (X)

D: Al Adamson

Paisà

(aka: Paisan)

Italy - 1946 - 117m - bw

Film Traders (A) (cut)

D: Roberto Rossellini
Also reviewed: Oct 1948.

Prom Night

Canada - 1980 - 92m - col

Barber Rose (X)

D: Paul Lynch
Followed by: Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987), Prom Night III: The Last Kiss (1990), Prom Night IV: Deliver Us From Evil (1992).

Scandal in the Family

Scandalo in famiglia

Italy - 1976 - 95m - col

Watchgrove (X)

D: Marcello Andrei

Scandinavian Erotica

Le notti porno nel mondo n° 2

(USA: Sexy Night Report N. 2)

(aka: Crazy Nights)

Italy - 1978 - 88m - col

Jay Jay (X) (cut)

D: Joe D'Amato
Series: Mondo Erotico (1977, Aug/1979).

Shen-wei san meng-lung

[see: Death Penalty on Three Robots]

The Shining

USA/UK - 1980 - 146m/119m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (X)

D: Stanley Kubrick

Slow Motion

Sauve qui peut (la vie)

(USA: Every Man for Himself)

Switzerland/France - 1980 - 89m - col

Artificial Eye (X)

D: Jean-Luc Godard

Special Treatment

Poseban tretman

(USA: Special Therapy)

Yugoslavia - 1980 - 93m - col

Cinegate (AA)

D: Goran Paskaljević

Stromboli: Terra di dio

Italy - 1949 - 107m - bw

RKO Radio (A) (cut)

D: Roberto Rossellini
Also reviewed: Jun 1950.

Swedish Nympho Slaves

Die teuflischen Schwestern

(USA: Sexy Sisters)

Switzerland - 1977 - 83m - col

Jay Jay (X) (cut)

D: Jesús Franco [as: Jess Franco]

That Sinking Feeling

UK - 1979 - 92m - col

GTO (A)

D: Bill Forsyth

Times Square

USA - 1980 - 113m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Alan Moyle
Dolby Stereo

A Week's Holiday

Une semaine de vacances

(USA: A Week's Vacation)

France - 1980 - 103m - col / scope

Curzon (AA)

D: Bertrand Tavernier

Werewolf Woman

La lupa mannara

(USA: The Legend of the Wolf Woman)

(aka: Naked Werewolf Woman)

Italy - 1976 - 100m - col

Amanda (X) (cut)

D: Rino Di Silvestro

Wholly Moses!

USA - 1980 - 103m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Gary Weis
4-channel stereo

Willie & Phil

USA - 1980 - 116m - col

20th Century Fox (X)

D: Paul Mazursky