Cheap, Silly, Naughty Action Flicks of the 70s and 80s

[@theritchie2173]

Hard Ticket to Hawaii was in a legendary episode of RLM Best of The Worst, and I tracked it down on the strength of that. I was not disappointed.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Andy Sidaris movies are great fun, always.

[@bradforddillman7671]

Good news is I just paused your video to watch Angel of H.E.A.T. right here on KZbin. Bad news is I watched it.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Isn't that theme song incredibly cringey?

[@bradforddillman7671]

@ absolutely. Truth is I always thought Marilyn Chambers was very pretty. And so was Mary Woronov. Just wish the movie was better.

[@Gazebo48]

I watched Hard Ticket to Hawaii and Picasso Trigger exactly as you recommended, Terry, on a Friday movie night with mates and libations. It was the kind of hoot, holler and laugh-out-loud good time we still recall years later. (at least those of us who didn’t experience an alcoholic blackout)

[@terrytalksmovies]

I never get that drunk but a good little buzz works.

[@fje6902]

I remember seeing Hard Ticket to Hawaii, and Picasso Trigger. There was nothing special, but it was fun.

[@terrytalksmovies]

That's the point. They're low-risk fun.

[@markkenny2001]

I have never heard of those films.

[@terrytalksmovies]

They tend not to be regarded much by film scholars but they're part of the history of cinema and should be noted. 😀

[@lukejbarnett1]

​@@terrytalksmoviesI love the way you talk about movies, with such passion. Have you ever watched Dagmar's hot pants from 1971? It is so much fun

[@lukejbarnett1]

​@@terrytalksmovieswhat country do you live in? Is it hard to buy porn movies where you live because they aren't legal to buy?

[@Scuzzbopper.]

All the triple B Andy Sidaris movies have Blu Ray releases (though I don't know if they're out of print). I've got all of them. 😇

[@lukejbarnett1]

How do you buy them on blu Ray? Can you buy them in a set on Blu Ray? What website has them?

[@Scuzzbopper.]

@@lukejbarnett1 I got most of them through Amazon. There's no Blu Ray boxed set that I'm aware of, just individual Blu Rays for each movie.

[@nealepaterson3496]

"Transgressive and unseemly..." I like that 🙂

[@terrytalksmovies]

I try to find the right phrase. 😉

[@marienbad2]

Mary Woronov had an interesting film and TV career given that she started working in Warhol films and as a dancer for the Velvet Underground (with Gerard Malanga). She was even in an episode of the sitcom Taxi and also I believe Death Race 2000 as well as the awesome Eating Raoul.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Yep, and Get Crazy, the ultimate NYE movie.

[@lukejbarnett1]

​@@terrytalksmovieswhat is nye?

[@lukejbarnett1]

She looks so much better in silent night, bloody night than she does in eating raoul. Did you notice that? It's like she's a completely different girl in both movies. She's a 10 in silent night, bloody night but only like a 7 in eating raoul sadly. What a huge dropoff in beauty in only 11 years. Also what a shame because she doesn't show nudity in snbn but she does show nudity in er.

[@FAMUCHOLLY]

Groovy music, Terry! Funky and groovy man!!!

[@terrytalksmovies]

I try to gear the music to the subject of the video. Sometimes it's a pain to find the right tune, other times it just hits instantly.

[@jackfriend4u]

On a completely other tangent took your advice on 'Creation of the Humanoids'! my goodness!...i wasn't expecting some kind cerebral, dialogue driven treatise on what it is to be human without resorting to obvious cliches and stereotypes. it is such an anomaly for films of that period and uses its limited budget to look quite good. Not for fans of action, but thats every other film (at least in intention if not always in execution) of that sort. So, thank you for the recommendation!

[@terrytalksmovies]

Glad you liked Creation of the Humanoids. It's a true cult classic.

[@moknbyrd]

I love these sorts of reviews. Well done. I wish Vinegar Syndrome, or Imprint, etc. Would put out the Ginger trilogy. I have The Abductors on DVD but the rest are outrageously priced so, torrent it is. Had Angel of H.E.A.T. on CED.

[@terrytalksmovies]

I think it depends on whether good original prints of the movies can be found.

[@denniskristos3800]

Have you ever seen Toho's twin parodies of James Bond Movies directed by Jun Fukuda? There are two: "Ironfinger (1965) and "Golden Eyes" (1968). Both star Akira Takarada (Gojira and other Godzilla/Kaiju movies) as secret agent-assassin 'Andrew Hoshino" with Mie Hama ('Kissy Suzuki' in "You Only Live Twice") co-starring in the first and Bibari Maeda ('Rika' the island girl in"Son Of Godzilla") as female lead in the second. Great fun and somewhat silly watches.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Thanks for the tips!

[@robsavage3217]

The Ginger films were released on DVD in North America but they really deserve to be upgraded to Blu-ray (4K would likely be too much to ask given the quality of the source material). Sadly, the DVDs are out of print and very hard to find. In my opinion, The Abductors is the best of the bunch although Ginger has that great scene where a young woman has to go to the wrong side of the tracks to beg for her heroin fix. BTW, one of the abducted cheerleaders in The Abductors was played by Jeramie Rain, who also appeared as one of the villains in the cult classic, The Last House on the Left.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Jeramie Rain also married Richard Dreyfuss.

[@robsavage3217]

​@@terrytalksmovies Yes, I had forgotten about that. 😀

[@steve4films]

I watched Cheri Caffaro in Savage Sisters (based on your recommendation) and it was surprisingly good. 👍 includes a great ending where the guys kick the butt of the sleaze-ball.

[@terrytalksmovies]

She was a solid actress who didn't get the breaks.

[@d.bcooper7819]

We had a theater here in Portland that only played Deep Throat for probably two decades. It’s a music venue now.

[@terrytalksmovies]

LOL. They were obviously making money on it.

[@jamescooper944]

My favorite film of this type is “Gator Bait “ 973. Starring playboy centerfold Claudia Jennings.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Claudia Jennings, the poor man's Angel Tompkins. 😀

[@chrisvelazquez6933]

I just clicked on this. I hope angel’s revenge is on this list

[@terrytalksmovies]

Not this time. Do you recommend it?

[@chrisvelazquez6933]

@ I do. It’s terrible and very funny. It’s the first movie Jim Backus did after he died.

[@Brunoburningbright]

​@@chrisvelazquez6933Don't know if your last sentence is a deliberate joke or unintended malaprop. Either way it's funny as hell.

[@adambenton9673]

Addendum to your addendum- that is wild to learn the producer of Ginger also did HS Musical and this is exactly the kind of salacious tidbit I love learning as a Disney stockholder (my grandma bought five shares each for me and my siblings and cousins in 1995 when she was diagnosed) I always love a good negative Disney story

[@terrytalksmovies]

Disney is an evil empire, so yeah, you're right Adam.

[@danielemerson312]

Before his notorious triple B (aka triple G) movies, Andy Sidaris wrote and directed 1979's 'Seven', an early pointer to his directorial vision, starring William Smith and Barbara Leigh, but also featuring a scene with the skateboarder from 'Hard Ticket to Hawaii'. And yes, there are boobs. You could call the genre "Skinemaction" from Cinemax's unofficial nickname Skinemax+Action. Maybe "Skinemaxion".

[@terrytalksmovies]

We never had Cinemax here. It was a local USA thing?

[@danielemerson312]

@@terrytalksmovies It was a USA thing, so I never saw it either. But "Skinemax" became a byword for, well, something starring Shannon Tweed or someone similar, where soft-focus female nudity was guaranteed. The short-lived British station L!veTV showed similar material, along with Topless Darts and similar tat.

[@timeliebe]

The ginger trilogy got a DVD release in 2004 from Monterey video. It's out of print and really expensive if you find them now.... Andy Sedaris's movies seem to have made it to Blu-ray, but again they're mostly out of print and expensive, though not as expensive as the GINGER movies!

[@terrytalksmovies]

The Ginger movies definitely need new releases.

[@jackfriend4u]

PS is it worth doing a Mary Woronov special chapter? as you say, she was part of an amazing array of cult films and projects. Night of the Comet, Gregg Araki's The Living End, numerous Paul Bartel films, Rock N Roll Highschool. early LLoyd Kaufman film Sugar Cookies with Lynn Lowrie.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Probably not at this stage. I have the schedule worked out pretty much for the rest of the year.

[@taker68]

I'm sure I passed by these types of films on the shelves of my local video rental stores in thje 80s. zi recall many an erotic thriller on cable TV with Shannon Tweed in the 80s or 90s. Felt like they were on every night after midnight.

[@terrytalksmovies]

The Shannon Tweed ones were worse. They took themselves seriously.

[@jeffmartin1026]

I should wait until Sci-Fi Saturday, but I recently watches a few films and I am wondering your opinion of them. The Day Mars Invaded Earth, Red Planet Mars and Beyond the Time Barrier. All are complete "B" movies, but I found them to all have interesting storylines/twists/characters/dialog. The special effect in The Day Mars... are quite cheap, interesting and still effective. Anyhow, have you seen them (probably, knowing you) and your thoughts on them. Thanks.

[@terrytalksmovies]

I've seen them. I might hold fire until I review them. 😀

[@jeffmartin1026]

@@terrytalksmovies I found them to be much better than I expected them to be. I just watched Journey to the Edge of the Universe (1963) and I can see its influence on other films. Up next is It Came From Somewhere - the title alone screams "Watch Me"!

[@antdog375af10]

I prefer Atomic Blonde😍😁

[@terrytalksmovies]

Without movies like these there would have been no Atomic Blonde. 😀

[@daguard411]

Thank You.

[@terrytalksmovies]

My pleasure. 🙂

[@adambenton9673]

😂🤘 "...I recommend you get a couple of shantys (Chianti's?) into ya and then watch" Great vid with some great advice, I say something similar often when making recs. Still desperately seeking Ginger trilogy but not equipped to play with torrents these days since the PC has my kids school shit all over it. P.S. watched Black Six and Black Gestapo on your rec and loved them- you are a lifeline in dark times, friendo

[@terrytalksmovies]

Shandies. Beer and lemonade. 😀 Always happy to help people through dark times, Adam.

[@Skiltonius]

Extremely difficult or expensive to get most of these kinds of films in the UK (legally). The closest I've got is 'This, That and the other!' (1969) a somewhat surreal anthology sex comedy that escalates in quality and has a great final segment. A rabbit hole I hope to visit someday.

[@terrytalksmovies]

It is incredibly difficult, though the Andy Sidaris movies should be on Tubi.

[@lukejbarnett1]

Are softcore porn movies illegal in the UK?

[@Skiltonius]

@@lukejbarnett1 No, they are legal - just very difficult or expensive to obtain in many cases.

[@JojoAlbon]

Actually, you missed Andy Sidaris’s first feature film, SEVEN (1979), which established the “AGENCY” continuity even before MALIBU EXPRESS (1985). Taking place in Hawaii, it’s a dry run for PICASSO TRIGGER (1988). Nearly all the kills, action gags, and sexual situations would be recycled for later films in the series.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Slightly wrong. Stacey was Andy's first movie. Seven was the second one. 😉📽

[@JojoAlbon]

@@terrytalksmovies I meant that SEVEN was his first film within the Agency continuity. STACEY! was the dry run for MALIBU EXPRESS but does not take place within the Agency continuity.

[@JojoAlbon]

@@terrytalksmovies Technically, his first film was THE RACING SCENE (1969), a documentary about James Garner’s real life foray into formula one auto racing as a team owner.

[@lukejbarnett1]

Stacy was before it.

[@lukejbarnett1]

​@@terrytalksmoviesI just told him that. I read though that Stacey is not considered a part of these '80s and '90s films though. I can't imagine how it's not though. It has just about everything his '80s and '90s movies have.

[@williamblakehall5566]

Somehow the whole Charlie's Angels phenomenon, and all it seemed to inspire, never grabbed me. Apart from Diana Rigg as Emma Peel, Anne Francis as Honey West, Angie Dickinson as Police Woman, and the occasional Pam Grier adventure, the whole concept of the "adventuress" never grabbed me until La Femme Nikita and The Long Kiss Goodnight. I did see Malibu Express and noted its occasional flickers of cleverness, and I unconditionally enjoy Sybil Danning in pretty much anything, but these pretty much passed me by. I've seen the more outrageous scenes from Hard Ticket to Hawaii and that is enough for me. Say, here's an oddity for you: 1987's Cyclone, where you can glimpse Jefferey Combs, Huntz Hall, Martine Beswick, and Martin Landau. Thanks, Ter.

[@terrytalksmovies]

All inspired by the GOAT... Modesty Blaise.

[@lukejbarnett1]

And Heather Thomas!

[@gorymarty56]

Love these movies, such cheese

[@terrytalksmovies]

They are! And I love that!

[@aengusmacnaughton1375]

Hey Terry -- now how did you get that picture of me and friends (center picture in your thumbnail)?!?!?!?!?! I thought that my second (ex)wife had hunted down all copies of that and destroyed them!!!

[@terrytalksmovies]

So you're the one on the right in the centre image? 😉

[@aengusmacnaughton1375]

@@terrytalksmovies -- Nope! I'm in the center of course! Well, back in the day anyway!!!

[@gorymarty56]

Never heard the Ginger series

[@terrytalksmovies]

Few people have, alas.

[@shallendor]

Andy Sidaris films were fun and entertaining films! BBB(bullets, bombs and boobs)

[@terrytalksmovies]

Yes. They are geared to be exactly what they are.

[@ianmurrell209]

Possibly not the type of movies exhibited in Brisbane at the time!

[@terrytalksmovies]

Banned In Queensland - a badge of quality. 😀

[@kaboombox1581]

I remember Malibu Express as trying to be a very low rent Magnum PI rip off.

[@terrytalksmovies]

It was, but it never pretended not to be.

[@keithwright1621]

I love Hard Ticket. What a load of crap! You're gonna laugh if you give it a chance.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Yep. Andy Sidaris' movies are never to be taken seriously.

[@Laceykat66]

Why wouldn't you call these a genra ? I think they fulfill the definition. Just curious. While these were largely "American" I was amazed at how many were filmed in the Philippines. Like Spain for blockbusters in the 1970s, the Philippines seemed to have the facilities needed to grand out "naughty action films." A little bit of film history, when The Playboy Chanel came about in the early 1980s it had a problem with providing content. While only running four hours a night (then repeating) during the week there was not enough "Playboy-style" material available. They even went to hilariously editing X-rated movies to pad the marquee, so to speak. They finally started to show "legitimate" films like King Kong and the European cuts of films like "Promises..... Promises!" To keep their pay channel alive they finally started supporting productions like Andy Sidaris and (Correct me if I am wrong) Malibu Express premiered on the Playboy Chanel.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Maybe a micro-genre?

[@B.B.Digital_Forest]

Shameless and fun is better than overpriced, pretentious, and gaudy.

[@terrytalksmovies]

We can have both! 😉😀

[@SoundOfSilence-k8u]

Don t. have to shout ?

[@terrytalksmovies]

ALL CAPITAL LETTERS COMES ACROSS AS SHOUTING. 😀😘