ALL THE YOUNG WIVES (1973) **

Big Jim (Jerry Richards) is a wealthy man who goes out hunting quail with some friends at a wilderness lodge.  He feigns an injury so he can go back to the lodge and make time with his buddy’s hot wife.  Meanwhile, at home, Big Jim’s lonely, frustrated wife Melody (Linda Cook) starts making eyes at Sam (Edmund Genest), his horse trainer.  Before long, Sam’s teaching her how to ride bareback, if you know what I mean. 

This was sold as a sexploitation flick, but it’s more of a relationship drama that’s occasionally gussied up by a smattering of skin.  The drama isn’t really strong enough to make up for the lack of T & A, but it’s decent enough to keep you watching.  The unnecessary subplots don’t help matters though.  The stuff involving Big Jim’s buddy embezzling from him really slows things down.  The business with Sam secretly breeding a racehorse under Big Jim’s nose works slightly better, and the horse race finale is good for a laugh as it plays like a no-budget version of the chariot race in Ben-Hur. 

The biggest problem with All the Young Wives is its misleading title.  There are only two of them.  (I guess three, if you count the black chick Big Jim picks up, but she isn’t married.)  It honestly needed at least two or three more young wives in the mix, if you ask me.  Heck, I would’ve even taken a middle aged one as long as she was hot to trot.  Linda Cook is pretty good as Melody though.  She later provided the voice for Leech Woman in Puppet Master. 

Speaking of people who went on to bigger and better things, the film’s writer and director, William Diehl later became an acclaimed novelist and two of his books, Sharkey’s Machine and Primal Fear, were adapted into hit movies. 

AKA:  Naked Rider.  AKA:  You All Come.

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MITCH'S LATEST BOOK--THE VIDEO VACUUM STRIKES BACK! ON SALE NOW!

I guess you guys and gals have been wondering where the heck I’ve been.  Well, I’ve been busy putting the finishing touches on my latest book, The Video Vacuum Strikes Back!  And good news… It’s available for purchase on Amazon.  Did you ever want a book that contains whole chapters devoted to such film franchises such as The Curse and Witchcraft series?  Well, here it is!  Did you ever wish for a book that had chapters on the works of Jim Wynorski AND Orson Welles?  This is the book for you! 

In fact, here’s the Table of Contents, which includes the complete list of movies featured in the book:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1:  THE WITCHCRAFT SERIES

WITCHCRAFT  (1989), WITCHCRAFT 2:  THE SEDUCTRESS, WITCHCRAFT 3:  THE KISS OF DEATH, WITCHCRAFT 4, WITCHCRAFT 5:  “DANCE WITH THE DEVIL”, WITCHCRAFT 6:  THE DEVIL’S MISTRESS, WITCHCRAFT 7, WITCHCRAFT 8:  SALEM’S GHOST, WITCHCRAFT 9:  BITTER FLESH, WITCHCRAFT:  MISTRESS OF THE CRAFT, WITCHCRAFT 11:  SISTERS IN BLOOD, WITCHCRAFT 12:  IN THE LAIR OF THE SERPENT, WITCHCRAFT 13:  BLOOD OF THE CHOSEN, WITCHCRAFT 14:  ANGEL OF DEATH, WITCHCRAFT 15:  BLOOD ROSE, WITCHCRAFT 16:  HOLLYWOOD COVEN

CHAPTER 2:  “ROWDY” RODDY PIPER

BACK IN ACTION, IMMORTAL COMBAT, TOUGH AND DEADLY, SCI-FIGHTERS, DEAD TIDES, FIRST ENCOUNTER, MARKED MAN, THE BAD PACK, LAST TO SURRENDER, JACK OF HEARTS

CHAPTER 3:  KILLER SHARKS

MAKO:  JAWS OF DEATH, THE LAST SHARK, JAWS 3-D, SHARK ATTACK 2, SHARK ATTACK 3:  MEGALODON, MEGA SHARK VS. MECHA SHARK, SHARKNADO 2:  THE SECOND ONE, SHARKTOPUS VS. PTERACUDA, MEGA SHARK VS. KOLOSSUS, SHARK LAKE, SHARKNADO 3:  OH HELL NO!, THE SHALLOWS, USS INDIANAPOLIS:  MEN OF COURAGE, 47 METERS DOWN, DEEP BLUE SEA 2, THE MEG

CHAPTER 4:  KLAUS KINSKI

THE GREAT SILENCE, BLACK KILLER, HIS NAME WAS KING, AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD, THERE’S A NOOSE WAITING FOR YOU TRINITY, FITZCARRALDO, BURDEN OF DREAMS, CRAWLSPACE, COBRA VERDE

CHAPTER 5:  CLASSIC COMEDY TEAMS

HOLD EM JAIL, LOST IN A HAREM, NO HOLDS BARRED, SNOW WHITE AND THE THREE STOOGES

CHAPTER 6:  JIM WYNORSKI

THE LOST EMPIRE, THE HAUNTING OF MORELLA, HARD BOUNTY, THE ASSAULT, DEMOLITION HIGH, MILITIA, GARGOYLE:  WINGS OF DARKNESS, THE BARE WENCH PROJECT:  THE FINAL CHAPTER, CRASH LANDING, SHOCKWAVE, BONE EATER, POPATOPOLIS, GILA!

CHAPTER 7:  ORSON WELLES

OTHELLO, MR. ARKADIN, FALSTAFF (CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT), A SAFE PLACE, DON QUIXOTE, NECROMANCY, SOMEONE TO LOVE, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND, THEY’LL LOVE ME WHEN I’M DEAD

CHAPTER 8:  WALKING TALL

WALKING TALL  (1973), PART 2:  WALKING TALL:  THE LEGEND OF BUFORD PUSSER, FINAL CHAPTER:  WALKING TALL, A REAL AMERICAN HERO, WALKING TALL (2004), WALKING TALL:  THE PAYBACK, WALKING TALL:  LONE JUSTICE

CHAPTER 9:  FRED WILLIAMSON

BLACK EYE, BOSS, BLIND RAGE, VIGILANTE, 1990:  THE BRONX WARRIORS, SODA CRACKER, CROOKED, VEGAS VAMPIRES

CHAPTER 10:  THE CURSE SERIES

THE CURSE, CURSE 2:  THE BITE, CURSE 3:  BLOOD SACRIFICE, CATACOMBS

CHAPTER 11:  BILL PAXTON

THE LORDS OF DISCIPLINE, RIDING FAST, PASS THE AMMO, BACK TO BACK, BRAIN DEAD, THE LAST OF THE FINEST, MONOLITH, THE LAST SUPPER, MIGHTY JOE YOUNG, THUNDERBIRDS

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I should be back to my normal routine of reviewing on the site very soon.  Until then, keep it weird!

MITCH APPEARS ON THE DTVC PODCAST!

I was once again fortunate to be a guest on Matt’s DTVC Podcast. On this episode, our topic of discussion was Neil Breen’s masterpiece, Fateful Findings.  This was arguably my favorite episode to record, and I hope you have as much fun listening to it as I had talking about it.  You can (fateful) find that discussion here:  https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/dtvc-podcast/episodes/DTVC-Podcast-275--Fateful-Findings-e3n9ors