H.E. Barrie Movies
- 1961
In this Brazilian detective movie, a gringo gumshoe stalks a murderer. His investigations reveal a ring of counterfeiters. To catch them all, he engineers an ingenious double-cross. Justice prevails. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1960
Remember June Wilkinson, the mammary-laden pinup girl of the 1960s? Remember all those "naughty" films in which Wilkinson starred-you know, the ones that played at that seedy downtown theatre patronized by old men in raincoats? Career Girl was perhaps the best of a bad lot. Wilkinson plays a simple country gal who heads for the Bright Lights and Big City to make it as a movie star. When you haven't got your eyes glued to the zaftig Ms. Wilkinson, you might get a chuckle out of the cheesy sets and the guest appearances by the overhead microphone. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Green cheese? Men in the Moon? Nah, everyone knows that the moon is really populated by beautiful women wearing silk underwear and spiked heels. They are ruled by an evil temptress and share the moon with giant rock men and an enormous spider. Honest. Just watch this campy remake of Cat Women of the Moon and see for yourself. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Frankenstein's Daughter, a low-budget American horror movie badly directed by Richard E. Cunha, is another in a series of poorly made adaptations of Mary Shelley's classic horror novel. Here, the original Dr. Frankenstein's grandson, Oliver Frankenstein (Donald Murphy), now living in Los Angeles, creates a female version of the Monster from sweet teenage girl, Trudy (Sandra Knight) who then goes on a killing rampage. This thriller, with poor production values and bad sets, has some intentional humor, but little real horror. Also released as She Monster of the Night, Frankenstein's Daughter was featured in It Came from Hollywood, an amusing and loving tribute to horror films and their makers. Also, lovers of trivia should note that Sandra Knight, who plays Trudy, would later become the wife of actor Jack Nicholson. ~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide
Irish McCalla, the statuesque heroine of TV's Sheena Queen of the Jungle, heads the cast of She Demons. Shipwrecked on a volcanic island, spoiled heiress Jerrie Turner (McCalla) and explorers Fred (Tod Griffin) and Sammy (Victor Sen Yung) fall into the clutches of unreconstructed Nazi scientist Osler (Rudolph Anders). Experimenting exclusively on beautiful, busty women, Osler hopes to create a race of super-persons, infusing his subjects with a powerful element known only as Character X. Fred and Sammy race against time to save Jerrie from becoming another of Osler's hideously mutated victims. She Demons is another triumph from director Richard Cunha, whose science-fiction quickies of the 1950s are among the worst films ever made. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Irish McCalla, Tod Griffin, (more)
