Feb 13 2021 57 mins 25
Chuck Porterfield joins me to discuss this amazing hybrid offering from Hammer and the Shaw Brothers Studios. When Hong Kong action meets British Horror what we get is one of the most unusual hybrid films of the period.
Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires (wikipedia)
You can snag this classic on BluRay here.
Very detailed article about the history of this film from Diabolique Magazine .
Horror! Action! Romance! Hopping! Giant Golden Bat necklaces! This film has it all.
This is the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup of Action/Horror of the 70s.
We discuss The Wilhelm Scream a bit. That audio is not in this film despite the IMDB trivia - but here is a list of movies that are supposed to feature the clip.
I mentioned actress Pik Sen Lim who helped make the Hammer/Shaw Bros connection. She is actually still working at 75. Good for her!
Chuck makes the case for the 1980 film Alligator starring the late, great Robert Forster. The film is hard to find in high quality release, but is on YouTube. (Patrons can vote HERE on whether Chuck made his case.)
Also mentioned:
Mister Vampire (the Chinese hopping vampire movie)
Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Link to Chuck's project Be a Better Geek.
