Watched this one last night via the new Code Red DVD. Opted for the widescreen film sourced version despite the fact that it's pretty beat up in spots and has some harsh audio anomalies. When I went through a Naschy phase a few years ago when BCI was going full steam ahead with his stuff I never bothered tracking this one down so this was my first time seeing it.
I enjoyed the movie more than I thought I would. I expected it to be a bit campy, kept waiting for Naschy to take off his shirt and make sweet Naschy love to some buxom Euro-babe but that didn't happen. Instead it took a fairly dark turn. I went into it not knowing very much and had forgotten the whole nuke angle so despite the fact that the disc is labeled as part of the post apocalyptic collection I somehow didn't make the connection until it was mentioned in the film.
At any rate, it gets pretty grim in the last half of the movie. I can see the comparisons to NOTLD that it seems to get a lot as apt. Definitely a different and atypical role for Naschy, the rest of the cast were pretty good too.
I like this wacky art for the movie:
Dig the trailer!
I enjoyed the movie more than I thought I would. I expected it to be a bit campy, kept waiting for Naschy to take off his shirt and make sweet Naschy love to some buxom Euro-babe but that didn't happen. Instead it took a fairly dark turn. I went into it not knowing very much and had forgotten the whole nuke angle so despite the fact that the disc is labeled as part of the post apocalyptic collection I somehow didn't make the connection until it was mentioned in the film.
At any rate, it gets pretty grim in the last half of the movie. I can see the comparisons to NOTLD that it seems to get a lot as apt. Definitely a different and atypical role for Naschy, the rest of the cast were pretty good too.
I like this wacky art for the movie:
Dig the trailer!
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