Thoughts go out to all ...

Happy Friday 13th!!

Well ... it'd be rude not to wouldn't it! Have a great Friday 13th and a great weekend folks!

The Doberman Gang

This brilliantly bonkers 70's flick revolves around the exploits of a group of fairly inept bank robbers who, after their last failed attempt in which they accidentally locked their ill-gotten gains in the boot ('trunk' for my American cousins) of the wrong car during their getaway, decide a new plan is needed. That plan is the creation of 'The Doberman Gang'.

The dogs are the real stars of this movie, and are brilliantly trained and look cute and cuddly one minute, vicious and violent the next. On a few occasions some fairly bloody scenes are included, into what is essentially a family film.

The acting is pretty appalling, the script is patchy at best and the music is a crazy mix of half decent 70's tunes, bizarre nonsensical songs and annoying elevator music, yet somehow, in some strange way, it actually works. There are some genuinely (although unintentionally) funny moments and the actual robbery is entertaining and great fun to watch. Sure, this film was never going to win any awards, but for a pure throwback to the heady days of bad films, long hair and tight trousers, you could do much worse than settle down with a hotdog and a 'hair of the dog' and watch this odd little B-Movie caper.

New Blog Twitter Account

Hi fellow alternative film lovers

I have now set up a dedicated Twitter account - @CarlSykesFilm - which is linked directly to this blog, so if you want to get in touch and tell me how much you like the blog, suggest a film, tell me you thought my review was a steaming pile of shite or generally just follow me and get updates as they appear on here, please feel free to follow, follow, follow ... and of course, tell all your friends, re-tweet etc etc. Fanks!

@CarlSykesFilm