Here’s a wonderful poster featuring Jane Asher for the 1970 movie Deep End. This film is a gem and remain curiously hard to find for home viewing.

Emily Blunt sure looks scared… is she worried that this film could be once again released at a further date? Oddly, this looks promising and maybe its potential success could lead to other worthy remakes of the old Universal classics.

Now what are the chances of a remake of that film? Can you imagine coming up with similar posters from a current movie project? Couldn’t happen, could it? Well, believe it or not, there was a 2006 film (The Pet) that kinda gives the same feeling seen in the promo for the 1974 Pets. Of course, the first one starred the amazing Candice Rialson, to whom I should devote a Sirens space very soon. Ah, the depravity of Man…

Here’s one of my favorite seventies poster from Hammer Studio, for the glorious Countess Dracula. Of course, this starred legendary Scream Queen Ingrid Pitt in maybe her greatest role. Being naked was not necessarily a problem for Ingrid, but it would be a mistake to underestimate her acting abilities. Yep, they don’t make them like that anymore…

One of my all-time favorite. Why? Let’s see. Is it the nuanced colors? The subtle and powerful social message implied? The graceful Photoshoping? Or maybe… the hot girls?

(OK this is just a CD jacket for Naked Killer, but still…)

One of my favorite sick series remains the Olga films, incredibly sadistic little productions that were thankfully clumsily made. Olga was mainly played by the astonishingly beautiful Audrey Campbell, a perfect future Siren if there ever was one. One big influence in all these productions was Irving Klaw’s photo work, shot sometimes with the collaboration of the inestimable Bettie Page. Here though, the violent side is much more explored, as some punishments often turned bloody. Still, it’s clear that a remake of any of these entries is unlikely in this day and age, which makes these titles (White Slaves of Chinatown, Olga’s Girls, Olga’s House of Shame and Olga’s Dance Hall Girls) a very unique viewing.

Besides the imposing Campbell, the acting is mainly atrocious but the low-budget still succeed in giving us the appropriate seedy feeling appropriate for its subject. Let’s mention that Olga is a drug trafficker/slave trader that deals from her underground New York Chinatown headquarter. Being a sadistic lesbian, she of course passes most of her time punishing various unfortunates prostitutes under her steely command. As directed by Joseph P. Mawra, there’s a lot to please any fetish enthusiast: beautiful girls tied up and gagged, wearing high heels and pantyhose, females kissing, etc. All this in icy black and white! Of course, this is not Hostel, but for the time it was grim stuff… and all box-office hits in grindhouse theaters. In the seventies, the more or less likewise Ilsa series would also not be easily forgotten.

Here’s a typical lurid poster that promised all that kind of secret thrills…!

Marvelous poster from an upcoming action film!

OK, so you’ve got Maggie Q naked, the best use of camouflage paint ever, some menacing poses with wicked knives… these Naked Weapon poster and DVD jacket sure can attraction, can’t they? And that’s the name of the game. I remember being young and very attracted by Roxy Music’s LP covers, but in that case, there was real substance inside. As for Naked Weapon, it remains a decent time-waster with gorgeous gals, but not as over-the-top as its inspiration, Naked Killer from 1992 (of which the posters are as awesome).

So there’s a chance for a new Red Sonja movie, even if Rose McGowan and Robert Rodriguez aren’t a couple anymore (or are they? who knows about these things?). Well, I’m all for any comic book adaptation starring a strong heroine… but these action movies taking place in ancient legends are more often than not stiff and monotonous, with more duds than gems in the lot (exemple: anyone remember the 1985 version?). Rodriguez will produce, with Douglas Aarniokoski directing. All this was revealed during a panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International last month.

Can Miss McGowan handle the action, though? Is beheading Thulsa Doom’s minions more demanding than shooting zombies with an artificial leg? Only time will tell. This promotional poster is still very nice to look at, though. Shooting starts in October.

Hmmmm, what? How can the Japanese movie industry come up with this crazy titles and projects? This time, seems like a female swim team is up against a madman bent on creating an army of killing machines. Now, I haven’t seen this yet but the DVD cover sure is appealing (isn’t that a chainsaw?).