The convoluted title notwithstanding, this is a welcome if unremarkable Mexican variation on the old "all-female planet" sci-fi fantasia, ala Cat Women of the Moon, Queen from Outer Space, Rocket to the Moon, etc. etc. This time the action is on both planets as the ladies first abduct a cross-section of Mexico City's populace and whisk them off to their planet for medical experiments. So instead of male astronauts there's a child and its single parent, an amoral gangster, a…

If you're Gen-X or older you remember the age when classic monsters /nightmare theater was all the rage, thanks to their constant rotation on the late show, and UHF TV stations. Drugged up older kids (the babysitters of Gen-X) would find them after coming home late at night too buzzed to sleep - and their aesthetic found its way into their rock shows. A mid-70s 'horror rock' fad - Roky Erikson, Rocky Horror, Alice Cooper, etc. they all came with…

A lot of the great Chor Yuen's misty mountain hops wuxia films are out on luscious HD restorations (I especially love the Sentimental Swordsman trilogy, The Black Lizard, Moon Scimitar, and Bat without Wings) and some on less impressive DVDs we're still glad to have (oh for a LEGEND OF THE BAT upgrade) ENCHANTRESS is perhaps the worst surviving media of one of the best films - only available as on old region 3 CD movie or MCD or whatever…

I saw this on the big screen in college, probably tripping, and it was a total blast. I later the 'restored complete version' with the fancy pants orchestral score on the big screen - and it's nowhere near as wild and wooly and cool. I love the Lou Reed-ripping "Here She Comes" during Brigitte's wild dance for the slavering aristocrats while the proles suffer below. I wish more silent films got this kind of rock and pop love - I…