Cobra gave 1986 the dirty harry knockoff it deserved the. Poster for cult of the cobra 1955, usa wrong side of the art. Colts manufacturing company firearms, handguns, pistols, rifles, revolvers. Leave a reply cancel reply name required email will not be published required website. In this campy fantasy, the dreaded cobra woman slithers through the african jungle. The film costars reni santoni, brigitte nielsen and andrew robinson. Not only do they desecrate the service by they steal from the temple and a brawl ensues.
When the president office of us decides to do away with the cocaine industry once and for all, the executives turn to paul deveraux, an excia veteran, to devise and implement a strategy that can carry out the operation. The film was released as a double feature with revenge of the creature. The 6 are walking around taking pictures and mentions in front of a snake charmer that hes heard of the lamians the titular cult. The player must avoid various enemies throughout the game, including members of night slashers gang, and people with bazookas. They are quickly discovered, and for defiling the sacred ceremony, the high priest vows revenge, cursing them with death. In the cobra, forsyth takes on the cocaine industry eating away into the american and european societies. Frankenstein meets the wolfman the festival of new wines scene is my favorite too especially when the singer upsets talbot with the line, for life is. Lyon is not a vampire film but it does have a lamia in it and there is a lot of interconnectedness between the lamia and the vampire. Cult of the cobra is a fun little 1950s universal horror thriller. The film was loosely based on the novel fair game by paula gosling, which was later filmed under that title in 1995. Cult of the cobra is a bad but fun universal international cheapie, what we like to call a popcorn muncher, a time killer you can enjoy and forget immediately thereafter. Jul 28, 2017 i am the law is the first single from the fourtrack ep the sunlight tapes august 2017.
Cult of the cobra 1955 best regards horrorfilm archivist. Cult of the cobra manufactured on demand on movies unlimited. Recorded and mixed by tomas skogsberg at sunlight studio, mastered by. Scientology, germany, religion, cults, dmato, religious. Discover the unique items that cobracultvintage creates. But, when german cult experts try to influence the parliaments of other nations, and they have made submissions to the british parliament, the russian duma, and the european parliament, in support of legislation against cults and new religions, that sets limits on religious freedom, then german actions cease to be a german concern. The player controls cobra, a cop who must rescue a model, ingrid, from a villain known as the night slasher. Cobra is a 1986 american action film directed by george p. By supporting cobracultvintage, youre supporting a small business, and, in turn, etsy. After being bitten by a cobra in the philippines, lena can turn herself into a snake and she stops aging. A scary premise to this beautifully colored piece of movie theater poster artwork. Lyon, that stars faith domergue, richard long, kathleen hughes, marshall thompson, jack kelly, william reynolds, and david janssen. Thematically a distant cousin of cat people, but with none of that films atmosphere and moody tension, this is a war movie with a difference, in that american gis face death, not from nazi bullets, but an ancient curse.
Blog lookbooks winter 2015 brightest flame, darkest shadow summer 2015 daisy truckin winter 2014 garage days cobracult for nylon winter 2014 summer 2014 summer, dont go spring 2014 secret garden winter 2014 rituals to bring the end of long nights fall 2012 send a dagger to the moon. You, please, keep reading the metzingers over at the silver scenes blog is holding their universal pictures blogathon. Cobra never gives a moments thought to the notion that new orders philosophy of ignoring the law, fetishizing violence, and worshiping brute strength as the highest ideal society can aspire to fits snugly into cobras own worldview, where violence is the answer to all the worlds ills including cobra in a column about forgotten blockbusters is a bit of a cheat, since the film has. Group of gis stationed in india at the end of world war ii search for local color, and. The head priestess follows the men back to the states and, using her power to transform herself into a cobra, begins killing them one by one. Cult of the cobra is a decent enough, 1950s creeper, starring the lovely faith domergue this island earth, it came from beneath the sea as the titular woman deathbringingcreatureofultimatedoom. Back winter 2015 brightest flame, darkest shadow summer 2015 daisy truckin winter 2014 garage days cobracult for nylon winter 2014 summer 2014 summer, dont go spring 2014 secret garden winter 2014 rituals to bring the end of long nights fall 2012 send a dagger to the moon. Some of these actresses have won oscars and some are exclusively bmovie queens, but each have been in some of the wildest action, horror, underground, asian action, exploitation and comedy cult films ever made. Cult of the cobra manufactured on demand on tcm shop. It moves from setpiece to setpiece with a flatness of direction that even some beautifully moody black and white cinematography from russell metty cannot entirely disguise, and barely tries to build suspense around. Cosmatos, and written by sylvester stallone, who also starred in the title role.
The story chronicles the struggle between two twin sisters, one good, the other evil, over the right to reign in. Lyon, with faith domergue, richard long, marshall thompson, at turner classic movies. Cult of the cobra makes no attempt to disguise either the identity of its villain or the reality of her supernatural abilities. One of them also gets bitten by the woman cobra thing and has to go to the hospital.
They freak out and run away but a high priest puts a curse on them. With sylvester stallone, brigitte nielsen, reni santoni, andrew robinson. Thematically a distant cousin of cat people, but with none of that films atmosphere and moody tension, this is a war movie with a difference, in that american gis face. American soldiers stumble upon a lamian cult which. Group of gis stationed in india at the end of world war ii search for local color, and find it when they visit the temple of a snake worshipping cult. Jessica enjoys spending her free time backpacking in the wilderness, finding new alpine lakes to swim in and riding horses. At the climax of the ceremony, the cult members turn themselves into.
Poster for cult of the cobra 1955, usa wrong side of. Oct 29, 2015 i just saw cult of the cobra a few months back on svengoolie i had never seen it before, so it was a real treat. In this offbeat horror film, six gis stationed in asia secretly photograph the arcane rituals of a group of cobra worshippers. Jessica is most inspired by mountains, folk art, mysticism, traveling, natural beauty and the mysteries of old. The rest of them fly to new york city the next day and the cobra goddess follows to get her revenge. Horror reference book and tagged creature from the black lagoon, cult of the cobra, it came from outer space, mcfarland, revenge of the creature, tarantula, the black castle, the strange door, this island earth, tom. Faith domergue, richard long, marshall thompson, director francis d. I am the law is the first single from the fourtrack ep the sunlight tapes august 2017. I have included a list of some of each actresses cult movies. Cult of the cobra 1955 faith domergue actor richard long actor. A toughoncrime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with farreaching plans. Cobra gave 1986 the dirty harry knockoff it deserved by nathan rabin forgotbusters reexamines movies that were among the top 25 grossing films the year of their release, but have receded culturally, in order to explore what originally attracted audiences to them, and why they failed to endure. Each etsy seller helps contribute to a global marketplace of creative goods. The priestess lena must consume cobra venom and vital young men to stay young.
Faith domergue, richard long, marshall thompson, kathleen hughes. Cult of the cobra 1955 is directed by, produced by, starring. Cobra is a sidescrolling platform game based on the film of the same name. At etsy, we pride ourselves on our global community of sellers. Watch one of their movies and you just might join their cult.
The cult lamias discovers the soldiers when one takes a picture during the religious service. By supporting cobracultvintage, youre supporting a. Overview of cult of the cobra, 1955, directed by francis d. Cult of the cobra 1955 cast and crew two gis richard long, marshall thompson out of six cursed by snake worshippers expose a killer snake goddess faith domergue in new york. In the classic scifi adventure cult of the cobra, six american soldiers tempt fate after meeting a snake charmer on their last tour of duty. Its a given in movies that a snake woman is always exotic and beautiful, and faith domergue does not disappoint in that regard, but its hard to believe shes also a snake, even if every animal she. Cult of the cobra 1955 cinemavens essays from the couch. Cobra is a 1986 platform game based on the film of the same name. Cult of the cobra, original half sheet horror movie theater.
Berlinin germany, the new che guevara wears glasses instead of a beret, wields a computer rather than a shotgun, and is popping up on the. With joy bang, marlene clark, roger garrett, vic diaz. This page provides latest and updated information about cult of the cobra 1955 movie which released on may 08, 1955. Bringing you treasures and badass vintage by cobracultvintage. Cult of the cobra is a 1955 american blackandwhite horror film from universalinternational pictures, produced by howard pine, directed by francis d. Cult of the cobra, original half sheet horror movie.
Unfortunately one of them is dumb enough to take a flash camera into the temple, bringing a death curse down upon the. Its main attractions are domergue as the snake woman, the luscious kathleen hughes as the heros love interest, and some amusing cobra vision sequences. With faith domergue, richard long, marshall thompson, kathleen hughes. Cobra cult started out during the spring of 2015 and was officially formed in november the same year. Recorded and mixed by tomas skogsberg at sunlight studio, mastered by sverker widgren at wing studios. Lisa is one of those shapeshifters which periodically transform into a cobra when she wishes to bump one of the defilers off. It is the first film where brian thompson plays a prominent role. Night of the cobra woman 1972 watch online mocuishle 4 weeks ago directed by. It was developed and published by ocean software, and was released in europe for amstrad cpc, commodore 64 c64, and zx spectrum. Cult of the cobra, dvd, manufactured on demand, horrormonsters, 025192262784.
Cobra deals with peak humans at best and still lose if you get the chance, youve got to read among other things jla foreign bodies. When i think of universal pictures, the first thing that comes to mind are those great monsters of the 1930 s and 40 s. The war is over and they are supposed to go home but before that they end up in a ceremony of a local cult called the lamians and witness a snake turning into a woman. Cobracult jewelry is owned and operated solely by jessica with the occasional help from friends and loved ones. Edward snowden emerges as a cult hero in germany wsj. Thrilled by legends of humans transforming themselves into serpents, the men buy their way into a secret gathering of snake worshippers. This is one of those inexplicable cases of a humdrum potboiler achieving cult recognition in later life. Cult of the cobra perhaps i should make a new series of articles entitled distant cousins. Among the soldiers are david janssen moon of the wolf, ferdelance, richard long house on haunted hill, and scifi mainstay, marshall. During worldwar ii, a nurse is bitten by a cobra in a cave. The 6 are walking around taking pictures and mentions in front of a snake charmer that hes heard of the lamiansthe titular cult.
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