This Saturday Night Special has some extra hot sauce on it, and lives up to it's title because it's..
"BERSERK!"
"BERSERK" is an extra special movie on multiple levels, but I'll just try and hit some of the high points! "BERSERK" was a Herman Cohen production, and without Herman Cohen, we wouldn't have had many of the best 50's and 60's horror and monster movies! Seriously, Herman was responsible for I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF, I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN, BLOOD OF DRACULA, HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM, KONGA, BLACK ZOO, and HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER, but despite all that, Tabonga will never forgive him for destroying all the original Paul Blaisdell monster masks in the fire in HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER!
"BERSERK" has a super amazing all-star cast that includes Joan Crawford and Michael Gough!
Dwrayger Dungeon 101!
Nice shot of Joan!
Although I must admit, Michael's role is short-lived!!
"BERSERK" is very similar to "Horrors Of The Black Museum," and "Black Zoo," in fact, it probably should have been titled "BLACKSERK!"
Joan spends a lot of time skulking around the circus in that red cape like some kind of bloodsucker!
It's not often you get to see a good old fashioned cat fight anymore!
This must have completely mortified Joan!
Again, what an amazing array of 60's Pop culture!
Left to right, Judy Geeson, Ty Hardin, Joanie, and The Siren of Swindon, Diana Dors!
As expected, this 'saw the woman in half' trick didn't work out that great for Diana!
Right about here was the most WTF!? moment watching movies I've had lately! You know what, I'll just let you judge for yourself! Watch it right here, "The Freak Song" and let me know what you think! Had Herman Cohen been influenced by the musical version of "Jack The Giant Killer?" What a great group, and the chrome dome gentleman on the far right is Dungeon Hero Milton Reid!
I really didn't know that Batman and Robin were in the circus in 1967!
Herman Cohen must have really liked the circus, or it just made for a cheap but interesting stage for his movie, and personally I liked "BERSERK" a lot, but I would have liked it a lot better minus about 25 minutes of real time circus acts!
"BERSERK" is a movie that's just dying to be seen! Watch it as a triple feature with "Black Zoo," and "Horrors Of The Black Museum!!!
Now that's an original 60's power trio!!
Now that's an original 60's power trio!!
The actor in BERSERK who always surprises me is Robert Hardy as the police detective. If you know him mainly as "Siegfried" on ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL, seeing him as a sort of abrasive detective is a little strange.
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