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sullymangolf Well at this time my family was living at the Subic Bay Naval Station in the Philippines. We lived at Cubi Point which was the Air Station part of the base. We had our own theater there. On the base were 4 movie theaters and each was free. Let me tell you as a high school kid we didn't miss many movies. There was no TV out there back in 1968-70 except for Philippine TV. When you went to a movie it was packed with sailors and marines. The place would go wild with hooting and hollering during the movies. The Brute and the Beast would play every couple of months or so and the place would be packed. It was so tacky everyone loved it. I remember a couple of scenes, mostly toward the end of the movie. One was where someone was shooting at someone and there were no bullets left in the gun. He throws the gun at someone and a bullet fires. But the classic scene, that brought everyone to their feet with roaring laughter was where the hero was in a gun battle with the bad guys. Bullets were flying all around him continually until he comes out from cover, stands up in the open on a wagon that is up on a ramp, pushes himself and the wagon down the ramp at the bad guys (again no one was even shooting at him at this time) crashes into the barrier the bad guys set up, goes up in the air, does a couple of flips and lands behind the bad guys, and shoots all of them dead. The theater went wild! Yes it was fun on those bases during that time period. It is an experience I still treasure to this day!

The_Void Lucio Fulci was obviously best known for his horror films, but like most Italian directors in the sixties, seventies and eighties; he could turn his hand to other genres too, and this is one of the films that Fulci made before he started being worshipped by anyone who knows their horror! The obvious film to draw parallels with this film would be Sergio Corbucci's Django, as Franco Nero plays pretty much the same character and the look and feel of both films is very similar. Both were released in 1966 - so it could be a case of 'great minds think alike' - but given the Italians' record for ripping things off, I wouldn't be surprised if production began on this one five minutes after the news came through that Django was a hit. The plot is pretty standard western fare, we've got Django...oops, I mean Tom Corbett; a man who returns to his home town to find that a ruthless bloke named Scott has taken over everything. Along with his alcoholic brother, Tom decides that enough is enough! And then goes and shoots everyone...As soon as this film starts, you know you're in Django territory. One of things that Corbucci's successful western was most famous for was its title song, and this one has one too! In very much the same style, and once again it's very catchy! Franco Nero is obviously the biggest standout where the cast is concerned, but he receives excellent feedback from George Hilton, who is sublime as the alcoholic brother and manages to steal every scene he's in; and Nino Castelnuovo, who certainly makes an impression in his bad guy role. Unfortunately, my copy of this film is dubbed - and the dubbing really is terrible! Nero's American accent is ridiculous...but luckily that doesn't make the film any less enjoyable. The most important thing is that all the western trademarks are present - the atmosphere is pure Spaghetti western, and the shootouts certainly pack a punch! Fulci was a brilliant director, and this is shown best when the guns are blazing - the final climax is a major highlight. Overall, this isn't a boundary breaking western; but it's a damn good one and anyone into this sort of film will want to take a look!

Witchfinder General 666 "Tempo Di Massacro" aka "Massacre Time" of 1966 is the first and best Western directed by horror legend Lucio Fulci. Anybody who knows Fulci's work won't be surprised that this is a rather brutal Spaghetti Western, perfectly cast with the great Franco Nero. When Tom Corbett (Franco Nero) returns to his hometown, after receiving a letter from an old friend, he finds it entirely in the hands of landowner Mr. Scott, and his insane and sadistic son Scott Jr.(Nino Castelnuovo). After visiting his alcoholic brother Jeff (George Hilton) and the old Indian lady who rose them after their mother's death, Tom tries to find out about the Scotts, especially Scott Jr., who enjoys torturing and murdering people, but nobody in town wants to tell him about them. "Massacre Time" proves, that Fulci is not only a Horror-genius, but also a competent director in other genres. While Westerns were certainly not his strongest genre, this film, as well as "Four Of The Apocalypse" are more than solid films that should not be missed. Franco Nero is great as always, it is no coincidence that this guy is one of the icons of the Italian Western. George Hilton also delivers a great performance as Jeff Corbett, Tom's brother who is a great shot, in spite of his constant drinking. I also found that Nino Castelnuovo made a very good insane villain. The Chinese undertaker is another great and very funny character. A Fulci film, this is of course a pretty violent movie, people are almost whipped to death, a guy is lacerated by dogs, and the film does not scant with bloody bullet-shredded corpses. Lallo Gori's soundtrack is also pretty cool, not phenomenal but decent. As many Westerns starring Franco Nero after Sergio Corbucci's masterpiece "Django", "Tempo Di Massacro" was marketed as a Django sequel in Germany and Austria. "Massacre Time" is definitely not as brilliant as "Django", but it is still a great, original and very entertaining Spaghetti Western that should not be missed by genre-fans. Highly Recommended!

tankjonah A man (Franco Nero) receives a message to return home where he discovers his family ranch overrun by bandits, the town also at the criminals' mercy. Lucio Fulci who later directed violent zombie films directed this violent spaghetti western which for the most part is above average for the genre. The sadistic villain is clad in white, the hero black. The twist toward the end is that the villain Scott is actually Nero's father, the sadistic violent villain is his brother whom he must kill to restore order. Many bullet riddled corpses and whipped people litter the film including Nero who, a la Eastwood in Fistful of Dollars (1964), is beaten and whipped to near death before recovering and triumphing. Aka The Brute and the Beast.