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Action, horror, sci-fi, exploitation director Fred Olen Ray shows he has some talent as a director. Character actor William Smith is one of the best tough/bad guys in the industry. He treats the viewer with the best acting performance of his career. As for Randy Travis he gives his best Lee Van Cleef impression. He's not bad in the film. Smith and Travis make the movie. As for the rest of the cast none of them really stand out. Ray did a great job directing this flick, Smith and Travis were good, I'd give this B western on a scale of one to ten(ten being the best) a seven.

It's a different story, but the same idea as Ruggero Deodato's italian gore classic "Cannibal Holocaust". But with any luck this film will do well at the box office and help bring back the "true" horror film to the theaters. I'd say the last good horror film to hit theaters was "The Prophecy"(w. Christopher Walken) or maybe "Halloween Six"(just because of Donald Pleasence). But some say there has not been a good horror film in theaters since "Day of the Dead". As far as "The Blair Witch Project" goes, it is a very well made indie film, that is truly scary. It's diffently not one of the thousand hip teen slasher flicks being released this(or last) year. It markes a return of the true horror film. Not the Hollywood horror formula films we have seen this decade. And yes no Jen Love Hewitt(sp), no rap music, and no Rob Zombie. Wow how different! On a scale of one to ten(ten being the best) I'd give it a eight. Note to film makers, good job with this film, but you could have given a little credit to Mr. Deodato.

The Grand Duel is one of the most under-rated Spaghetti Westerns ever made. Van Cleef returns as the Man in Black and he is at the top of his game. Good action scenes and a great sound track by Luis Enriquez Bacalov under the name Sergio Bardotti. Beware of the cut version under the title Storm Rider.