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Mark REVOLT ON THE EMPIRE OF THE APES Polonia wrote/directed this DOG about a group of young people in therapy after enduring decades of killer clown attacks in the Camp Blood vicinity. I'm often critical of slasher movies (especially the FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise) but when you subject yourself to something as miserable as CHILDREN OF CAMP BLOOD you come away with a sense of just how much more production value and talent you get with studio backing. The rock bottom special effects and gore are substandard or are substandard AND recycled from previous installments and the cast of unappealing unknowns is no help whatsoever. This is the 10th dismal entry in the unpopular backyard brand (11th if you count 2005's unauthorized sequel WITHIN THE WOODS). As depressing as it is boring and frequently at the same time.

Singing cowboys were big back in the day before they invented color and Tex RAINBOW OVER THE RANGE Ritter was of the same magnitude a performer as Roy Rogers even if some of the material he had to work with was occasionally cringe-worthy. The songs Tex has to sing this time aren't exactly top of the pops and The Ranch Ramblers howling like coyotes on stage at the saloon fare no better. This could have used a little more love and attention from the lowly Grand National Films and producer Lindsley ROLLIN' PLAINS Parsons. Tex finds himself coming to the rescue of a young lady (Iris THE SON OF DAVEY CROCKETT Parsons) who's being hounded by a gang of hooded bandits. Along with his loyal steed White Flash, our hero infiltrates the marauders to the consternation of the sheriff (Earl THE PURPLE VIGILANTES Dwire) who can't tell the good guys from the bad. From writer Edmond TEX RIDES WITH THE BOY SCOUTS Kelso and director Ray FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE Taylor. B&W.

Poverty row studio Grand National Films opened shop in 1936 and survived just long enough to crank out this horse opera before closing it's doors the following year. Country singer and B-movie western superstar Tex TENTING TONIGHT ON THE OLD CAMP GROUNDS Ritter and his faithful horse sidekick White Flash investigate land disputes between sheep herders and cattle ranchers. A wealthy land owner named Barrow (Karl SING, COWBOW, SING! Hackett) has been instigating the disruptions while simultaneously setting up gang leader trigger (Charles DEADWOOD DICK King) to take the fall. If all that rootin' and tootin' wasn't enough there's also the tangy, twangy musical stylings of The Beverly Hillbillies to sweeten the B&W pot! What you'd expect from screen write Lindsley TROUBLE IN TEXAS Parsons and director Albert DELINQUENT DAUGHTERS Herman. Certainly not for all tastes but genre addicts may have some fun with it.