10 Grindsploitation Films You Need To See

7. Black Samurai (1977)

Jim Kelly plays a secret agent sent to rescue an ambassador€™s daughter kidnapped by The Warlock, one of those super villains who bring to mind Kelly€™s retort from Enter The Dragon: €œMan, you come right out of a comic book.€ A voodoo practitioner whose ceremonies involve hookers smearing themselves in blood in front of dancers wearing masks leftover from a Pink Floyd music video, The Warlock favours black capes, camp henchmen and mariachi bands, plus he has his own attack vulture, who€™ll gouge out the eyes of anyone that messes with him. Fortunately, Kelly has a wire-supported jet pack, so he€™s able to gain access to the villain€™s hideaway, then he goes one on one with cackling dwarf assassins and the usual bare-chested henchmen, during which the soundtrack goes out of sync several times.
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Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'