Welcome to Episode #16 of THE STACK!!
At first glance, Rolling Thunder (now available on UHD and Blu-ray from Shout! Factory) is a genuinely contemplative, returning-Vietnam-veteran drama, that predates The Deer Hunter and Coming Home by a full year, with hardened POW Major Charles Rane (William Devane) tentatively reuniting with his family after years of isolation. But after hoodlums murder his wife and son, leaving him with a bloody stump for a hand following a garbage disposal close encounter, the track-down-and-kill-the-baddies stage is set, especially once Devane starts sharpening up his metal amputee hook and sawing off shotguns.
The strong performances and long-take action sequences are exciting, resulting in a legendary '70s vigilante/revenge exploitation flick (minus the gooey “San Antonio” theme song) that has more going on below the surface than its champions - Quentin Tarantino foremost among them - seem to give it credit for.
Here are five more titles - let us know what you'd like to see given The Stack treatment next!
TORMENTED (1961) (Film Masters)
ORPHAN (2009) (Shout! Factory)
BURIAL GROUND (1981) (Severin Films)
LYCAN COLONY (2006) (Visual Vengeance)
ENCOUNTER OF THE SPOOKY KIND (1980) (Eureka!)
Keep Searching, Keep Exploring, and, most of all, Keep Sharing the Scare!
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