Thunder Town

Starring:Eddie Dean, Flash (II), Roscoe Ates, Shirley Patterson, Lee Bennett, William Fawcett, Dennis Moore, Lottie Harrison, Foxy Callahan, Lee Roberts, Don Murphy (II), Forrest Taylor, The Sunshine Boys, M.H. Richman, A.L. Smith, J.O. Smith, Eddie Wallace, Marion Carney, Victor Cox, Wylie Grant
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey, Harry L. Fraser
Studio: Video Kart
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

My mental health was damaged as a kid by this movie
Hard to find movie in great shape. "Distant Thunder"
A Very Effective Sequel To "Thief In The Night".
Abysmal but not as bad as the first one
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to church...

A Distant Thunder
Starring: Patty Dunning , Sally Johnson , Sandy Christen , Thom Rachford , and Maryann Rachford
Director: Donald W. Thompson
Manufacturer: Russ Doughten Films
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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The Prodigal Planet
A Thief in the Night
Image of the Beast
Image of the Beast
End of the Harvest

ASIN: B00006JDTM
Release Date: 2004-12-28

Customer Reviews:

My mental health was damaged as a kid by this movie.......2007-03-01

A Baptist babysitter took me to her church meeting without my parents' permission when I was 8 (1979) and this film was showed. I was scared out of my wits. Shortly after this I began to have extremely disturbing religious nightmares to the point that I had to start seeing a child psychologist.

I don't know what it's like to watch it as an adult, but children should NOT be allowed to watch this movie. And any church which is okay with showing it to children should be sued for spiritual/mental abuse... just like Catholic priests are being sued for sexual abuse of children.

Hard to find movie in great shape. "Distant Thunder".......2007-02-20

This is a real good VHS tape in real good condition. The title is getting real hard to find. the seller was excellent and very prompt in delivery.

A Very Effective Sequel To "Thief In The Night"........2007-01-15

Sometimes, when a movie is successful, one feels they need to make a sequel to it. At times, that sequel is worth it, and it is so in this case.

Have you seen the first movie yet? If not, please immediately stop reading this review, and go see the first movie. The first has its effective moments and ending, and reading this review might spoil it.

This picture picks up where the former left off. There are some tributes to the original, such as Patti stealing the bad guys' van, but it is not a formula picture as many sequels do.

Again, this movie is taken from a pre-millennial, pre-tribulational view. This means that Jesus will return after seven years of tribulation to set up His kingdom on earth, and the church will be raptured before the seven years start.

There is some creative directing in this movie. And the end is just as thrilling as it is in the original.

Abysmal but not as bad as the first one.......2006-03-28

This is a terrible film,mainly as it has the same wooden cast as the first film. It is of course like the rest in the series christian fundie scare tactics/propaganda & as such should be treated with contempt.I thought the colour scheme of the UNITE vans in the first films was better.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to church..........2005-12-06

A Distant Thunder is the second in a series of four low-budget suspense films made in the 70s by fundamentalist Christians in an attempt to scare people into accepting Jesus. Its subject matter is the mainstream protestant interpretation of biblical prophecies about the Earth's last days. This one is by far the best and the creepiest in the series, but keep in mind that I am using the word "best" very loosely here. The only reason I am a fan of these films is because they played a very significant role in my ridiculous upbringing. Those people who were not raised in radical fundie households will most likely think that this movie is stupid, which is understandable. Still though, this series was much MUCH better than the more recent Left Behind movies, if that's any sort of recommendation.

In order to get some perspective on the thrilling experience that is A Distant Thunder, imagine a long Brady Bunch episode set in a totalitarian state and filled with some godawful acting. Now add a good hearty dose of Christian Fundamentalist dogma, the urban paranoia of Rosemary's Baby, and a few beheadings and, BINGO!, you've got A Distant Thunder! If this sounds like your idea of fun, but would prefer to hang on to your money, HigherPraise dot com graciously allows you to download and view this movie (along with A Thief in the Night and The Image of the Beast) free of charge. Hallelujah!

Average customer rating:

The best of the Kart.

Thunder Town/Driftin' River
Starring: Eddie Dean , Flash (II) , Roscoe Ates , Shirley Patterson , and Lee Bennett
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey , and Harry L. Fraser
Manufacturer: Video Kart
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0000694ZP
Release Date: 2003-06-03

Customer Reviews:

The best of the Kart........2003-05-28

Video Kart came out with 4-double feature/discs featuring the Eddie Dean, Bob Steele, and Lash LaRue B Westerns. All are good but this is the best of the group - not so much as to the selection but more so as to picture quality, especially Driftin'River. The other black and white features had very intense contrast- so that the night and dark scenes were essentially black and white with hardly any shades of grey in between, which makes it difficult to appreciate the finer details. But this is not so with Driftin River which somehow come off well. The Bob Steele feature- Thundertown was also much better than the previous two releases by Video Kart.The features appear to have been cleaned-up versions of the originals but not actually full blown restorations. These are better than some of those B westerns transferred to DVD but were merely copied from the VHS EP versions. Let's hope Video Kart comes out with more of these westerns - especially those Cinecolor team-ups of Eddie Dean and Lash Larue.

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