Tag: Italian

Anthropophagous (1980) – Review

Despite coming saddled with a title that I’ve never been accurately able to pronounce, Anthropophagous (also known among other things as The Grim Reaper), comes

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Django Strikes Again (1987) – Review

Surely there isn’t another franchise that exists that carries as much unnecessary baggage as Django, the 1966 gothic spaghetti western that spawned over thirty (count

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Black Sunday (1960) – Review

While Mario Bava doesn’t seem to get as much credit for creating a certain kind of visual style (I didn’t see him get name-dropped in

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The New Barbarians (1983) – Review

Ever wonder what Mad Max would be like if it was a little weirder and a hell of a lot more offensive? Well don’t you

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The New York Ripper (1982) – Review

Even though I’m probably going to catch hell (or even a knife in the privates) for this, I have to admit I never really cared

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The Psychic (1977) – Review

Anyone familiar with the more outrageous moments of Lucio Fulci’s output will no doubt be aware that once the maniacal sod entered the gorier era

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Son Of Django (1967) – Review

Also known as Return Of Django and the far more apt, Vengence Is A Colt 45, Son Of Django is one of the more blatant

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Manhattan Baby (1982) – Review

For those not in the know, Lucio Fulci is one of the greatest paradoxes of Italian horror cinema. His movies were often stunningly shot with

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Django, Prepare A Coffin (1968) – Review

In the world of the vast, sprawling, and mostly unofficial, Django-verse, digging up a worthy successor to Sergio Corbucci’s gothic original is often as tough

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StageFright (1987) – Review

While loaded with a plethora of alternate titles that range from the trippy (Aquarius), to the bizarre (Bloody Bird), StageFright remains a flamboyant and stylish

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Torso (1973) – Review

Say what you will about the Giallo genre, they certainly don’t hold back when naming a movie. Renamed to a shorter and more succinct “Torso”

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The Sect (1991) – Review

Also known in the US under the more prosaic title of The Devil’s Daughter, The Sect saw flashy director Michele Soavi continue to work under

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The Church (1989) – Review

In an alternate timeline, Dario Argento – the Italian master of horror – and Michele Soavi – the man responsible for the magnificently flamboyant 80s

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Planet Of The Vampires (1965) – Review

With movies such as Blood And Black Lace and A Bay Of Blood, visually extravagant director Mario Bava is rightfully credited for helping sow the

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The House By The Cemetery (1981) – Review

Lucio Fulci could hardly be described as the most lucid filmmaker of Italian horror, but even by his defiantly illogical standards, The House By The

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Blood And Black Lace (1964) – Review

While Dario Argento is rightfully credited as the uncontested ruler of the slash-tastic murder mystery genre known as Giallo, one of the vital creators of

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The Cat o’ Nine Tails (1971) – Review

After setting Italian Giallo cinema ablaze with his stunningly stylish debut, The Bird With The Crystal Plumage, Dario Argento had something of an impossible task

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A Bay Of Blood (1971) – Review

When people throw around well deserving names like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci when describing the pinnacles of Italian horror, another name that isn’t hurled

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Django (1966) – Review

For the majority of casual western fans, the alpha and the omega of the Spaghetti Western is usually considered to be Sergio Leone’s legendary contributions

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Killer Crocodile 2 (1990) – Review

Looking back over my previous review of Fabrizio De Angelis’ original Killer Crocodile, I was stunned to see I’d given it a whopping three stars

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