We’ve covered the lawless world of 80’s Italian genre cinema quite a few times before, be it their blatant disinterest in copyright laws to their
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Robowar (1988) – Review
I think I’m in need of some sort of intervention or something, because I can’t seem to stop searching out and exposing myself to the
Shocking Dark (1989) – Review
We’ve stumbled across the works of Bruno Mattei – aka. Vincent Dawn – a couple of times on this site before (arguably too much) but
The Beyond (1981) – Review
To a layman of 80’s Italian horror, it would painfully easy to cast a disparaging eye over the frenzied output of Lucio Fulci and dismiss
Strike Commando 2 (1988) – Review
We’ve encountered Bruno Mattei on this page before, but for those unfamiliar with possibly Italian cinema’s most blatant rip off artist, here’s a quick run
Burial Ground (1981) – Review
By the time that 1981 rolled around, the Italian zombie movie was already succumbing to advanced rot despite only hitting its heyday a couple of
Strike Commando (1987) – Review
Many, many years ago, back in the age of the reassuring clunkiness of the VCR, I owned an ex-rental copy of Michele Soavi’s poetically camp,
Opera (aka. Terror At The Opera) (1987) – Review
If there’s anything that Giallo pioneer and black murder-glove enthusiast, Dario Argento is famous for is overwhelmingly vicious violence and stunningly beautiful visuals, so could
Tenebrae (1982) – Review
Maestro or misogynist? Those are the two labels that have continously clung to Italian horror master Dario Argento ever since he first started plying his
Inferno (1980) – Review
Not to be confused with the Dan Brown adaptation that saw Tom Hanks scurrying around Europe with amnesia, Inferno is Dario Argento’s batshit follow up
Suspiria (1977) – Review
From the beginning of his career in 1970 with the stunning and stylish The Bird With The Crystal Plumage, to 1975’s seminal Profondo Rosso (Deep
A Classic Horror Story (2021) – Review
Original concepts in the horror genre are few and far between these days and the only way filmmakers can seemingly plough into new territory is
City Of The Living Dead (1980) – Review
I’ve often found it a little frustrating that the old school maestros of Italian horror such as Argento, Bava and Soavi are hailed for their