Tag: Italy

Conquest (1983) – Review

While Lucio Fulci is primarily known for his works within the realms of lurid, censor baiting horror films such as Zombie Flesh Eaters, The Beyond

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Starcrash (1978) – Review

In the deluge of cash-ins that followed in the wake of George Lucas’ Star Wars, the torrent of cheapo pretenders provided derivative thrills of all

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Hell Of The Living Dead (1980) – Review

The average 80s Italian zombie movie usually arrived on other shores armed with the odd alternate title, but even by these standards, Hell Of The

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Nightmare City (1980) – Review

Nowadays, zombies (or should I say, zombies archetypes) come in all shapes and sizes. Fast ones, slow ones, smart ones, ones that can be romantic

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Hercules In The Haunted World (1961) – Review

What, you didn’t think hiring an auteur to leap aboard a franchise movie and craft a new, distinctive adventure for a recognizable character was a

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The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972) – Review

I’ve always admired the differences that exist between those two closely linked subgenres known as the Giallo and the Slasher film. Of course, the latter

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Dellamorte Dellamore (aka. Cemetery Man) (1994) – Review

For a good couple of decades, Italy was a powerhouse of the horror genre, pumping out both staggering innovation and derivative trash in equal measure.

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The Night Evelyn Came Out Of The Grave (1971) – Review

Giallo is a weird genre, isn’t it? Like, it’s not enough to be part slasher, part whodunit, but it has to heap layers of psychosexual

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A Cat In The Brain (1990) – Review

A quick glance over the blood flecked resume of Italian gore meister Lucio Fulci shows that, for the most part, the eye popping director has

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Have A Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay (1970) – Review

The last time we laid eyes on the notoriously tricksy, gadget laden Sartana, he was going through some sort of identity crisis. Not only had

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Escape From The Bronx (1983) – Review

You have to hand it to Italian maestro of mayhem, Enzo G. Castellari. Why even give the slightest of shits about such things as an

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Sartana’s Here… Trade Your Pistol For A Coffin (1970) – Review

During his second movie, the extravagantly titled I Am Sartana, Your Angel Of Death, the titular gunslinger enigmatically announced that “Anyone could be Sartana”; but

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Return Of Sabata (1971) – Review

As the Western began to enter the decade of its eventual and ultimate decline, there was still plenty of time for the returning scoundrels of

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1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982) – Review

Sometimes it’s nice to watch a focused, restrained motion picture that’s actually about something that makes you a better and smarter person for having watched

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The Mercenary (1968) – Review

There are those who view the dusty, sardonic works of Sergio Leone and feel that they’ve seen all they need to see when it comes

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Black Sabbath (1963) – Review

Just how exactly does a film that isn’t a household name get to be so ridiculously influential? Think I’m overacting? OK, stick with me here:

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Django The Bastard (1969) – Review

Guess what, cowpokes? It’s time to delve back into the weird, wonderful and wildly out of control world of the unofficial Django spin off that

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If You Meet Sartana Pray For Your Death (1968) – Review

It seems that the Wild West was quite the crowed place when you consider how many drifting, nomadic, charismatic gunslingers seemed to roamed the land,

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Baron Blood (1972) – Review

When it comes to delivering the atmospheric goods to a horror film, Mario Bava stands as a true pioneer. Whether he was beating the likes

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Alien 2: On Earth (1980) – Review

When you craft a film as memorable as Ridley Scott’s Alien, it’s a given that others will attempt to ride on your biomechanical coat tails

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