Tag: Italy

Contamination (1980) – Review

I know this is a subject that this site has already broached many times before and will no doubt do so many more times in

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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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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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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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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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Zombi 5: Killing Birds (AKA. Zombie Flesh Eaters 4) (1988) – Review

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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