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,

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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

The Inglorious Bastards (1978) – Review

Not to be confused with Quentin Tarantino’s masterful slice of wartime lunacy (although he did steal and misspell the title as a tribute to this

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

Deep Red (1975) – Review

Known in its native Italy by the equally impressive sounding Profondo Rosso, Dario Argento’s Deep Red is arguably the pinnacle of the sub-genre known collectively

Rats: Night Of Terror (1984) – Review

When he wasn’t ripping of Romero (Zombie Creeping Flesh), Rambo (Strike Commando) and Cameron (Shocking Dark), Italian schlock artist Bruno Mattei is probably also famous

Zombi 4: After Death (Aka. Zombie Flesh Eaters 3) (1989) – Review

Described by it’s own director as the last gasp for Italian zombie gore film, 1989’s After Death doesn’t even warrant that much. Gifted more aliases

Zombi 3 (aka. Zombie Flesh Eaters 2) (1988) – Review

Upon reviewing Lucio Fulci’s video nasty classic Zombie Flesh Eaters, I feel like I’ve inadvertently written myself into a corner involving titles. You see, thanks

Demons 2 (1986) – Review

Once scratched by the ridiculously large talons of a demon, your imminent change into one of the drooling, snarling monsters is pretty fast – that

Killer Crocodile (1989) – Review

Two fishermen sit in a boat in the pitch black doing a spot of night fishing chatting to keep their spirits up. As their pointless

Zombie Flesh Eaters (Aka. Zombi 2) (1979) – Review

Let us mull over the career of Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci for a second, shall we?The undisputed king of trashy spaghetti splatter, the man

The Last Shark (1981) – Review

Anyone familiar with the genre cinema of Italy during the 70’s and 80’s know that the filmmakers of that time and place wouldn’t let pesky

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