There may be deep, philosophical meaning concerning the battle of the sexes and man’s subjugation of women here, but I seriously doubt it. What we do get is the archetypal...
God, both bless and forgive the Italian film studios for their deviant derivations! The zeitgeist blockbusting of George Lucas’ Star Wars in 1977 gave rise to a slew of shady...
Avoid references to that unfortunate night. He might not be cured Bloody Hell! When it comes to sheer bloody mindedness, Jess Franco‘s outre Euro-tinged interpretation of the typical Yankee Slasher,...
If, like me, you’re fond of Italo/Turkish crime capers, rambling nonsensical narratives, time machines that take you back to the late Byzantine period, heroin smugglers, belly dancers, conniving health care...
Regular readers will already know that I’m partial to the John Saxon filmography – particularly those years spent making movies in Italy or with Italian film makers. Saxon worked with all...
Love makes you crazy. Just ask Euro Saucepot Soledad Miranda, the undisputed star of this, shock horror! a cohesive, well made, ably performed and generally intelligible film from Rich Flannagan‘s...
As with my review of Cellat (AKA Turkish Death Wish) this is a “no subs, no dubs” crash course in Turkish as a foreign language via the grindhouse – a...
The silence of death is more eloquent than the happiness of life. There can’t be too many Spanish films which feature the post-war experience of a Vietnam veteran. There can...
You mean that he really created two fully developed physical beings, artificially? Yes, but without developing intelligence along with it, they are like dogs… Up until about an hour and...
“I’m feeling better Patricia, but I’m thirsty… for your BLOOD!” As is often their ill advised want, a group of scientists have developed the cutely named Death 1 contagion –...
Flame haired Erika Blanc plays a feisty succubus terrorising the seven despicable guests of a cursed Baron’s remote castle in this trashy but highly entertaining Euro Horror. Combining kinky lesbianism...
Help! Let me out! There’s… an egg! I don’t know about you, but I’ve always thought Ridley Scott’s Alien could have been better. It could have been set on Earth...
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The Africa of the great explorers, the huge land of hunting and adventure adored by entire generations of children, has disappeared forever. To that age-old Africa, swept away and destroyed...
“600 lira, they killed a man for 600 lira…” Though plenty of Italian poliziotteschi passed explicit commentary on the violent climate of a country in political and economical unrest, few...
Regardless of whether you love or loathe his films, you have to accept that curmudgeon genre hack Umberto Lenzi left a pretty firm footprint in the soil of the poliziotteschi....
We came to Milan with serious intentions Well, half a Di Leo film is better than none at all, I suppose. Around an hour into what was previously a fairly...
Neither The Sea Nor The Sand is a 1972 British supernatural horror and romance from Tony Tenser’s Tigon British Film Productions that was directed by the far from prolific Fred...
It is to my eternal regret and shame that I never contributed to VTSS’s recent Jess Franco review season. I wanted to write about Devil Hunter, which I had just...
It may not be as well known culturally as other Scandinavian countries are, but you don’t mess with Norway. If the Vikings and black metal fans weren’t intimidating enough, than...
All’s well that ends well, but we still haven’t seen the last of the Vampires. Silent cinema is left in its own grotto; a genre upon itself, despite merely being...
At midnight you’ll see what seven women can do to a lone man. Nearly there, Rich. Nearly there. I remember my first “Week in Residence” at VTSS, all those months...
Jess Franco, that anarchic, cantankerous B (if you’re feeling generous) movie poet divides cult movie fans like few other directors rummaging around the psychotronic scrap yard. He manages to avoid...
Just five short years after George Romero’s game-changing Night of the Living Dead comes Jess Franco‘s sleazy, bizarre and often very funny addition to the genre. Forget a farmhouse barricaded...
The Nomad’s say the dead are still alive and evil powers strike all those who come near. The Oasis is damned! It is surely with some degree of self inflicted...