The Wild Eye – Keeping a wild eye on European Cinema of the past and present

April 13, 2024

Spanish Cult Cinema, Volume 2: 1965-1969

It’s been a long time coming, but… Spanish Cult Cinema, Volume 2: 1965-1969 is now available!

June 8, 2021

Out now – Spanish Cult Cinema, volume 1, 1960-1964

I’m sure you’ve all been waiting with baited breath… yes, there’s a new WildEye release! This is one I’ve been working on for some time now, intended as the first in a sequence of books looking at cult and genre films made in Spain (a film industry unfairly neglected to date).

April 15, 2019

The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail

Several cast members from The Sweet Body of Deborah were reunited a few years later for The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail, an above average giallo which boasts groovy London locations (again demonstrating that Euro-filmmakers were far better at using English settings than native ones) and a script that is so convoluted that you could stuff it in your chest cavity and use it to digest food.

A gift from the lady upstairs, Last House on Cemetery Lane

April 10, 2019

The Last House on Cemetery Lane

Although it’s not exactly a good film, The Last House on Cemetery Lane is a surprisingly likable affair. The plot is old hat and the script littered with insane dialogue, while nothing much actually happens for large stretches of the running time

April 5, 2019

Soldiers of the Damned

Despite the fact that this is a rather flat looking production – given the locations and the plot the lack of visual style is a real missed opportunity – Soldiers of the Damned is a surprisingly effective little film, one of those productions that has the ability to lodge in the mind after its conclusion.

April 1, 2019

They Call Me Hallelujah

Despite featuring many of the same people both in front of and behind the cameras (cinematographer Stelvio Massi, scriptwriter Tito Carpi, actors Barberito, Sini & Southwood), They Call Me Hallelujah represents a considerable evolutionary step from the previous Carnimeo / Hilton production, A Fistful of Lead.

Science Fiction, Italian Style - The new book from The WildEye Press

March 21, 2019

Out now – Science Fiction, Italian Style

Apologies for the silence over the last few months: The WildEye has been on something of a hiatus while I put the finishing touches to my new book (yes, another one)… Science Fiction, Italian Style is 287 pages long, covering all science fiction films made in Italy between 1958 and 2000.