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Vampire's Night Orgy
September 12, 2012

Vampire’s Night Orgy – Review

Vampire’s Night Orgy is one of those films that starts – like The Island of Death and A Candle for the Devil – with a busload of strangers arriving in the depths of the countryside.

Actor Bruno Smith in Acqua Amare
September 6, 2012

Bruno Smith

Here’s a curious one… I can’t find a single shred of information about Bruno Smith, an actor who – judging by his name – must have been either English or American

Conrad Nichols
August 20, 2012

Bruno Minniti – Obscure Italian Leading Men #2

Bruno Minniti, aka Conrad Nichols, was born Luigi Mezzanotte on December 5th, 1954 in Rome.

Stan Cooper in Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado
August 1, 2012

Stan Cooper (aka Stelvio Rosi), Obscure Italian leading men #1

Stan Cooper, aka Stelvio Rosi was born in 1938 in Rome, and appeared in a surprising amount of films over the course of his film career. He actually started off as a child actor, appearing in Ferdinando Maria Poggioli’s Sissignora at the age of four in 1942

More dollars for the MacGregors is
July 27, 2012

More Dollars for the MacGregors – Review

Despite the cheeky title, Jose Luis Merino’s Spaghetti Western More Dollars for the MacGregors wasn’t really an attempt to rip off Franco Giraldi’s box office smashes Seven Guns for the MacGregors (66) and Up the MacGregors (67).

Sergio Corbucci on The Specialists
July 18, 2012

Sergio Corbucci on The Specialists

Here’s a little article I found in L’unita from March 20th 1970.

Death Steps in the Dark
July 11, 2012

Nuns, giallos and comedy mix ups…

Here’s a fun article I found in L’unita from February 1977 regarding Maurizio Pradeaux’s middling giallo Death Steps in the Dark. Smacks of being publicity buff, but it’s quite fun anyway…

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  • Cinematografo Italian language database of all Italian Films
  • European Trash Cinema Craig Ledbetter’s excellent magazine ETC has now made it online…
  • Giallo Fever Superb website about giallos and other Italian films
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