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

March 17, 2019

Science Fiction, Italian Style – Coming very soon

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.

June 6, 2018

Morning Star

It’s fair to say that there’s not a great deal of plot in Morning Star, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Instead its a traditional quest story which is stripped down to the bare minimum and then given a supernatural slant.

June 1, 2018

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh

Although The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh might be trash of the highest order, but it’s all put together with a degree of high quality professionalism that gives it a distinct veneer of class and raises it’s status to being one of the very best of Italian gialli.

May 26, 2018

Eden Lodge

First things first: this is not, repeat not, Eden Lake (whatever the packaging may very deliberately imply). That was a clever film that punched well above its weight and stands up as a classic of modern British horror.

May 21, 2018

Sartana’s Here… Trade Your Pistols for a Coffin

aka Vende la pistola y comprate la tumba (Es), Django arrive, préparez vos cerceuils (Fr), Django und Sabata – wie blutige Geier (WG), A…

May 10, 2018

Estranged

Director: Adam Levins Writers: Simon Fantauzzo, William Borthwick Stars: Amy Manson, Craig Conway, James Cosmo There’s something of a history of British films about…

Ernest Borgnine in A Bullet for Sandoval

May 4, 2018

Bullet for Sandoval, A

A truly memorable Spaghetti Western, A Bullet for Sandoval is unquestionably one of the top ten examples of its type. It exhibits a singularly mean spirited atmosphere as well as an unusual plot that incorporates the ‘revenge for a slaughtered family’ theme in an engrossing and unusual way.