Who's that behind you..? The Case of the Scorpion's Tail

The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail

April 15, 2019 Matt Blake 0

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.

George Hilton in They Call Me Hallelujah

They Call Me Hallelujah

April 1, 2019 Matt Blake 0

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.

Adrian Bouchet in Morning Star

Morning Star

June 6, 2018 Matt Blake 0

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.

Edwige Fenech in The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh

June 1, 2018 Matt Blake 0

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.

Ernest Borgnine in A Bullet for Sandoval

Bullet for Sandoval, A

May 4, 2018 Matt Blake 2

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.

Meet the neighbors... in Judy

Judy

March 25, 2018 Matt Blake 0

Although it’s not of the same level of the jump that, say, Johannes Roberts made between Forest of the Damned (2005) and F (2010), Judy (2014) still marks a considerable improvement over both Emanuele De Santi’s previous film Adam Chaplin (2011) and the other productions previously put together by the Necrostorm production company