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

George Hilton in They Call Me Hallelujah
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.

Adrian Bouchet in Morning Star
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.

Edwige Fenech in The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh
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.

George Hilton in Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistols for a Coffin
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…

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.

Meet the neighbors... in Judy
March 25, 2018

Judy

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

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