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Just your everyday motorway lay-by, Morituris
October 19, 2017

Morituris

One of the more notable features of Italian horror films in recent years is just how unpleasant they have become. Not just in terms of the production values, which are often, how to put it… raw. But also in their subject matter: there seems to be a concerted focus on extreme violence and, more particularly, extreme sexual violence

John Cassavetes in Machine Gun McCain
October 15, 2017

10 Best Italian crime films, 1945 – 1969

It’s been a couple of years now since I published In the Name of the Law, my book about Italian crime films prior to the poliziotteschi trend, but here’s a little bit of content I wrote for it which never made it into the final cut… my top ten Italian crime films made between 1945 and 1969.

George Hilton in A Moment to Kill
October 10, 2017

The Moment to Kill

This was the first in a number of collaborations between George Hilton and director Giuliano Carnimeo (if one excludes the uncertain input that Carnimeo had in I due figli di Ringo, that is). An exemplary example of the wheels-within-wheels school of scriptwriting…

La casa nel vento dei morti
September 30, 2017

La casa nel vento dei morti

There’s more than a hint of Pupi Avati about La casa nel vento dei morti, the 2012 release directed by Francesco Campanini. It’s not just the title, with it’s deliberate echoes of La casa dalle finestre che ridono…

Van Heflin and Gil Roland in The Ruthless Four
September 25, 2017

The Ruthless Four

Here’s a neat little film that encapsulates just about everything that’s good about the Spaghetti Western. There’s a twisty, no-nonsense script (by the reliable Fernando Di Leo and Augusto Caminito, who also collaborated on the twisty, no-nonsense Poker With Pistols)

A photo that makes Alien Exorcism look vaguely interesting... don't let it fool you.
August 26, 2017

Alien Exorcism

Director: Varo Venturi Writers: Varo Venturi, M. Luisa Fusconi, Giacomo Mondadori Stars: Massimo Poggio, Laura Roman, Marina Kazankova Being a bit of an idiot,…

August 22, 2017

Professionals for a Massacre

Well, if you like Spanish actors playing ugly, insane Mexicans this is the film for you. Laughing maniacally with chicken gizzards dripping from their lips and stale tequila encrusted on their beards, this lot are the most sanitorially challenged bunch I’ve seen

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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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