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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

Joseph Morgan in The Captive
August 10, 2017

The Captive

Given the overly-familiar nature of many low budget films, anything which comes up with an idea that’s at all novel should be congratulated. The Captive (which was also released as Armistice) deserves some credit for trying something different.

Gil Roland shows his bedside manner in Any Gun Can Play
August 5, 2017

Any Gun Can Play

aka Vado… l’ammazzo e torno (It), Je vais, je tire et je reviens (Fr), Leg ihn um, Django! (WG), Go Kill & Come Back (UK…

George Hilton strikes a familiar pose in George Hilton
July 13, 2017

Last of the Badmen

Last of the Badmen is a bit of a favourite of mine, and shows George Hilton at his best with a performance that seems to encapsulate the intriguing divisions within his acting persona.

Murderous games are afoot in The Sweet Body of Deborah
July 8, 2017

The Sweet Body of Deborah

In many ways The Sweet Body of Deborah can be seen as an archetypal pre-Argento giallo. The motivating factors are greed, lust and hatred rather than pseudo-psychological disturbance.

Antoni Pierfederici plays a hack director in Ciak si muore
July 6, 2017

Ciak… si Moroni

Mario Moroni made two films during his long career in Italian cinema, both of them are authentic poverty row efforts of little critical or aesthetic value. But as nobody else is deranged enough to waste their time examining his work, it seems like an appropriate job for The WildEye…

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