January 14, 2017 The Duke of Burgundy At some point in the mid 1970s, narrative became king in cinema. The lyrical, semi-improvised and let’s be quite honest self-indulgent European art cinema made way for more muscular, focused productions from the likes of Scorsese and Coppola.
December 20, 2016 Reich of the Dead Reich of the Dead is an Italian take on the nazi zombie format directed by genre specialists Luca Boni & Marco Ristori (their previous credits include Eaters and Zombie Massacre, to which this is sometimes marketed as a sequel despite having nothing to do with it at all).
December 14, 2016 Across the River Across the River is very much a rural horror film, and it also happens to be one of the very best Italian genre releases for many a year (not, in all honesty, that there’s much competition).
December 9, 2016 The Black Pirate Aka Il corsaro nero nell’isola del tesoro 1965 Seven Film, S.P.A Director: Dean Vert [Vertunnio De Angelis] Story: Dino Sant’Ambrogio Screenplay: Aldo Barni [Aldo Barui]…
December 5, 2016 Nazi Vengeance I would really like to give a positive review of Nazi Vengeance, after all it (a) doesn’t despite the title, feature yet more zombie nazies (zombezies), which is a good start and (b) it was filmed almost dead on my doorstep.
November 20, 2016 Elio Petri: Property is no Longer a Theft If The Working Class Goes to Heaven was a pretty idiosyncratic affair, Elio Petri’s next film, Property is no Longer a Theft (La proprietà non è più un furto, 73) is simply bonkers.
November 14, 2016 Low Low is a fairly good example of the recent micro-budgeted horror films which have recently been springing up in the UK. Good in that it exemplifies many of their strengths and failures, and good in that it’s one of the more interesting and better made of its type.
