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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.

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.

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.

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