The Mondo subgenre is one of the more unusual sides of exploitation filmmaking. It became popular after the surprise success of 1962’s Mondo Cane. The films are usually “documentaries” of strange things around the world with the aim of being shocking. Most of these films happen to be fake with less than conviving dramatized footage….
RIP: Ennio Morricone
July 6th, 2020, we lost a legend today. The great Italian composer Ennio Morricone has left us. But I won’t dwell on the negative. The man left behind a wide legacy, wider then any epic landscape, with more iconic scores then I could possibly count. Morricone was classically trained and loved playing the trumpet. For…
Metamorphosis/Beyond Darkness (Scream Factory, Blu-ray) Review
Metamorphosis stars Gene Lebrock as Dr. Peter Houseman, a scientist who believes he has achieved a way to cure death by tapping into the evolutionary memory of DNA. Frustrated by the small-mindedness of his colleagues, he experiments on himself to prove his theories. As his science becomes more and more mad, his relationship with university…
Murder Obsession (Raro USA) Blu-ray Review
Life is far from being a bed of roses and pasta primavera for Michael Stanford (Stefano Patrizi); the handsome and popular actor has a career fast on the rise and the love of the beautiful Deborah (Silvio Dionisio) to comfort him in times of despair. During the production of a horror film Michael embraces his…
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Vol. XIX (Shout! Factory) DVD Review
I have been a fan of MST3K from the moment I first saw it on Comedy Central in the mid-90’s. My friends and I were used to watching bad movies on shows like USA Up All Night, but never before had we seen a show that built itself around cheesy/bad movies. On top of that…
Machine Gun McCain (Blue Underground) Blu-ray review
John Cassavetes was the man! Whether Cassavetes is behind the camera (as director), or in front acting usually the end result is fantastic. He is one of those actors that can be put into a bad movie, and elevate it to a higher standard, as long as he in on screen. I don’t mean this…
An Angel for Satan & The Long Hair of Death (Midnight Choir) DVD Review
It seems that Midnight Choir is out to impress horror fans with their debut releases. This Barbara Steele double feature contains two of her more obscure Italian films An Angel for Satan and the Long Hair of Death. Prior to this release I had only heard of, but had not seen Long Hair of Death,…
Troll: The Complete Collection (Eureka!) Blu-ray Review
TROLL 2 (1990) started life as another latter-day Italian horror film with a special twist. It was a vegetarian spoofing nightmare filmed in the US with American actors. It was a common practice, but somehow the movie found new life on VHS as a notorious “so bad it’s good” movie in the same vein as…
Rats: Night of Terror (88 Films) Blu-ray Review
In the post-apocalyptic future, mankind has started to live underground until a group of bikers try to start fresh. They soon discover an abandoned building with all of the riches of the past. Like Sugar and flower. Their victory is soon crushed when they run into a horde of flesh hungry rats. RATS is another healthy dose of movie cheese from Italian exploitation director…
Eyeball (88 Films) Blu-ray Review
A group of tourists in Barcelona are menaced by a red raincoat wearing maniac. The killer could be any one of them, but all eyes are on Mark (John Richardson) who suddenly joins the group. Speaking of eyes, it seems the killer has a thing for them as it removes the victim’s left eye. The…