DATAI (“Abortion”) Production: Japan, 1966 Director: Adachi Masao Category: Sex The first “pink” movie directed by Wakamatsu collaborator Adachi concerns Marukido Sadao, a demented gynaecologist who wants to cure the sexual problems of mankind by radically separating sex and reproduction. By creating human life only in artificial wombs, Sadao hopes Continue Reading
ERCOLE AL CENTRO DELLA TERRA
ERCOLE AL CENTRO DELLA TERRA (“Ercole At The Earth’s Center”) Production: Italy, 1961 Director: Mario Bava US release title: Hercules In The Haunted World Category: Peplum/Horror The most horror-oriented of the ’60s peplum craze, starring Christopher Lee. Visually rivalled only by Giorgio Ferroni’s lavish depiction of Dionysus at Thebes, Le Baccanti (also 1961), Continue Reading