DRACULA CERCA SANGUE DI VERGINE E… MORI DI SETE!!! (“Drcaula Craves Virgins’ Blood… And Dies Of Thirst!!!”) Production: Italy/France, 1974 Director: Paul Morrissey Alternative title: Blood For Dracula US release title: Andy Warhol’s Dracula Category: Sex-Horror/Vampire Posted by Venus Vex
GONG GUI ZAI
GONG GUI ZAI (“Red Dwarf Ghost”) Production: Hong Kong, 1983 Director: Titus Ho Wing-Lam English title: Red Spells Red Category: Horror/Black Magic One of the most rare and extreme Hong Kong horror films of the early 80s, belonging to that small cluster of reptile, insect and arachnid revulsion freakshows that only Continue Reading
XIN DU BI DAO
XIN DU BI DAO (“New One-Armed Swordsman”) Production: Hong Kong, 1971 Director: Chang Cheh Category: Martial Arts Despite the kung-fu boom of the early 70s, swordplay movies were still being profitably made in Hong Kong. When Wang Yu left Shaw Brothers, they were quick to replace their departed talisman with not one Continue Reading
I CANTI DI MALDOROR
I CANTI DI MALDOROR (“The Songs Of Maldoror”) Production: Italy, 1977 Director: Alberto Cavallone Category: Madness/Drugs Inspired by, but not really based on, Lautréamont’s classic proto-Surrealist anti-novel Les Chants De Maldoror, Cavallone’s film shows the decline of a movie director (Gianni Garko), obsessed with a female photographer, who commits suicide after excessive drug-use. Continue Reading
LE TIGRE AIME LA CHAIR FRAÎCHE
LE TIGRE AIME LA CHAIR FRAÎCHE (“The Tiger Loves Fresh Flesh”) Production: France, 1964 Director: Claude Chabrol US release title: Code Name: Tiger Category: Euro-Spy Posted by Captain Nightshade