THE NIGHT STALKERProduction: USA, 1972Director: John MoxeyCategory: HorrorOne of the best-ever TV horror movies, scripted by Richard Matheson and starring Darren McGavin as Kolchak, a reporter who is relentless in his pursuit of unusual or supernatural news stories. Here he is in Las Vegas on the trail of a reported vampire, Skorzeny, Continue Reading
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MIAO JIE HUANG HOU
MIAO JIE HUANG HOU(“Queen Of Temple Street”)Production: Hong Kong, 1977Director: Kuei Chih-Hung & Sun ChungEnglish release title: Assault: The Criminals Part IVCategory: Crime/HorrorFilm #4 of a violent, exploitational 5-film series from Shaw Brothers, known collectively as The Criminals, which commenced in 1976 with the 3-episode Xiang Gang Qi An (“A Continue Reading
TERROR OF THE TONGS
THE TERROR OF THE TONGS Production: UK, 1961 Director: Anthony Bushell Category: Yellow Peril Hammer’s Terror Of The Tongs was a tale of Hong Kong’s Red Dragon Tong of 1919 – a murderous secret sect engaged in white slavery and opium smuggling. The film’s hero eventually avenges his daughter’s death by bringing down the Continue Reading
RAMPAGE
RAMPAGE Production: USA, 1987 Director: William Friedkin Category: Serial Killer/True Crime Richard Chase, the “Vampire of Sacramento”, was one of the more disturbing killers of the 1970s. Obsessed with blood, as a young man he began to enhance his diet with the raw intestines and blood of birds, cats, and Continue Reading
HELL UP IN HARLEM
HELL UP IN HARLEM Production: USA, 1973 Director: Larry Cohen Category: Blaxploitation/Gangster Posted by Cryptomaniac
MILANO ODIA: LA POLIZIA NON PUÒ SPARARE
MILANO ODIA: LA POLIZIA NON PUÒ SPARARE (“Milan Hate: The Police Can’t Shoot”) Production: Italy, 1974 Director: Umberto Lenzi US release title: Almost Human Category: Crime/Violence Lenzi’s renegade cop (Henry Silva) vs sadistic rapist (Tomas Milian) onslaught comes on the back of Fernando Di Leo’s explosive Milano Calibro 9. It’s not Continue Reading
THE THRILL KILLERS
THE THRILL KILLERS Production: USA, 1964 Director: Ray Dennis Steckler Re-release title: The Maniacs Are Loose! Category: Horror/Crime Posted by The Purple Gas
THE HOOKED GENERATION
THE HOOKED GENERATION Production: USA, 1968 Director: William Grefé Category: Drugs/Crime Posted by The Purple Gas
THRILLER – EN GRYM FILM
THRILLER – EN GRYM FILM (“Thriller – A Cruel Film”) Production: Sweden, 1973 Director: Bo Arne Vibenius Category: Drugs/Sex/Violence Bo Arne Vibenius’s ultra-sleazy, ultra-violent exploitation movie must be among the most extreme of its kind ever to emerge from Sweden. Christina Lindberg suffers with an almost serene passivity as Frigga, Continue Reading
RYAKUSHO RENZOKU SHASATSUMA
RYAKUSHO RENZOKU SHASATSUMA (“Abbreviation: Demon Gun-Killer”) Production: Japan, 1969 Director: Masao Adachi, Mamoru Sasaki & Masao Matsuda Category: Experimental/Political/True Crime Produced by Koji Wakamatsu, Adachi’s film is a true underground classic, recreating the voyage across Japan of Norio Nagayama, a real-life, 19-year-old killer who murdered four victims by gunshot in Continue Reading