Joe D’Amato was a filmmaker that I only knew (other than his reputation for skin flicks and sleaze) from the one movie of his I had seen, Anthropophagous (1980), aka The Grim Reaper, aka "The One Where The Guy Eats The Baby Fetus." And going by that, I had a lot of trepidation upon opening Severin Films’ brand new Blu of Beyond the Darkness (1979), D’Amato’s exploration of necrophilia, icky maternal obsession, and stuffing the ones we love. I needn’t have worried. Beyond the Darkness, aka Buried Alive, aka Buio Omega, is not only vastly superior to Anthropophagous, it gives me hope that the D’Amato catalogue is filled with further gems to uncover. I mean, they’re not All porn, right? Right?
Take pity on poor Frank (Kieran Canter – The Devil in Mr. Holmes). The wealthy, single, orphaned taxidermist’s fiancé Anna (Cinzia Monreale – The Beyond) lies dying in the hospital,...
Take pity on poor Frank (Kieran Canter – The Devil in Mr. Holmes). The wealthy, single, orphaned taxidermist’s fiancé Anna (Cinzia Monreale – The Beyond) lies dying in the hospital,...
- 8/3/2017
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
“It’s exactly what you think it is!”
“You don’t have to go to Texas for a Chainsaw Massacre!”
Indeed. It’s not often that a film will tell you exactly their intention, their mission statement, right up front. With a film like Pieces (1982), it’s a badge of honor, worn proudly, a tattered and bloodied flag waving proudly from its mast on the seas of horror. Not only is Pieces exactly what we think it is, it’s so much more – one of the most cheerfully odd, sleazy slashers to come out of the VHS era. Pull out your slickers folks, things are about to get messy.
Filmed in Spain (subbing for Boston, Mass.), Pieces was released there in August of ’82, with a North American run distributed by Film Ventures International in September of ’83. Surprisingly, it did quite well, bringing in over 2 million Us after playing only 104 theatres.
“You don’t have to go to Texas for a Chainsaw Massacre!”
Indeed. It’s not often that a film will tell you exactly their intention, their mission statement, right up front. With a film like Pieces (1982), it’s a badge of honor, worn proudly, a tattered and bloodied flag waving proudly from its mast on the seas of horror. Not only is Pieces exactly what we think it is, it’s so much more – one of the most cheerfully odd, sleazy slashers to come out of the VHS era. Pull out your slickers folks, things are about to get messy.
Filmed in Spain (subbing for Boston, Mass.), Pieces was released there in August of ’82, with a North American run distributed by Film Ventures International in September of ’83. Surprisingly, it did quite well, bringing in over 2 million Us after playing only 104 theatres.
- 8/1/2015
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
While Jason Voorhees stalked the screens in homes around the world yesterday, Scream Factory also celebrated Friday the 13th in grand fashion, announcing two new Blu-ray releases and revealing bonus features, final cover art, and official street dates for their upcoming home media offerings. Horror fans now have some calendar marking to do and can look forward to another bountiful Summer of Fear.
On June 30th, Scream Factory plans to release a double feature Blu-ray of Ghosthouse and Witchery, the former directed by by Umberto Lenzi and the latter starring Linda Blair and David Hasselhoff. They'll also distribute 1989's I, Madman, though its release date is not yet known.
Ghosthouse: "Visions of a deceased girl and her doll bring doom to the visitors of a deserted house."
Witchery: "Gary (David Hasselhoff, Baywatch, Knight Rider) and his gal pal Linda (Catherine Hickland) visit an island off the coast of...
On June 30th, Scream Factory plans to release a double feature Blu-ray of Ghosthouse and Witchery, the former directed by by Umberto Lenzi and the latter starring Linda Blair and David Hasselhoff. They'll also distribute 1989's I, Madman, though its release date is not yet known.
Ghosthouse: "Visions of a deceased girl and her doll bring doom to the visitors of a deserted house."
Witchery: "Gary (David Hasselhoff, Baywatch, Knight Rider) and his gal pal Linda (Catherine Hickland) visit an island off the coast of...
- 2/14/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Jimmy Kimmel unleashed another round of his "Mean Tweets" segment featuring movie stars and pop acts reciting insulting tweets written about them. Occasionally this sketch still has fresh moments and surprising reactions. More often it gives us celebrities pretending to make fun of themselves as they read benign or asinine tweets that no one would ever care about. In the past, many of these tweets have turned out to be fake, which renders the whole routine pretty pointless. But does the newest batch of mean tweets pass the smell test? For the most part, yes. It appears the show's producers have heeded the call for authenticity since most of these tweets are legit. Here are almost 100% of the tweets featured in last night's segment. Would you rather: listen to josh groban Or have diarhea ladled into your ear? Hard choice, amirite? — Dan (@dasack) December 27, 2008 Drake looks like voldemort with hair...
- 2/4/2015
- by Louis Virtel
- Hitfix
Intriguing news for fans of iconic scifi author Philip K Dick with word that I Declare War director Jason Lapeyre has been attached to direct an adaptation of Dick's short story The Crawlers for producers Edward Pressman and Isa Dick Hackett, the latter also being Dick's daughter. Given that the previous Joe D'Amato / Fabrizio Laurenti directed adaptation - known variously as Troll 3 and Contamination .7 - is less than good, this can only be considered a step forward.The initial announcement over at The Wrap describes the story this way:"The Crawlers" is set in the late 1960s and follows a young government land-surveyor as he wanders off course into Boyle, Texas. After interacting with some of the strange, secretive residents, he follows a trail of...
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- 11/20/2014
- Screen Anarchy
'Emmanuelle' movies producer Alain Siritzky dead at 72 (photo: Sylvia Kristel in 'Emmanuelle' 1974) Emmanuelle franchise producer Alain Siritzky died after what has been described as "a short illness" on Saturday, October 11, 2014, at a Paris hospital. Siritzky, whose credits include dozens of Emmanuelle movies and direct-to-video efforts, several of which starring Sylvia Kristel in the title role, was 72. Ironically, Alain Siritzky didn't produce the original, epoch-making 1974 Emmanuelle. He became involved in that Yves Rousset-Rouard production via his Parafrance Films, which distributed Emmanuelle in France. 'Emmanuelle': 1974 movie sensation A couple of years after the release of Deep Throat and The Devil in Miss Jones (not to mention Boys in the Sand and Eyes of a Stranger), and the year after Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider sparked a furor by having simulated sex in Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris, the 1974 French release Emmanuelle still managed to become a worldwide cause célèbre.
- 10/15/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Taboo Tuesday is an exploration of some of the most outré sides of horror cinema.
In the previous entry, we speculated that one of horror’s most reviled offshoots may be poised to enter the mainstream, perhaps to the detriment of the genre’s role as an irritant to mainstream moral hypocrisy. The Walking Dead may well have paved the way for mass audiences to embrace the cannibal film, but it can’t possibly prepare one for the queasy thrill of necrophilia on film.
Jörg Buttgereit’s Nekromantic, perhaps the best-known and most widely-seen example of this micro-genre (there’s even a sequel), recently received the Blu-ray treatment after years out of print on DVD. It’s an odd choice given the film was originally shot on Super-8 (and benefits from the sheen of grittiness it adds) but also a testament to the film’s enduring power.
For this second,...
In the previous entry, we speculated that one of horror’s most reviled offshoots may be poised to enter the mainstream, perhaps to the detriment of the genre’s role as an irritant to mainstream moral hypocrisy. The Walking Dead may well have paved the way for mass audiences to embrace the cannibal film, but it can’t possibly prepare one for the queasy thrill of necrophilia on film.
Jörg Buttgereit’s Nekromantic, perhaps the best-known and most widely-seen example of this micro-genre (there’s even a sequel), recently received the Blu-ray treatment after years out of print on DVD. It’s an odd choice given the film was originally shot on Super-8 (and benefits from the sheen of grittiness it adds) but also a testament to the film’s enduring power.
For this second,...
- 10/14/2014
- by Steven Fouchard
- SoundOnSight
Reviewed by Chris Wright, Morehorror.com
Absurd” (1981)
Directed By: Joe D'Amato (As Peter Newman)
Written By: George Eastman
Starring: George Eastman (Mikos), Annie Belle (Emily), Charles Borromel (Sergeant Engleman), Katya Berger (Katia Bennett), Kasimir (Willy Bennett), Hanja Kochansky (Carol), Ian Danby (Ian Bennett), Ted Rusoff (Dr. Kramer), Edmund Purdom (Father), Cindy Leadbetter (Peggy), Lucia Ramirez (Angela), Michele Soavi (Biker), Martin Sorrentino (Deputy), Goffredo Unger (Machine Shop Owner)
“Absurd” is definitely absurd. This movie is truly grotesque at times. Joe D’Amato’s movies do not shy away from extremely gory moments. This Italian film is listed among the 39 prosecuted films listed on the British “video nasty” list that were banned entirely for graphic content. This film is under various names. In America, Wizard Video released a VHS big box with a new label called “Monster Hunter.” In some countries it was tacked on to the “Zombi” label as “Zombi 6: Monster Hunter.
Absurd” (1981)
Directed By: Joe D'Amato (As Peter Newman)
Written By: George Eastman
Starring: George Eastman (Mikos), Annie Belle (Emily), Charles Borromel (Sergeant Engleman), Katya Berger (Katia Bennett), Kasimir (Willy Bennett), Hanja Kochansky (Carol), Ian Danby (Ian Bennett), Ted Rusoff (Dr. Kramer), Edmund Purdom (Father), Cindy Leadbetter (Peggy), Lucia Ramirez (Angela), Michele Soavi (Biker), Martin Sorrentino (Deputy), Goffredo Unger (Machine Shop Owner)
“Absurd” is definitely absurd. This movie is truly grotesque at times. Joe D’Amato’s movies do not shy away from extremely gory moments. This Italian film is listed among the 39 prosecuted films listed on the British “video nasty” list that were banned entirely for graphic content. This film is under various names. In America, Wizard Video released a VHS big box with a new label called “Monster Hunter.” In some countries it was tacked on to the “Zombi” label as “Zombi 6: Monster Hunter.
- 8/28/2014
- by admin
- MoreHorror
For most of you, I expect the band Goblin needs no introduction, since they're responsible for some of the most iconic horror film scores of the '70s and '80s – most notably George Romero's Dawn of the Dead and Dario Argento's Suspiria – but their influence on the world of horror movie music cannot be overstressed. Seattle-based label Light in the Attic – whose eclectic catalog includes everything from vintage R&B, folk and reggae recordings to rare works from Iggy Pop, Roky Erickson and Public Image Limited – is now offering imported vinyl editions of nine Goblin records, representing several chapters of the band's amazing career. LPs available now include the Cinevox issues of the aforementioned Dawn of the Dead (a.k.a. Zombi) and Suspiria, as well as scores to Argento's Tenebrae (not “legally” a Goblin release, but featuring founding trio Claudio Simonetti, Fabio Pignatelli and Massimo Morante), Profondo Rosso and Non Ho Sonno,...
- 2/20/2014
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
There are a handful of directors I would do anything to see working again. I'm not necessarily talking about retired filmmakers, but those who appear to be floating in the ether. Don't Look Now and Performance director Nicolas Roeg is one of them. His movies still haunt. Michele Soavi is also on that list. There are moments in the filmmaker's body of work that threatened to trump the Italian horror masters — directors he actually worked with, including Dario Argento (on Tenebrae, Phenomena and Opera) and Lamberto Bava (on A Blade in the Dark and Demons). Soavi even made the crossover to mainstream cinema as second unit director on Terry Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. As Soavi came into his own as a director, he edged closer to brilliance. The Church was an atmospheric twist on Lamberto Bava's Demons series, but his 1994 film Cemetery Man (a.
- 8/20/2013
- by Alison Nastasi
- FEARnet
Back in 1974, classy director Just Jaecklin gave the world Emmanuelle – a tasteful soft core classic for the ages. It remains one of France’s most successful film exports. There were many official sequels but in Italy, the land of ripping off other films, the concept of Black Emanuelle (Emanuelle Nera) came into existence.
She is a globe trotting, uninhibited, sexually liberated photo journalist who gets into sexy capers wherever she goes. Black Emanuelle was played by the exquisite Indonesian Laura Gemser who always injected a touch of carefree classiness into the role. She was just perfect.
The definitive Black Emanuelle films were directed by Italian exploitation supremo Joe D’Amato (Aristide Massacessi) – a man equally at home in horror and in sexploitation. The Black Emanuelle films were heavily influenced by other genres and subgenres in Italian cinema such as the Mondo movie and the cannibal film.
The films were not...
She is a globe trotting, uninhibited, sexually liberated photo journalist who gets into sexy capers wherever she goes. Black Emanuelle was played by the exquisite Indonesian Laura Gemser who always injected a touch of carefree classiness into the role. She was just perfect.
The definitive Black Emanuelle films were directed by Italian exploitation supremo Joe D’Amato (Aristide Massacessi) – a man equally at home in horror and in sexploitation. The Black Emanuelle films were heavily influenced by other genres and subgenres in Italian cinema such as the Mondo movie and the cannibal film.
The films were not...
- 8/13/2013
- by Clare Simpson
- Obsessed with Film
Earlier this week we paid a visit to Dr. Terror's Blog of Horrors for a segment entitled “8 Bits From Hell,” in which Dr. Terror worked with artist and graphic designer Frank Browning (already a FEARnet fave for his work on all those horror ice cream flavors) and electronic musician Sean O'Connor to design vintage-style packaging, screenshots, instructions and 8-bit musical themes for imaginary early '90s-era Nes games that horror fans would have totally killed to possess. At that time we showcased a sweet game mockup based on Lucio Fulci's 1979 classic Zombie, but as we mentioned, that was only one of many splatter flicks to get the 8-bit treatment. Their second round of wish-fulfillment includes an homage to Lamberto Bava's Demons, and the distinctly '80s look of that film lends itself perfectly to the retro game vibe – all the way down to O'Connor's recreation of the main...
- 7/18/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
Horror fans... you may just want to start booking flights to Austin now as you're reading this because this is the type of announcement that simply does not happen every day. Hell, it doesn't happen every decade! Goblin is U.S. bound to perform Suspiria Live with the movie!
From the Press Release
It’s exactly six months before horror and metal collide in Central Texas at the inaugural Housecore Horror Film Festival – the ultimate three-day, underground fan event celebrating the twisted line where horror films and heavy metal meet – taking place in Austin, Texas, the weekend of October 25-27, 2013. Today festival creators – legendary metal frontman Philip H. Anselmo and best-selling true crime author Corey Mitchell – announce that influential Italian progressive rock band Goblin will be performing their iconic score to Dario Argento’s 1977 horror masterpiece Suspiria live at Housecore Horror Film Festival.
Marking their first-ever performance in North America,...
From the Press Release
It’s exactly six months before horror and metal collide in Central Texas at the inaugural Housecore Horror Film Festival – the ultimate three-day, underground fan event celebrating the twisted line where horror films and heavy metal meet – taking place in Austin, Texas, the weekend of October 25-27, 2013. Today festival creators – legendary metal frontman Philip H. Anselmo and best-selling true crime author Corey Mitchell – announce that influential Italian progressive rock band Goblin will be performing their iconic score to Dario Argento’s 1977 horror masterpiece Suspiria live at Housecore Horror Film Festival.
Marking their first-ever performance in North America,...
- 4/25/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
There’s three Amityville films in various states of production already in Amityville: The Legacy 3D (here), a new documentary which will “set the record straight”, and The Amityville Tapes (here), a direct sequel from Dimension Films. And now Bloody-Disgusting is reporting there’s a fourth one coming, called Amityville Haunting. The film is already in the casting stages.
The Amityville Haunting is being directed by actor-turned-director Geoff Meed, who is using the found footage angle to tell of a new family who moves into the infamous house. The plot is using the real life true crime of Benson family of Naples, where Steven Benson was accused of the pipe-bomb murders of his mother and brother. You can read more about this real-life story here on Wiki, but there’s no indication of how Meed will use this for an Amityville film.
Thoughts?...
The Amityville Haunting is being directed by actor-turned-director Geoff Meed, who is using the found footage angle to tell of a new family who moves into the infamous house. The plot is using the real life true crime of Benson family of Naples, where Steven Benson was accused of the pipe-bomb murders of his mother and brother. You can read more about this real-life story here on Wiki, but there’s no indication of how Meed will use this for an Amityville film.
Thoughts?...
- 8/20/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
Okay, kids! For those of you keeping track, here's the tally thus far: We reported earlier that there are currently three Amityville projects under way. We know for certain that at least one of them is getting made. The other two? Not so much. How about a fourth?
According to Bloody Disgusting a fourth one is already casting for a shoot in Los Angeles, Amityville Haunting.
Before we get to that, let's look at the various other projects in the works.
Dimension Films is developing an official sequel, The Amityville Tapes, with directors Casey La Scala and Daniel Farrands. We can happily confirm that this one is rock solid. Film Regions International is working on My Amityville Horror, Eric Walter's documentary about the infamous Amityville Murders that will set the record straight with the help of Daniel Lutz, the eldest son of George and Kathleen Lutz. And then there's Amityville: The Legacy 3D,...
According to Bloody Disgusting a fourth one is already casting for a shoot in Los Angeles, Amityville Haunting.
Before we get to that, let's look at the various other projects in the works.
Dimension Films is developing an official sequel, The Amityville Tapes, with directors Casey La Scala and Daniel Farrands. We can happily confirm that this one is rock solid. Film Regions International is working on My Amityville Horror, Eric Walter's documentary about the infamous Amityville Murders that will set the record straight with the help of Daniel Lutz, the eldest son of George and Kathleen Lutz. And then there's Amityville: The Legacy 3D,...
- 8/20/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The Film:
Joe D’Amato (who goes under the pseudonym Chang Lee Sun) is at it again showing an abundance of softcore sex in this 1993 film. Joan Parker (Georgia Emerald) is a shy British librarian who has a sexual awakening after coming across the Chinese Kama Sutra, a compendium of Chinese classics on lovemaking. These texts are among the earliest treatises on the topic known to humanity, and are the only ones known to address the fundamental role of sexuality in promoting health and healing. Before you know it she is masturbating like a pro, experiencing wild fantasies and having regular orgies with a Kama Sutra cult – whose leader could be mistaken for Manny Pacquiao. This lady has my heart with all the energy she has. Watch out Emmanuelle!
Okay, let’s be honest, these types of movies are beyond critical review. They are about how much T & A they...
Joe D’Amato (who goes under the pseudonym Chang Lee Sun) is at it again showing an abundance of softcore sex in this 1993 film. Joan Parker (Georgia Emerald) is a shy British librarian who has a sexual awakening after coming across the Chinese Kama Sutra, a compendium of Chinese classics on lovemaking. These texts are among the earliest treatises on the topic known to humanity, and are the only ones known to address the fundamental role of sexuality in promoting health and healing. Before you know it she is masturbating like a pro, experiencing wild fantasies and having regular orgies with a Kama Sutra cult – whose leader could be mistaken for Manny Pacquiao. This lady has my heart with all the energy she has. Watch out Emmanuelle!
Okay, let’s be honest, these types of movies are beyond critical review. They are about how much T & A they...
- 6/21/2011
- by Jason Bene
- Killer Films
One of the formative events in my journey toward cinephilia was finding a copy of Cathal Tohill and Pete Tombs' invaluable text on European art film and sexploitation, Immoral Tales. I would open it randomly to a page almost daily and find some of the most interesting sounding films at my fingertips. I haven't yet managed to watch all of them, I man never manage that, but it gave me a point of departure for exploring the very specific type of of film really only made in Europe in the late 50's through the 70's. The auteurs given greatest attention in the boook have turned out to be some of my favorites, the kind of people who could make a sexy horror or fantasy film that felt like a work of art. Sure, some of them were trashy, many of them were over the top, and some even were pornographic,...
- 10/26/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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- 3/16/2010
- Vanity Fair
By Todd Garbarini
Since its inception in 2006, Severin Films, the film and DVD company that is responsible for releasing special editions of many well-known films such as Roman Polanski’s What?, Gwendolin with Tawny Kitaen, Patrice Leconte’s The Hairdresser’s Husband and The Perfume Of Yvonne, Richard Stanley’s Hardware, and Enzo Castellari’s Inglorious Bastards to name a few, now adds Lucio Fulci’s directorial swan song to its roster. Fulci, who passed away in 1996, made Door into Silence (Le Porte del Silenzio) in 1991 (not to be confused with Dario Argento’s Door into Darkness, a series of four, one-hour episodes for Italian television in 1973). It stars - of all people - John Savage of The Deer Hunter and Do the Right Thing as a man who buries his father and takes a strange trip through Louisiana behind a hearse in a modern day variation of Steven Spielberg’s Duel,...
Since its inception in 2006, Severin Films, the film and DVD company that is responsible for releasing special editions of many well-known films such as Roman Polanski’s What?, Gwendolin with Tawny Kitaen, Patrice Leconte’s The Hairdresser’s Husband and The Perfume Of Yvonne, Richard Stanley’s Hardware, and Enzo Castellari’s Inglorious Bastards to name a few, now adds Lucio Fulci’s directorial swan song to its roster. Fulci, who passed away in 1996, made Door into Silence (Le Porte del Silenzio) in 1991 (not to be confused with Dario Argento’s Door into Darkness, a series of four, one-hour episodes for Italian television in 1973). It stars - of all people - John Savage of The Deer Hunter and Do the Right Thing as a man who buries his father and takes a strange trip through Louisiana behind a hearse in a modern day variation of Steven Spielberg’s Duel,...
- 2/16/2010
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Curious to know what frightful films and devilish discs will be available to view in the privacy of your own digital dungeon this week? Fango's got you covered.
Below the jump you'll find the full list of titles arriving in-stores this Tuesday, July 14, 2009 in our weekly version of the famous Fangoria Chopping List - updated with all the last-minute additions and deletions.
Presented with "branching" coverage with trailers, interviews, and reviews for select titles!
Note: Clickable links lead to Amazon.com
Asalto Violento (Traumatized, 1993) - Distrimax
Robert Smith is an outstanding doctor, devoted to teaching at a local university in Mexico City. During a trip to Vietnam he suffers a violent assault at the hands of a group of terrorists while he was being intimated with a local girl. After his arrival he discovers that he has contracted an incurable disease; traumatized by the attack and his illness, he will...
Below the jump you'll find the full list of titles arriving in-stores this Tuesday, July 14, 2009 in our weekly version of the famous Fangoria Chopping List - updated with all the last-minute additions and deletions.
Presented with "branching" coverage with trailers, interviews, and reviews for select titles!
Note: Clickable links lead to Amazon.com
Asalto Violento (Traumatized, 1993) - Distrimax
Robert Smith is an outstanding doctor, devoted to teaching at a local university in Mexico City. During a trip to Vietnam he suffers a violent assault at the hands of a group of terrorists while he was being intimated with a local girl. After his arrival he discovers that he has contracted an incurable disease; traumatized by the attack and his illness, he will...
- 7/12/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
June is going to be a busy month for DVD releases. We're going to get supernatural horrors, Italian shockers, and Sci-Fi Channel schlockers; not to mention one hell of an Asylum mocker. Here's a taste of things to come.
What better place to begin than with Lionsgate's June 16th release of Richard Friedman's Born. Starring Joan Severence, Denise Crosby, and Kane Hodder, it's another one of those demon baby in the womb horror flicks. This time out a virginal 21-year old (Alison Brie) wakes up impregnated by a demon (Hodder, of course); the demonic baby eventually overtakes her mind and sends her on a killing spree. I've come across some reviews of Born online, and let's just say most would have preferred this film to be retitled Abort. Only the best from Lionsgate.
June 23rd is the date Lionsgate will release Brendan Foley's Legend of the Bog (formerly...
What better place to begin than with Lionsgate's June 16th release of Richard Friedman's Born. Starring Joan Severence, Denise Crosby, and Kane Hodder, it's another one of those demon baby in the womb horror flicks. This time out a virginal 21-year old (Alison Brie) wakes up impregnated by a demon (Hodder, of course); the demonic baby eventually overtakes her mind and sends her on a killing spree. I've come across some reviews of Born online, and let's just say most would have preferred this film to be retitled Abort. Only the best from Lionsgate.
June 23rd is the date Lionsgate will release Brendan Foley's Legend of the Bog (formerly...
- 4/7/2009
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
This month the Metropolitan Room welcomes back two great singers with vastly different styles and personas - the garrulous blues mamma Baby Jane Dexter, who reprises "If" by popular demand for nine shows from April 16 to May 2, and the cosmopolitan chanteuse Anna Bergman, who brings her Richard Rodgers tribute show, "My Heart Stood Still," for four shows spanning two weeks, from April 18 to April 29.
- 4/2/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lovely Laura Gemser stars as a saucy undercover journalist of questionable ethics whose investigations take her on a perilous journey deep in the heart of cannibal country.
It’s safe to say it's not only a good scoop Emanuelle was after when she undertook the brave task of going beyond the call of duty following a nasty breast munching incident involving a girl in a metal hospital. Our intrepid reporter is soon whisked away to the Amazon in search of the cannibals who apparently raised the breast chomping loon in this sex and horror combo from Aristide Massaccesi, better known to most as Joe D'Amato, champion of the Black Emanuelle series.
As you may expect there's less gore and more phwoar in this flesh filled film from the seventies where the libidos are as wild and unchecked as the pubic regions. In keeping with the soft-core genre the story acts...
It’s safe to say it's not only a good scoop Emanuelle was after when she undertook the brave task of going beyond the call of duty following a nasty breast munching incident involving a girl in a metal hospital. Our intrepid reporter is soon whisked away to the Amazon in search of the cannibals who apparently raised the breast chomping loon in this sex and horror combo from Aristide Massaccesi, better known to most as Joe D'Amato, champion of the Black Emanuelle series.
As you may expect there's less gore and more phwoar in this flesh filled film from the seventies where the libidos are as wild and unchecked as the pubic regions. In keeping with the soft-core genre the story acts...
- 1/22/2009
- by Fiona
- Latemag.com/film
Sweet Lord above is Anthropophagus a greasy little movie.
Even if you're only a casual fan of vintage, 'video nasty'-era Italian terror, chances are you've at the very least heard of exploitation director Joe D'Amato's sickening and sloppy paean to Mediterranean cannibal madness, the dire, dreaded Anthropophagus. This notorious slab of sleaze has been corrupting both the innocent and not-so innocent from every shore under a myriad of monikers (I first saw it in its severely cut Us edit called The Grim Reaper) since its release in 1981. Recently, my good friends at ultra-cool Italian media imprint Beat records sent me their official Italian language double disc DVD release of this sweet little sickie and I gave it another long, lurid look.
I'm happy to report that Anthropophagus is as cheerfully tasteless now as it was then.
For those of you faithful Bsb readers still scratching your scabby skulls wondering what in the wide,...
Even if you're only a casual fan of vintage, 'video nasty'-era Italian terror, chances are you've at the very least heard of exploitation director Joe D'Amato's sickening and sloppy paean to Mediterranean cannibal madness, the dire, dreaded Anthropophagus. This notorious slab of sleaze has been corrupting both the innocent and not-so innocent from every shore under a myriad of monikers (I first saw it in its severely cut Us edit called The Grim Reaper) since its release in 1981. Recently, my good friends at ultra-cool Italian media imprint Beat records sent me their official Italian language double disc DVD release of this sweet little sickie and I gave it another long, lurid look.
I'm happy to report that Anthropophagus is as cheerfully tasteless now as it was then.
For those of you faithful Bsb readers still scratching your scabby skulls wondering what in the wide,...
- 10/25/2008
- Fangoria
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