Suzy Bannion has travelled from America to a very prestigious dance academy in Germany. Bizarre events happen right from the get-go, and Suzy is sure that there is more than meets the eye at the academy. Where do I even begin with Dario Argento's Suspiria? Maybe by saying that it's perfect. Every aspect of it …
A rock drummer (played by Michael Brandon from the 80s TV show Dempsey and Makepeace) notices that he's being watched by a mysterious stranger. He confronts this person in an abandoned opera house and, after disarming him of a knife, accidentally stabs him. This is all witnessed and photographed by an onlooker who wears a …
Continue reading Giallo in June- Day 11- Four Flies On Grey Velvet (1971)
Dora moves into her old house with her young son, Marco and her new husband, Bruno. This is her first time in the house since her first husband, Carlo, committed suicide. Freaky shit starts to happen. Shock is Mario Bava's last film. He would die of a heart attack three years later. The film is …
Andrea, a washed-up, alcoholic journalist, turns detective as he finds that his friends are being bumped off. As he is connected to all of the dead, the police think he may be the killer. He must investigate to clear his name and find the murderer. Luigi Bazzoni's film is a masterclass in deft direction, perfect …
Continue reading Giallo in June- Day 7- The Fifth Cord (1971)
Sam is an American author on holiday in Rome with his girlfriend. One night, when out for a stroll, he witnesses a graphic attempted murder. The killer gets away, and the police who arrive decide to confiscate Sam's passport so that he can't leave until their investigations are concluded. He decides to try and crack …
Continue reading Giallo in June- Day 3- The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
When The Swarm was released in 1978, it quickly earned a reputation that no filmmaker or actor associated with a particular film wants. The reviews for the film were abysmal. The Sunday Times went as far as to call the movie 'simply the worst film ever made'. And this moniker has stuck with The Swarm …
A boat sails into New York but the only person onboard happens to be a morbidly obese zombie who seems to be pissed off and hungry. The daughter of the boat’s owner decides to venture to where her father had been, a Caribbean island called Matul. She takes along with her a journalist who smells …
Continue reading ABC of Horror- Day 26- Z- Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
A very religious policeman (Edward ‘Equalizer’ Woodward) arrives at the Scottish island of Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a child, Rowan Morrison. Whilst he makes enquiries regarding the missing child he witnesses first-hand the pagan lifestyles of the inhabitants which shock him and clash severely with his staunchly Christian and somewhat puritanical beliefs. I …
Continue reading ABC of Horror- Day 23- W- The Wicker Man (1973)
After a horrific motorcycle accident, Rose Miller awakens from a coma in the mysterious Keloid Clinic that specialises in plastic surgery. She now has an insatiable thirst for blood and a 'stinger' in her armpit that she uses to 'feed' off the blood of other humans. This, in turn, transforms them into rabid zombies. Rabid …
I first heard of Phantasm when its sequel came out. Barry Norman reviewed it and admitted that he hadn’t even heard of the first film. Neither had I. Fortunately, my sister in law had a friend who had closed down their video business, and so gave her a lot of the videos he used to …
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