This film is a new edit of Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond for a North American release through a distribution company called Aquarius. Whereas the extreme horror of the original would have undoubtedly ensured the dreaded X certificate in the States, this version effectively removed the gore so that an R could be granted. It worked. …
Continue reading Giallo in June- Day 26- 7 Doors of Death (1983)
Freaky events at a convent prompt a priest to investigate further. I knew The Other Hell would be a great film from an early scene that involved a demented nun telling an accomplice that a certain part of a woman's anatomy is the 'door to evil...the labyrinth that leads to Hell. The Devil's tools!' whilst …
Continue reading Giallo in June- Day 21- The Other Hell (1981)
A young man travels from Rome to New York to investigate his sister's disappearance after she was living in the same apartment building where an ancient witch resided. This was Argento's second instalment of his much lauded 'Three Mothers' trilogy. All of the Giallo elements are here, as are Argento's striking visuals as a backdrop …
A cruel prank enacted between the mean girls of a private boarding school and their male gym teacher on a pupil called Kathy ends in disaster as she is run over and left in a coma. Through the power of her mind, her vengeful spirit possesses another girl called Eva who joins the school and …
Manhattan Baby starts in Egypt and concerns the Hacker family from New York. George is an archaeologist. His daughter, Susie, is given an amulet by a mysterious old woman. George goes to look inside a tomb and out of nowhere is blinded by blue lasers fired from inside the tomb. Because of this, George is …
Continue reading Giallo in June- Day 8- Manhattan Baby (1982)
This sequel to Zombie Flesh Eaters is a sequel in name only. A terrorist robbing a research facility is contaminated with an experimental new serum, which turns the living into zombies but also resurrects the dead. Let the fun begin! Zombi 3 had a troubled production. Director Lucio Fulci found the script to be terrible …
A seance goes badly wrong when one of those involved, Mary, has a vision of events that happened in a place called Dunwich years before, when a priest hung himself. Mary freaks out and collapses to the floor. She is later found to have died. The police arrive and think that something underhanded has occurred. …
Continue reading Giallo in June- Day 4- City of the Living Dead (1980)
Four youngsters go camping. But there’s someone or something bumping people off. As you’ve probably guessed, we’re in slasher territory here. Don’t Go In The Woods earned particular notoriety during the Video Nasties moral panic. Would this film be so horrific and depraved that it could turn viewers into mindless killers?! Of course not. This …
This Lamberto Bava movie involves a cop who realises that his woman is doing the dirty on him. After a violent bustup she is murdered which makes him the chief suspect. All of the staple Giallo elements are here (gloved killer, sleazy locales, long overcoats, voyeurism etc etc) and You'll Die At Midnight is entertaining …
Continue reading ABC of Horror- Day 25- Y- You’ll Die At Midnight (1986)
Another film I remember seeing on the shelves of video shops in the 80’s that I somehow didn’t watch was Xtro from 1982. I finally got to see it for the first time earlier. Wow. Just wow. Xtro is out there! A man is abducted by aliens. Three years later an alien impregnates a woman …
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