SPASMO **** Italy 1974 Dir: Umberto Lenzi 94 mins One of Lenzi’s most disciplined and classy movies, this opens in an eerie low key, as a couple’s make-out session is disturbed by a hanging dummy – establishing the film’s fixation on unnervingly life-like female mannequins, and accompanied by one of…
Browsing: 1970s
THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A MINOR (a.k.a. Too Young To Die) *** Italy 1975 Dir: Sergio Martino. 100 mins An oddity from genre veteran Martino, this opens as a standard giallo (a teenage girl has her throat slashed at a seedy motel by a mystery killer in dark shades) before…
From PSYCHO writer Robert Bloch and directed by Roy Ward Baker (A Night to Remember), iconic 1972 Amicus horror anthology ASYLUM is set for the Limited Edition Blu-ray treatment from Second Sight. This hugely anticipated release starring a stellar cast will be presented in stunning rigid slipcase packaging featuring new…
Film Media have announced it will release HD digital encodes of newly restored German film MOSQUITO (a.k.a. Bloodlust) (1977) to North American platforms this November. Following the restoration of the original 35mm film elements, with Blu-ray rights going to home entertainment company Mondo Macabro. This release marks the first time…
THE MAN FROM DEEP RIVER *** Italy 1972 Dir: Umberto Lenzi. 93 mins A trend-setting movie in the Italian cannibal cycle and a career-making picture for Lenzi, this operates as both a cash-in on the American hit A MAN CALLED HORSE and a fictionalised extension of the earlier “Mondo” movies.…