Tag: italian horror

The Merits of Sin: Mask of Satan aka Demons 5: The Devil’s Veil (1990) (Italy/France/Portugal/Spain/West Germany)

August 27, 2019

Spaghetti nightmares have always held a special place in my heart. Argento crafted some jaw droppingly beautiful carnage throughout his career, Bruno Mattei is one the greatest gifts ever bestowed upon trash films and Fulci remains one of my all time favorite filmmakers (yes, even his frowned upon later output is held in high regard … More The Merits of Sin: Mask of Satan aka Demons 5: The Devil’s Veil (1990) (Italy/France/Portugal/Spain/West Germany)

Schlock du Jour: Strip Nude for your Killer (1975)

March 30, 2019

Blue tinted intro, English version Arrow Video Giallo films and I don’t have the best relationship. To be candid, the genre makes me sleepy. But at the time of this writing, my home state of Nebraska is largely under water. The massive flooding saw 75 cities and 65 counties make emergency declarations, and 29 counties … More Schlock du Jour: Strip Nude for your Killer (1975)

Video Nasty Spotlight: Contamination (1980)

January 23, 2019

2/72 aka Alien Contamination aka Toxic Spawn aka Aliendrome… Directed by Luigi Cozzi AKA Lewis Coates The imdb synopsis is actually really helpful here: A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled … More Video Nasty Spotlight: Contamination (1980)

Schlock & Gore: Nightmare City (1980)

September 16, 2018

directed by Umberto Lenzi runtime: 92 mins Zombies? Vampires?? ZOMPIRES??? Oh my. Crazed, irradiated men that look like an army of burnt Toxic Avengers spill from an unauthorized aircraft onto the landing strip with axes and shit! They also mow down military fools with Uzis! Reporter Dean Miller (a baggy-eyed Hugo Stiglitz) looks on. It … More Schlock & Gore: Nightmare City (1980)