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The Gruesome Brilliance of 1980s Italian Horror

November 2, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe goes back to the 80s to look at a crazy, gore-filled period in Italian horror cinema… There’s a great legacy in Italian Horror. Most famously, the giallo films which rose to prominence through the 60’s and 70’s (led first by Mario Bava, and taken to new heights via Dario Argento), put Italian horror […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bruno Mattei, Cannibal Holocaust, Cemetery Man, City of the Living Dead, Dario Argento, Demons, Lamberto Bava, Lucio Fulci, Mario Bava, Michele Soavi, Nightmare City, Opera, Phenomena, Ruggero Deodato, the beyond, the church, Touch of Death

Underappreciated B-Horror Movies By Great Directors

September 1, 2021 by Red Stewart

Marvelous Videos presents under-loved B-horror films from great directors…. Even famous niche directors have underrated gems in their filmography. They’ve created so much wonderful content for audiences (and fans!) to digest that some of their smaller/undermarketed works fly under the radar. Which is a shame because they put just as much effort into them as […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Random Videos, Red Stewart Tagged With: bug, i'm dangerous tonight, invitation to hell, john carpenter, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Lamberto Bava, Lucio Fulci, Marvelous Videos, Sean S. Cunningham, seance, someone's watching me, Stuart Gordon, terminal invasion, the house of clocks, the ogre, The Pit and the Pendulum, Tobe Hooper, toolbox murders, Wes Craven, William Friedkin

Godfather of Gore: Five Essential Films of Lucio Fulci

July 17, 2020 by admin

Dominic O’Brien selects his Five Essential Films of Lucio Fulci… Highly regarded the world over by obsessive cult film fans as an often tyrannical filmmaker, as well as the godfather of Italian gore films, Lucio Fulci’s films still hit a nerve with viewers old and new. His nightmarish visuals and dreamlike narrative style still feels […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Dominic O'Brien, Movies Tagged With: Lucio Fulci

October Horrors 2019 Day 16 – Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972)

October 16, 2019 by Graeme Robertson

Don’t Torture a Duckling, 1972. Directed by Lucio Fulci. Starring Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Millian, Irene Papas, Marc Porel and Georges Wilson. SYNOPSIS: In a small Italian town, the local police are struggling to solve a recent spate of child murders that have ravaged the area, with the superstitious residents quickly falling into paranoia […]

Filed Under: Graeme Robertson, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Barbara Bouchet, Don’t Torture a Duckling, Florinda Bolkan, Georges Wilson, Irene Papas, Lucio Fulci, Marc Porel, Tomas Millian

October Horrors 2018 Day 10 – The House by the Cemetery (1981)

October 10, 2018 by Graeme Robertson

The House by the Cemetary, 1981. Directed by Lucio Fulci. Starring Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Ania Pieroni, and Giovanni Frezza. SYNOPSIS: Dr Norman Boyle moves his family to Boston to take up the research into the mysterious Freudenstein house being conducted by a colleague who seemingly went mad and murdered his mistress before hanging himself. […]

Filed Under: Graeme Robertson, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Ania Pieroni, Catriona MacColl, Giovanni Frezza, Lucio Fulci, Paolo Malco, The House by the Cemetary

Video Nasties – The Beyond (1981)

October 2, 2017 by Graeme Robertson

The Beyond, 1981. Directed by Lucio Fulci. Starring Catriona McCall, David Warbeck, Ciniza Monreale and Antoine St John. SYNOPSIS: In New Orleans in the 1920s, an artist is gruesomely killed by an angry mob who believe he is a warlock. Several decades later, a young woman named Liza acquires the hotel where the artist was killed […]

Filed Under: Graeme Robertson, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Antoine St John, Catriona McCall, Ciniza Monreale, David Warbeck, Lucio Fulci, the beyond

Blu-ray Review – Don’t Torture A Duckling (1972)

September 25, 2017 by admin

Don’t Torture a Duckling, 1972. Directed by Lucio Fulci. Starring Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas, and Marc Porel. SYNOPSIS: A rural Italian village is plagued by child murders and the finger of suspicion points to several of its locals. Set in rural Southern Italy, Don’t Torture a Duckling followed in the wake […]

Filed Under: Chris Ward, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Barbara Bouchet, Don’t Torture a Duckling, Florinda Bolkan, Irene Papas, Lucio Fulci, Marc Porel, Tomas Milian

October Horrors Day 16 – City of the Living Dead (1980)

October 16, 2016 by Graeme Robertson

City of the Living Dead, 1980 Directed by Lucio Fulci Starring  Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Majo and Antonella Interlenghi SYNOPSIS: In the village of Dunwich Father Thomas hangs himself in the local graveyard causing the gates of hell to open and spew evil into the world. At the same time in New York […]

Filed Under: Graeme Robertson, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Antonella Interlenghi, Carlo De Majo, Catriona MacColl, Christopher George, City of the Living Dead, Lucio Fulci

Video Nasties – Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)

October 4, 2016 by Graeme Robertson

Zombie Flesh Eaters, 1979 Directed by Lucio Fulci Starring Ian Mculloch, Tisa Farrow, Richard Johnson and Al Cliver SYNOPSIS: A seemingly abandoned sailboat arrives in New York City; however, when police check it out they are attacked by an assailant of the not quite dead variety. Soon after, reporter Peter West comes into contact with […]

Filed Under: Graeme Robertson, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Lucio Fulci, Zombie Flesh Eaters

Blu-ray Review – Edgar Allan Poe’s Black Cats

October 19, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Edgar Allen Poe’s Black Cats Directed by Sergio Martino/Lucio Fulci. Starring Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg, Luigi Pistilli, David Warbeck, Ivan Rassimov, Patrick Magee, Mimsy Farmer, Al Cliver and Dagmar Lassander. SYNOPSIS: Box set containing two adaptations of Poe’s classic The Black Cat by directors Sergio Martino and Lucio Fulci. Poe’s The Black Cat, like a […]

Filed Under: Chris Ward, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Al Cliver, Anita Strindberg, Dagmar Lassander, David Warbeck, Edgar Allan Poe’s Black Cats, Edwige Fenech, Ivan Rassimov, Lucio Fulci, Luigi Pistilli, Mimsy Farmer, Patrick Magee, Sergio Martino, The Black Cat, Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key

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