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The Gruesome Brilliance of 1980s Italian Horror Cinema

July 25, 2024 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, Top Stories 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

Cannibal Holocaust coming to 4K Ultra HD from 88 Films

August 22, 2022 by Gary Collinson

One of the most infamous and controversial movies of all time is making its way to 4K Ultra HD with 88 Films set to bring a remastered version of Ruggero Deodato’s 1980 shocker Cannibal Holocaust to the UK this November. As yet, it’s unclear which version of the film is featured, although the BBFC has […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Physical Media Tagged With: Cannibal Holocaust, Ruggero Deodato

Movie Review – The Found Footage Phenomenon (2021)

May 19, 2022 by Shaun Munro

The Found Footage Phenomenon, 2021. Written and directed by Sarah Appleton and Phillip Escott. Featuring André Øvredal, Patrick Brice, Ruggero Deodato, Eduardo Sánchez, and Stephen Volk. SYNOPSIS: An independent documentary charting the origins of the found footage subgenre, tracking it through to the technique’s current form and asking what the future is. No subgenre has […]

Filed Under: FrightFest 2021, Movies, Reviews, Shaun Munro Tagged With: Andre Ovredal, Eduardo Sanchez, frightfest, Patrick Brice, Phillip Escott, Ruggero Deodato, Sarah Appleton, Shudder, Stephen Volk, The Found Footage Phenomenon

Extreme Cinema – Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

April 1, 2021 by admin

Cannibal Holocaust, 1980. Directed by Ruggero Deodato. Starring Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Carl Gabriel Yorke, Perry Pirkanen, Luca Barbareschi, Salvatore Basile and Ricardo Fuentes. SYNOPSIS: An anthropologist ventures into the Amazon in search of a missing American documentary film crew and retrieves their footage, which documents the gruesome truth behind the ill-fated expedition. One of […]

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October Horrors 2020 – Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

October 16, 2020 by Graeme Robertson

Cannibal Holocaust, 1980. Directed by Ruggero Deodato. Starring Robert Kerman, Carl Gabriel Yorke, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen and Luca Barbaeschi. SYNOPSIS: After a documentary crew go missing in the Amazon Jungle, an anthropologist ventures into the jungle to search for them. What he discovers is far more horrifying than he could have possibly imagined. Found […]

Filed Under: Graeme Robertson, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Cannibal Holocaust, Carl Gabriel Yorke, Francesca Ciardi, Luca Barbaeschi, Perry Pirkanen, Robert Kerman, Ruggero Deodato

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