White Pop Jesus (1980)
What we have here is Jesus Christ Disco Superstar. Jesus comes to earth to take on the mafia, disco style.
Voices from Beyond (1991)
Fulci's latter day efforts hold a special place in his filmography; their low budgets and hazy photography pushing them into an entirely new realm of weird. The best of Fulci's final work is his penultimate effort: Voices from Beyond.
The Antichrist (1974)
Now if there's one thing I love more than a Jaws rip-off, it’s an Exorcist rip-off, and this one is pretty good.
Le masque de la Méduse (2010)
This is not a film that will win Rollin any new fans. With many references, some of them very blunt, to past work, this is certainly not the Rollin film to begin with, but it is the perfect one to end with.
The Murder Secret (1988)
Fans of Fulci will get a big kick out of this. It is very much in tune with the madness he spurted out in the late 80s and early 90s. And it's really, really gory.
Possession (1981)
After much arm-twisting from a close friend, I gave in and borrowed his copy of Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession. I didn’t really know what to expect considering I wasn’t familiar with the director and (from what I had hear) it was notoriously difficult to pigeon hole in a genre. In hindsight all I can say is...
Sergio Garrone shares his thoughts on reality TV
I recently picked up SS Hell Pack, a DVD triple feature from Media Blasters/Exploitation Digital. While I prefer the films in the followup collection, SS Hell Pack II, this first collection is still a lot of fun. It’s highlight being the wonderfully loopy SS Girls (1977) by Bruno Mattei, Trash God Extraordinaire, which ranks among...
Tender Flesh (1997)
I’ve always been a little too nervous to delve into Jess Franco’s post-80s output. I’ve heard terrible, terrible things about these latter day efforts, even from the toughest of Francophiles. But surely, surely, with so many films from this period, there must be a few good ones. Killer Barbys (1996) has its share of supporters...
Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972)
I’ve decided to use Franco Week, Mondo Exploito‘s week long tribute to the late Jess Franco, as an opportunity to watch some Franco films that have been gathering dust on my “to watch” list. Kind of selfish, yes, but I also don’t think that any Mondo Exploito reader needs to read an article telling them...
Le segrete esperienze di Luca e Fanny (1980)
I have to confess that my knowledge of classic hardcore porn, especially of the European variety, is pretty pathetic. Shameful, I know. My knowledge is so embarrassingly poor that, up until only a few years ago, I had no idea that Brigitte Lahaie – the French porn star of the 70s – had anything to...
My ever-improving relationship with Demons 2
There has been enough written about the Demons films to last a lifetime (or at least a solid month’s worth) of reading. Reviews for the film’s numerous DVD releases and Arrow’s problematic blu-ray release are a dime a dozen, so I’ve decided not to review Demons 2 (1986)… sort of. Instead, I’m going to attempt...
A Bell from Hell (1973)
Bell from Hell comes with a tragic behind the scenes story (which, as is usually the case, some releases used to market the film). On the final day of shooting, director Claudio Guerín fell to his death from the bell tower constructed for the film. He left with only two features under his belt, and,...
