Necrophobia (1995)
I spent most of my childhood in the Netherlands. It was a great place to grow up, and I still miss it even after twelve years since leaving. In all the time I spent in the Netherlands, I don’t remember ever seeing a Dutch horror film. Perhaps it was do with Dutch ideologies of sex...
Phantasmes (1977)
I worship Jean Rollin (click here for Mondo Exploito’s Rollin Starter Pack). The man was a truly unique filmmaker; brilliant, obsessed with certain themes and often maligned and misunderstood. I’ve seen practically everything he made in his long and accomplished career and can’t name a single film by him I haven’t appreciated on some level....
Silver Saddle (1978)
The name “Lucio Fulci” is synonymous with horror. And for good reason. Fulci made a lot of amazing horror films. But, as I’ve written many times before on Mondo Exploito, Fulci was more than just a horror director and dipped his toes in almost every genre imaginable. Fulci made three Westerns in his career –...
Rats: Night of Terror (1984)
Bruno Mattei and Claudio Fragasso. Two names that strike fear, joy or a combination of both into the hearts of all Italian horror nuts. These men were responsible for some truly horrifying titles, including Fragasso’s infamous solo effort Troll 2 (1990). For me, the Mattei/Fragasso stamp is a sign that a movie will be a...
Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972)
With the Blind Dead series, Amando de Ossorio created one of the most talked about horror franchises to come out of Spain. Tombs of the Blind Dead, the first entry, stands among the best that 1970s horror had to offer – and I’m not limiting that to Europe. Tombs of the Blind Dead is also...
Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1975)
I shouldn’t really be reviewing Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1975) in a European Apocalypse article. The European Apocalypse label is supposed to be reserved exclusively for Euro exploitation. Ilsa is an American film, produced by the infamous David F. Friedman, and shot on the leftover sets of Hogan’s Heroes. You don’t get much...
Breaking Point – Pornografisk Thriller (1975)
Whether you love Quentin Tarantino or flat out hate him, you have to appreciate the exposure he’s brought to movies that most likely would have spent their remaining years rotting away in someone’s cellar rather than being dug out for HD transfers. I quite like Tarantino. I do find his “referencing” a little overbearing at...
Der Todesking (1990)
Jörg Buttgereit holds a special place in my exploitation-loving heart. But perhaps not for the reasons you’d assume. Buttgereit is the director of the infamous Nekromantik films, and, as a teenager, they were certainly the filthiest movies I’d seen. They rightly deserve their reputation as unbeatable gems of repulsive, corpse-fucking exploitation. But, while I appreciate...
Great White (1981)
Put a great white shark in a movie and I’m guaranteed to enjoy it. No matter how awful the film is – or how fake the shark is – the moment I see those cold dead eyes and monstrous teeth, I get a little shiver of excitement. Seriously, even Jaws the Revenge got me...
Arrivederci amore, ciao (2006)
Michele Soavi is a familiar face to those that enjoy their horror with a European flavour. While he is generally discussed in terms of behind the scenes efforts, Soavi can be seen in small but memorable roles in, to name only a few, Fulci’s City of the Living Dead (1980), Lamberto Bava’s Demons (1985) and...
