Hausu (1977) – full soundtrack
This is a short post tonight because, quite frankly, if you haven’t seen Nobuhiko Ôbayashi’s 1977 mindfuck, ‘Hausu’, there is very little I can say about it. All I can suggest is that you watch it. The soundtrack is just as confusing as the film itself, featuring corny synth pop jingles, swampy blues, woeful vocal numbers, funk and…...
Consenting Adults – US poster
While I’m in charge of the poster of the week, I’m just going to post porn! ‘Consenting Adults’ was directed by pornographic luminary, Gerard Damiano, who was the randy cad responsible for a little flick called, ‘Deep Throat’. This film also starred a slightly less hairy Ron Jeremy. All that is by the by though…...
How to help your fellow man according to The Pig Keeper’s Daughter
Bethel Buckalew’s classic 1972 sleaze-fest, ‘The Pig Keeper’s Daughter’ contains so many scenes worthy of entry into ‘Clip of the Week’. Unfortunately most of them will never make it past YouTube’s ‘sex is bad’ policy. The following, beautiful scene walks a fine line, but I think it may just sneak through. [youtube=http://youtu.be/KFFObAObxE4&w=540]
Young Einstein (1988)
It was only a matter of time before this happened… before my childhood was dredged up in this way. The stories I could tell you about me and the Yahoo Serious trash classic, ‘Young Einstein’. It resides in a rare category of childhood film that I was obsessed by and watched repeatedly. If you were...
Slip of the Tongue – US poster
Classic porn posters are some of my favourite movie posters in existence. I haven’t seen the bellow film. I can’t even find information about who directed this film, but holy wow! It sure has an unbelievable poster. If anyone out there in Mondo Land know who directed this gem, please let us know. Movie: Slip...
Lady Terminator – Souls on Fire
I was introduced to ‘Lady Terminator’ by my good friend (and Mondo Exploito founder), Dave. I’ll lay all my cards on the table now (they have topless people on them)… I had never heard of ‘Lady Terminator’ until the day of a much-hyped film swap between Dave and myself finally arrived. He came to my...
Call of the Wild – Cuban poster
I don’t see much emphasis on Cuban film posters among enthusiasts, which is a great shame. As you can see from this beautiful poster for Ken Annakin’s, ‘Call of the Wild’, Cuban poster art has much to offer. Movie: Call of the Wild Director: Ken Annakin Country of movie: USA Year of movie: 1972 Country...
Toilet friendships from Ilsa: The Wicked Warden
A truly beautiful scene depicting friendships in a women’s prison courtesy of Jess Franco’s 1977 classic, “Ilsa: The Wicked Warden”. You either love the Ilsa films or you don’t. I love them. [youtube=http://youtu.be/ezDnYKoq7EU&w=540]
Dark Star (1974)
John Carpenter is a name as synonymous with soundtrack composition as he is with the films his soundtracks were composed for. His scores are embedded upon the aural centre of anyone who has seen any of his films. It would be remiss not to mention the enormity of ‘Halloween’, both as a film franchise behemoth...
Harry Manfredini discusses the score for Friday the 13th
I wanted to find a clip of a composer discussing one of their iconic film scores. This little clip features ‘Friday the 13th’ composer, Harry Manfredini reminiscing about the origin of the main theme, which is without question one of the most instantly recognisable in film history. Film composers are all too often relegated to the background,...
Goblin performs Suspiria live at the ACMI (23/11/12)
Last Friday, I was given the opportunity to witness an event that, until then, had seemed like an impossibility. Indeed, for the vast majority of horror fans throughout the world, it still remains a frustrating impossibility. Even saying it now after the fact gives me chills. Over two sold out shows at the ACMI, Italian...
François Tétaz & Wolf Creek
From the onset, I feel it appropriate to state that François Tétaz’s score for 2005’s infamous, ‘Wolf Creek’ is my favourite modern movie score. I should also mention that ‘Wolf Creek’ is one of my favourite modern horror films. Extracting Tétaz’s score from the film in which it accompanies is difficult for me to do. Obviously...
