Archive for October, 2008

  • Monster Dog was written and directed by Claudio Fragasso. Claudio was a frequent collaborator with Bruno Mattei, but he also had a decent-sized body of work he did on his...0October 31, 2008

    Monster Dog (1984)

    Monster Dog was written and directed by Claudio Fragasso. Claudio was a frequent collaborator with Bruno Mattei, but he also had a decent-sized body of work he did on his…

  • A lot of us guys who kicked ass over in Nam got a dose of that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder that good old sneaky Charlie was lacing their tunnels with....0October 26, 2008

    Savage Attack (1986)

    A lot of us guys who kicked ass over in Nam got a dose of that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder that good old sneaky Charlie was lacing their tunnels with….

  • In life nothing is more pure than the sweet science of effortlessly bad Italian filmmaking! Relentlessly pummeling the viewer with its English-as-a-third-or-fourth-language level dialogue, jabbing with its cast of faded...0October 26, 2008

    The Opponent (1987)

    In life nothing is more pure than the sweet science of effortlessly bad Italian filmmaking! Relentlessly pummeling the viewer with its English-as-a-third-or-fourth-language level dialogue, jabbing with its cast of faded…

  • As I watched it unfold, I couldn’t believe I hadn’t seen it about a hundred times before. It seems so obvious in retrospect. A loved one gets framed up in...0October 26, 2008

    The Last Match (1990)

    As I watched it unfold, I couldn’t believe I hadn’t seen it about a hundred times before. It seems so obvious in retrospect. A loved one gets framed up in…

  • So much of the Vietnam POW experience is portrayed in a negative light.  There’s the obscene physical abuse as well as the unrelenting mental torture.  There’s the inhuman living conditions...0October 12, 2008

    Brothers In War (1989)

    So much of the Vietnam POW experience is portrayed in a negative light.  There’s the obscene physical abuse as well as the unrelenting mental torture.  There’s the inhuman living conditions…

  • Heroes In Hell gives you an up close and personal look at the lives of a group of World War II POWs. It’s up close and personal not because you...0October 9, 2008

    Heroes In Hell (1973)

    Heroes In Hell gives you an up close and personal look at the lives of a group of World War II POWs. It’s up close and personal not because you…

  • Once there was a movie called simply enough, Emmanuelle. Released in 1974, it starred Sylvia Kristel as a horny French broad living in Bangkok. Sporting such a powerful plot, the...0October 1, 2008

    Emanuelle And The Last Cannibals (1977)

    Once there was a movie called simply enough, Emmanuelle. Released in 1974, it starred Sylvia Kristel as a horny French broad living in Bangkok. Sporting such a powerful plot, the…