Tag Archives: Germany

Review: The Mystery of the Green Spider (West Germany 1960)

Posted on February 8, 2023 by David

Ein Musikkrimi, per its title, a murder mystery set at a cabaret to maximize musical performances, hell, they even launch into one to distract the audience during the second murder. Definitely in a similar vein to Phantom of the Paradise … Continue reading →

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Review: Satan’s Brew (West Germany 1976)

Posted on April 12, 2020 by David

This arch “comedy“ of manners about a blocked, grasping, bilious poet and his lovers and hangers-on raises the existential question of whether a comedy can be a comedy if it does not actually appear to be intended to be funny. … Continue reading →

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Review: Luz (Germany 2018)

Posted on August 2, 2019 by David

A borderline-experimental possession horror film, Luz straddles the line between arthouse and horror, with enough unsettling atmosphere, blood, and nudity to satisfy gorehounds, but an avant-garde approach that wouldn’t seem out of place in a museum installation. It can take … Continue reading →

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Review: Cold Hell aka Die Hölle (Austria/Germany 2017)

Posted on March 15, 2018 by David

Cold Hell is a nasty little treat. I was expecting a thriller, but not a full-blown modern giallo. Cold Hell revels in the lurid sexualized violence and the neon washes and shadows of the best of Dario Argento and Sergio … Continue reading →

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