Tag Archives: Italy

Review: Tenebre (Italy 1982)

Posted on April 18, 2023 by David

Last time I saw Tenebrae (10-15 years ago?), I was so distracted by the banging Goblin score, and the tracking camera, and the ultra sleaze, and the ultra violence, and the absolutely bonkers plot twists, I failed to appreciate how … Continue reading →

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Review: Red Sun (France/Italy/Spain 1971)

Posted on January 12, 2023 by David

Bronson-mania!  Is this Toshiro Mifune-Charles Bronson “fish out of water Eastern warrior trying to recover a lost national treasure teams up with roguish Western outlaw cowboy” the first instance of the same plot used again by The Stranger and the … Continue reading →

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Review: Gunan, King of the Barbarians (Italy 1982)

Posted on March 28, 2020 by David

One star for sexy Sabrina Siani, a mainstay of Italian Conan the Barbarian knockoffs. No stars for anything else. This story of two brothers seeking revenge with the aid of a magical Amazon tribe is otherwise an entirely dull affair, … Continue reading →

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Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (Spain/Italy 1974)

Posted on November 16, 2017 by David

This Spanish/Italian co-production is surprisingly smart for its era, mingling straight-up Romero-esque zombie action with the anti-authoritarian paranoia and ecological concerns of The Crazies or Grapes of Death.

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Review:  Hercules, Samson and Ulysses (Italy 1964)

Posted on May 2, 2017 by David

This middling peplum is an adequate representative of the genre, mostly of interest due to the biblical connection.  Kirk Morris (aka Adriano Bellini) plays Hercules this time around, right in the middle of his lengthy series as the character, following … Continue reading →

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Tomas Milian, RIP

Posted on March 24, 2017 by David

I never thought he carried poliziotteschi films as well as Maurizio Merli, but he had some superb spaghetti western roles, particularly in Sergio Corbucci’s Companeros.

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