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SPAGHETTI SLASHERS – Night Train Murders
Italian horror has always been a little derivative. I vampiri (also known as The Devil’s Commandment) reflected the gothic sensibilities of Hammer, that were enjoying their most prolific period at the time of its release.
The Slasher Witch Hunt part 1: Roger Ebert
This is the first in a series of articles that will showcase the people, organizations, companies, and government agencies that tried to ban slasher films in the early 1980s. The first member of our rogues gallery is film critic Roger … Continue reading
SPAGHETTI SLASHERS – Blood and Black Lace
Whilst the likes of Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci have become cult figures in Italian cinema, it is arguable that the country’s greatest export for horror was Mario Bava, an ingenious and stylish filmmaker who, much like Alfred Hitchcock, was … Continue reading
SPAGHETTI SLASHERS – Watch Me When I Kill
Some may find it hard to believe but there was more to the giallo genre than Dario Argento and Mario Bava. Whilst they had become the most respected and successful filmmakers, there were countless other directors who would leave their … Continue reading
A Killer Motivation!!!
It goes without saying that every movie has a story (hey, I just mentioned it anyway! I’m a rebel that way). And almost every horror movie featuring a deranged murderer has a backstory (or should). With a few exceptions (the … Continue reading
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It’s Garbage Day: Hobo Myers Style
Forget Eric Freeman, there’s a new slasher in town taking care of the ‘garbage’, though perhaps not in the way you might think! View below…
SPAGHETTI SLASHERS – Deep Red
1975’s Profondo rosso (aka Deep Red) saw Italian filmmaker Dario Argento return to the giallo format that he had desperately tried to distance himself from after a string of successful murder mysteries had threatened to leave him typecast as a … Continue reading
Retro Horror Flix At Zornow/Fright-Rags Show
Artist Jeff Zornow is the best asset retro horror has right now, having illustrated HALLOWEEN: THE FIRST DEATH OF LAURIE STRODE in comics and numerous T-Shirt designs based on obscure and Italian genre flicks alike.
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DVD Announcement: Torso
On July 28, Blue Underground (what have those guys been up to, by the way?) re-release Sergio Martino’s Giallo TORSO to DVD. A series of sex murders shock a college campus, and four beautiful young girlfriends head for the safety … Continue reading