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THE EYES OF LAURA MARS – One Less Remake to Avoid?

Whilst Irvin Kershner’s 1978 thriller The Eyes of Laura Mars was hardly a masterpiece, it was yet another movie to be shredded through the Hollywood remake machine. Released shortly before the slasher classic Halloween, John Carpenter’s gripping screenplay was mercilessly … Continue reading

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SPAGHETTI SLASHERS – The Cat O’ Nine Tails

Success usually comes with a price. For some, it is the alienation of their closest friends. For others, it is their downward spiral into addiction and self destruction. For Dario Argento, it was being pigeonholed. His directorial debut, L’uccello dalle … Continue reading

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SPAGHETTI SLASHERS – Torso

Whilst the giallo has often bordered on sleazy and misogynistic, usually the filmmakers have been wise to tread carefully when flirting with sex and violence, often avoiding featuring both in any given shot. Mario Bava’s Reazione a catena (aka Twitch … Continue reading

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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.

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Nightmare in a Damaged Brain Gallery

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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

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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

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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

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A Tasty Selection of Vintage Slasher Trailers

Click on the above image to visit our MySpace page to view a selection of tasty slasher trailers from the eighties. Among this grizzly selection you’ll see Nightmare in a Damaged Brain, Slaughter High, Final Exam, The Boogeyman, Don’t Answer … Continue reading

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