The Hell’s Belles are finally back and this time, they are celebrating one of the genre’s best auteurs, Lamberto Bava. Necrophilia, Southern accents, vampires, blind albino witch hunters, Stanko Molnar and more are discussed & celebrated.
Read More »Italian Zombie Cinema, Part two: Demons to the Grave, the ’90s and Beyond
Back to the grave 1981 was a peak year for the Italian zombie genre, which meant there was only one way to go. The following year no major zombie films were produced by Italian studios; although France and Spain ...
Read More »Hell, On Earth: Gore, Glam Metal and Satanic Satire in Lamberto Bava’s Demons (1985)
By the tail end of the 1970’s, the Americanization of Italian cinema had existed for quite some time. During the 1960’s, spaghetti westerns populated most of the commercial landscape, with filmmakers such as Sergio Leone spearheading the genre to profitable ...
Read More »Stage Fright (1987) (US Blu-ray review)
More Italian horror brilliance gets the fantastic Blu Ray treatment from the fine folks at Blue Underground. This time it’s Michele Soavi’s Stagefright AKA Aquarius AKA Deliria AKA Blood Bird, the slightly Giallo style slasher set around a bizarre stage ...
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