Pizza Connection Italy, 1985 Director: Damiano Damiani Script: Damiano Damiani, Ernesto Gastaldi, Franco Marotta, Laura Toscano Performers: Michele Placido (Mario Aloia), Mark Chase (Michele Aloia), Simona Cavallari (Cecilia Smedile), Tony Sperandeo (Vincenzo), Leonardo Marino (Chief of Police) Music: Carlo Savina Story The taciturn and reserved Mario (Michele Placido) is a …
Virgin among the living dead (V.O. Une vierge chez les morts vivants) France, 1973 Director: Jesús Franco Genre: Horror Plot Christina (Christina von Blanc) is a young orphan who arrives at a castle in the countryside to meet her relatives and collect an inheritance. Her father has hanged himself shortly …
The wicked priest (V.O. Gokuaku Bozu) Japan, 1968 Director: Kiyoshi Saeki Genre: Action, Comedy, Gendai-geki Plot The colorful Buddhist monk Shinkai (Tomisaburo Wakayama) is an unusual religious man: drinker, womanizer, inveterate gambler… And also a seasoned martial artist. In the early years of the Meiji era (around 1870), when the …
Naked Blood (V.O. Nekeddo Buraddo: Megyaku) Japan, 1996 Director: Hisayasu Sato Genre: Horror/Science Fiction/Gore Screenplay: Taketoshi Watari Cast: Misa Aika, Yumika Hayashi, Mika Kirihara, Sadao Abe Plot Young Eiji manufactures a serum to “turn pain into pleasure”, with which he intends to “save humanity”. He calls this drug “My Son”. …
Three outlaw samurai (V.O. Sanbiki no samurai) Japan, 1964 Director: Hideo Gosha Screenplay: Keiichi Abe, Eizaburo Shiba, Hideo Gosha Cast: Tetsuro Tamba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijirō Hira, Yoshiko Kayama Genre: Chambara Plot The wandering ronin Shiba (Tetsuro Tanba) arrives at an old mill (attracted by a hair clip he finds nearby, …
Yesterday’s Guys Used No Arsenic – José A. Martínez Suárez, 1976 Argentina, 1976 Director: José A. Martínez Suárez Screenplay: Augusto Giustozzi Cast: Mecha Ortiz (Mara Ordaz), Arturo García Buhr (Pedro), Narciso Ibáñez Menta (Norberto) Genre: Black comedy Plot Mara Ordaz, a sixty-something retired actress, lives in a large country house …
Black Mirror: Be right back United Kingdom, 2013 Director: Owen Harris Script: Charlie Brooker Cast: Hayley Atwell (Martha), Domhnall Gleeson (Ash), Indira Ainger (Daughter) Music: Vince Pope Genre: Science fiction Plot Martha and Ash are a young couple who have moved into a country house. He is a fan of …
On the other side of the mirror (V.O. Le miroir obscéne) France, 1973 Director: Jesús Franco Screenplay: Jesús Franco Cast: Emma Cohen (Anette), Robert Woods (Bill) Plot The young pianist Anette (Emma Cohen) is about to marry her fiancé. Shortly before the wedding, her sister commits suicide. The wedding is …
Rampo Noir (O.V. Ranpo Jigoku) Japan, 2005 Directors: Akio Jissoji, Atsushi Kaneko, Hisayasu Sato, Suguru Takeuchi Genre: Horror, ero-guro Plot The film is divided into four unrelated segments. “The Mars Canal” – Very brief, these are dreamlike sequences of a tormented individual escaping naked through a rocky landscape while recalling …
The wolves (O.V. Shussho Iwai) Japan, 1971 Director: Hideo Gosha Screenplay: Hideo Gosha, Kei Tasaka Cast: Rumi Aiki, Hideyo Amamoto, Noboru Andô Plot Japan, December 1926. After the death of Emperor Taisho and the entry into the Showa period with his successor Hirohito, the government granted a prison amnesty from …
