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Inferno DVD

The back door to Hell This semi-sequel to Dario Argento’s international hit Suspiria is one of his strangest, most nightmarish features. And, says Argento, one of his most difficult. He had all the enthusiasm he needed to tell the tale … Continue reading

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Doctor of Doom DVD

Gorgeous ladies of wrestling fight crime and monsters In Mexico, horror movies had always been a minor genre, mostly content to import Hollywood’s monster epics while only producing a few Old Dark House and ghost story pictures domestically. All that … Continue reading

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Autopsy (1975) DVD

Autopsy-turvy There’s been a string of sensational murders and suicides across Rome throughout the summer months. Some psychologists consulted by the media are saying that an unusually high amount of sunspot activity could be to blame, but no one really … Continue reading

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Devil Girl From Mars DVD

Mars needs men Once I get my time machine perfected, one of the first trips I want to make is back to England in the early 1950s, if only to be in the audience for the stage production of Devil … Continue reading

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The Hideous Sun Demon DVD

Dial SPF-9000 A speeding ambulance brings ailing scientist Robert Clarke to the hospital, a victim of extreme radiation poisoning. To everyone’s surprise, he awakens from the initial trauma with no apparent ill effects. They should know better – this is … Continue reading

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The Girl Hunters DVD

Hammer nails another The opening of The Girl Hunters (1963) reveals ultra-tough detective Mike Hammer in a familiar situation: beat up, drunk, and lying in an alley. But there’s something unfamiliar here: though Hammer surely has his own voice and demeanor, … Continue reading

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Destination Moon DVD

Angry white satellite While in the year 2000 the studios have Mars fever, in 1950 they were hot to land a movie rocket on the moon. Even those days had dueling projects – Rocketship X-M beat Destination Moon into theaters … Continue reading

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Galaxina DVD

Future schlock Welcome to the galactic Space Police ship Infinity in the year 3009. Your captain is Cornelius Butt (Avery Schreiber). Crew consists of the dashing Sgt. Thor (soap star Stephen Macht) and dope smoking cowboy Pvt. Buzz McKenzie (James … Continue reading

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Color Me Blood Red DVD

Blood for Art’s sake In the prologue to this film, the owner of the Farnsworth Gallery at first admires, then carries a canvas out behind the building to set fire to it. As it burns, the painting bleeds human blood, … Continue reading

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Blood Feast DVD

Gore pioneer starts choppin’ here As they relate on the commentary track, one night Chicago filmmaking partners Herschell Gordon Lewis and Dave Friedman sat in their Wacker Drive office brainstorming. They’d spent the past few winters down in Florida shooting nudie … Continue reading

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