Coming at Ya! (1981)
Every few years, 3D comes back in vogue. This 1981 film led a new wave of movies with enhanced depth and mostly stuff coming, well, at ya Dr. Tongue-style that included Parasite, Friday the 13th Part III, Jaws 3-D, Amityville 3-D, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone and Treasure of the Four Crowns, which comes from the same people who made […]
W Django! (1971)
We’ve discussed before that Edoardo Mulargia made movies called Cjamango, Shango and Don’t Wait, Django… Shoot! As you can read, he really, really liked Django. This time, Andrew Steffan takes the role, tracking down and killing the men who killed his wife. He’s helped by a horse thief named Carranza (Glauco Onorato, who was mostly known for his dubbing […]
Sukiyaki Uesutan Jango (2007)
It’s only fair, as the Italian Western ripped off Yojimbo as A Fistful of Dollars that the genre should migrate back east once more. The sukiyaki in the title refers to the dish of thinly sliced beef which is simmered at the table in a shallow pot in a mixture of vegetables, soy sauce, sugar and mirin. Often, […]
Django Strikes Again (1987)
After waiting two decades for a sequel, in 1987 Franco Nero and director Nello Rossati (Alien Terminator) finally delivered the sequel that Italian Western fans had been craving (and had kind of received with thirty unofficial sequels). Where was Sergio Corbucci, the director of the original, who had co-written the sequel and had initially agreed […]
Massacre Time (1966)
Massacre Time was originally supposed to be an Italian-Spanish co-production with Ringo co-star George Martin playing Tom Corbett. According to Troy Howarth’s book Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and His Films, the Spanish side withdrew their involvement and funding after Fulci refused to tone down the script’s violence. Fulci instead cast Nero at the suggestion of […]
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