Checkmate (2021)
Straight outta the McMurray township, southwest of Pittsburgh, Giuseppe Lucarelli got his start in the business as a background actor on Northeastern U.S. and New York-shot network TV series such as Law and Order and Lipstick Jungle. As with Florida-based actors Chris Levine and Michigan-based Mason Heidger (Now Way Out and Tomorrow Is Yesterday, respectively), […]
The Designated Victim (1971)
Maurizio Lucidi is probably better known for his westerns like My Name Is Pecos than any other movies he made. After watching this giallo, I wish he had done more in the genre. Stefano Augenti disillusioned advertising executive (Tomas Milan) gets all Strangers On a Train with the unsavory Count Matteo Tiepolo (Pierre Clémenti) and come […]
Human Animals (1982)
After a nuclear war, two men and one woman awaken in a deserted landscape unsure of how they arrived and unable to speak. One of the men and the woman are brother and sister who show up dressed as if they were attending a party when the end came, while the other man appears to […]
It’s Nothing Mama, Just a Game (1974)
Released as Lola and Beyond Erotica here in the U.S., this Spanish shocker features David Hemmings — yes, the same actor from Deep Red — as a depressive rich boy who likes to dress women as bunnies and chase them from horseback with a pack of wild dogs. And that’s already gone wrong once, but the poor people in […]
MILL CREEK DRIVE-IN MOVIE CLASSICS: Going Steady (1979)
Yes, don’t be fooled by that title, as this is otherwise known as Yotzim Kavua, Greasy Kid Stuff or, most obvious, Lemon Popsicle 2. Yes, the film that inspired The Last American Virgin doesn’t just have one sequel, but many, many chapters to tell. Even better, it played on double bills in the UK with Rosemary’s Killer, which we know better […]
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