Juana la Loca… de vez en cuando (1983)
The second time that director Jose Ramon Larraz would work with writer Juan Jose Alonso Millan — The National Mummy is their other work together — this movie is a parody of the life of Juana I of Castile, the woman who will one day become the Queen of Spain. The Catholic monarchs in charge are […]
Tubi picks (week twelve with guest Erich Kuersten)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Erich Kuersten is a gonzo-theorist, film and music critic, crypto-Jungian and editor of The Acidemic Journal of Film and Media, with work appearing in: Bright Lights Film Journal, Popmatters, Slashfood, McSweeney’s, Slant and the Daily Om. Also (in print): The Decadent Handbook, Scarlet Street and Midnight Marquee. Films include the awards-skipping Queen […]
Madame Olga’s Pupils (1981)
Also known as Sex Academy in the UK, this José Ramón Larraz directed and written film is al about the titular Madame Olga (Helga Liné, The Killer of Dolls) who may or may not be related to the Olga with the House of Shame, but she does have a high class bordello in London. Over 77 minutes, Larraz […]
Stigma (1980)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was originally on the site on October 22, 2018. Sebastian has become possessed and now has the power to make his thoughts come true. Somehow, all that allows him to do is relive his past lives again and again. Director José Ramón Larraz also worked in comic books, as well as helming the […]
The 1981 Drive-In Asylum Yearbook is here!
The new issue of Drive-In Asylum is now available! The sixth DIA special issue — the 1981 Yearbook Special — celebrates our faves of this stellar year in fantastic films – Scanners, Halloween II, Strange Behavior, Dead & Buried, Wolfen, Scared to Death, The Hand and many more. 72 pages — with a full color cover and black & […]
Polvos mágicos (1979)
Arturo (Alfredo Landa) and Paco (Vincenzo Crocitti) have arrived at the castle where Paco’s wedding to Sulfurina (Carmen Villani) is to be held, but it turns out that she’s a witch. Imagine The Fearless Vampire Killers with tons more sex and you get this movie, directed and co-written (with Mauro Ivaldi, who directed and wrote Emmanuelle’s Silver Tongue) by José […]
El periscopio (1979)
Also known as …And Give Us Our Daily Sex, this film finds director and co-writer (with Sergio Garrone, who also directed and wrote Django the Bastard, SS Experiment Love Camp and If You Want to Live… Shoot!) José Ramón Larraz making a Commedia Sexy All’ Italiana except in Spain, but you’ll forgive him as he was smart enough to get […]
The Paradise Motel (2022)
Walter Hochbrueckner directed, wrote and appears in this film which tells the story of Nikki Travis (Dawna Lee Heising), who has left her abusive husband Eric (Hochbrueckner) and while she doesn’t follow the lyrics of Tom Waits (“gonna drive all night / Take some speed”) as she goes out west, she sure finds plenty of weirdness. […]
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