AMANDO DE OSSORIO WEEK: Hudson River Massacre (1965)
Sure, the Canadian Mounties are all using modern revolvers, but let’s just enjoy this pre-Italian Western made in Spain by future Blind Dead creator Amando de Ossorio, the story of the Hudson Bay area. All of this land was owned by the fur trading Hudson Bay Company who was opposed by the indigenous people of […]
DISMEMBERCEMBER: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Harry Lockhart (Robert Downey Jr.) has unintentionally won a screen test when he shows remorse for a past crime. This convinces casting director Dabney Shaw (Larry Miller) that he’s a method actor and ready to head out to Los Angeles. At a party thrown by Harlan Dexter (Corbin Bernsen), who has recently come to terms with his daughter […]
CAULDRON FILMS BLU RAY RELEASE: Shanghai Joe (1973)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was originally on the site on August 20, 2020. It’s back because Cauldron has released an absolutely stunning version of it on blu ray featuring a 2K restoration from the negative, both English and Italian audio options, CD soundtrack with music from Bruno Nicolai, and brand new extras including an interview with […]
AMANDO DE OSSORIO WEEK: The Loreley’s Grasp (1973)
As you know, I do love alternate titles. This was known in the U.S. as When the Screaming Stops and even better, The Swinging Monster, both titles that make no sense, what with this being set in an indeterminate time and the only swinging coming from how many gorgeous women are in it. That said, the first […]
AMANDO DE OSSORIO WEEK: Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972)
The original Spanish title of this movie is La noche del terror ciego (The Night of the Blind Terror) but it is better known as Tombs of the Blind Dead). Director and writer Amando de Ossorio was inspired by El monte de las ánimas by Spanish romantic writer Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer and Night of the Living Dead to […]
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