Film Review: Marchent’s ‘Cut Throats Nine’ (1972) Brutalizes The Spaghetti Western Genre

 Action, Exploitation, Extreme, J. Andersson, Rape/Revenge, Revenge, Spaghetti Westerns, Spain, Westerns  No Responses »
Nov 152011
 

cut-throats-nine I can imagine the filmmakers having a meeting before the shoot, before a script is presented. They want to make a western, that has been decided, but the writer is seething with anger. He has probably just gotten through a nasty divorce and is angry. They want a movie without heroes. They want everyone that dies to die in the most brutal way possible and the mood should be uncomfortable and filthy.

Boy did they succeed.

A group of soldiers are on their way to a fort with a number of chained Continue reading »

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Film Review: Kinski & Trintignant Face Off in Corbucci’s Masterpiece,’The Great Silence’ (1968)

 B. Harris, Drama, France, Italy, Spaghetti Westerns, Westerns  No Responses »
Nov 302010
 

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A small, snow-covered mountain town becomes a bloody battleground when a gang of cunning bounty killers are hired to apprehend religious outlaws hiding in the outlying wooded hills. Preferring to bring them in dead rather than alive, Loco the leader of the bounty killers quickly butts heads with the new sheriff concerning the ruthless methods he employs to collect bounties and his disrespectful transportation of bodies.

When a new gunslinger comes into town, Loco and his boys discover that this is no ordinary hired gun but the legendary Silence; a mute gunman with almost supernatural speed and aim. Turns out Continue reading »

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Django (1966)

 Action, B. Harris, Crime, Spaghetti Westerns, Thriller, Westerns  No Responses »
Mar 062008
 

S.E. DVD Release

When it comes to the Spaghetti Western sub-genre most casual fans would probably name Sergio Leone as its main innovator and to be certain the man really made it mainstream and “cool” for American viewing audiences but cult cinema geeks around the world will tell you, Leone is fantastic but there are some greats out there just waiting to be discovered. Do a little digging and you’ll come across some wonderful films. Sure, many were made in the wake of Leone’s classics but that’s Italian cinema for you…love it or leave it. That’s just how exploitation works. Continue reading »

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