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

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Nov 152011

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 »

Film Review: ‘Run! Bitch Run!’ (Revisited – 2009) – They Know Just How to Find You

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May 082011

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The rape/revenge sub-genre is a strange beast, one that has always courted controversy. Movies such as I Spit on Your Grave, Ms.45 and Thriller: They Call Her One Eye, from the 70s and 80s, up to more recent efforts such as Torched or the big budget remake of The Last House on the Left. Are they purely exploitation? Or do they somehow bring a sense of empowerment with the inevitable revenge? Well, that’s not really for me to say, as I think each person takes away something different from each movie they watch. I’ll just try and stick to whether the movie is good or bad, or neither as the case may be.

All that rambling brings me to director Joseph Guzman’s addition to this controversial little corner of cinema. With a title like Run! Bitch Run! it will have Continue reading »

Film Review: Bikers Clash with Hippies in a Bloody Massacre in ‘The Peace Killers’ (1971)

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Dec 142010

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While out gathering supplies for their hippie commune, siblings Jeff and Kristy inadvertently cross paths with a few rowdy members of an outlaw biker gang. These aren’t just any bikers though, they’re members of the infamous Death Row biker gang and Kristy used to be their leader’s old lady!

After narrowly escaping the biker scum, brother and sister head back to the commune where they notify the group that the bikers may indeed come for Kristy and there could be violence. The commune’s leader Alex is determined to maintain their peaceful ways no matter what. That, as one might expect, is exactly the attitude Continue reading »

Film Review: Argentinian Exploitation Shocks with ‘I’ll Never Die Alone’ (No moriré sola – 2008)

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Feb 012010

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Four girls on a long distance drive happen upon a young woman lying nearly dead on the side of the road, shot in the side of the head. Spotting hunters in the distance, and putting two and two together, they decide to drag her off the road and into their car so they can rush her to a hospital. On route to the nearest town, she dies, forcing the girls to change their plans and report the incident to the local police department.

It doesn’t take long before the girls realize they’ve run afoul of more than just a random tragedy, the hunters purposely took aim at the deceased and now they’re looking to silence the girls and keep them from fleeing the town! Continue reading »

Film Review: Hell High (1989)

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Sep 172007

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In this Shriek Show release there is the option to watch the movie with an Intro by Joe Bob Briggs. So me, being the inquisitive sort that I am thought I’d watch it. Big fucking mistake! It all starts off innocently enough, he talks about the movie and the cast and whatnot, then without warning shows every decent scene from the movie. I mean every one. Of course I was not to know that at the time was I? Regardless, a spoiler would have been nice.

However, listening to him talk about the movie I actually began to think that Hell High might be kinda fun. As cheesy as some movies from the 80′s were, there were actually quite a few gems released, and I was hoping that this would be one. I was wrong Continue reading »

Film Review: Night Train Murders (L’ultimo treno della notte – 1975)

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Sep 052007

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Night Train Murders was made shortly after The Last House on the Left, in fact it is sometimes known as New House on the Left, the similarities between the two movies is plain to see on the screen. However, before I get ready to slam this as another shameless European ripoff though, I’ll just remind myself that Last House on the Left was indeed a reworking of Ingmar Bergmans 1960 movie The Virgin Spring. Let’s face it there aren’t many original ideas left.

Night Train Murders is about two friends, Margaret and Lisa, who plan to make the journey from Germany to Italy by train to spend Christmas with Lisa’s parents. However right from the start there is an underlying sense of dread as we also follow the exploits of a couple of petty criminals Blacky and Curly) who mug Continue reading »