Salon: Retro Chic
Hmm, hello. Got some great CD's in the post today thanks to the wonder of ebay. The best of the bunch has to be 'Salon: Retro Chic' a Japanese import featuring loads of tracks from the likes of Guido & Maurizio De Angelis, Ennio Morricone, Stelvio Cipriani, Carlo Savina, Riz Ortolani, Armando Trovaioli, Piero Piccioni and others. There's one track with vocals by Grace Jones that I've never even heard of from the soundtrack of 'Nightmare City'. Nice!
As for stuff we (or rather I) have seen:
'Devil's Kiss' ('La Perversa caricia de Satán' Directed by Georges Gigo 1975)
Utterly, utterly dull film about a clairvoyant Claire Grandier (played by the great Silvia Solar) and a Professor Gruber (Oliver Matthau) who go to live in Grandier's brother-in-law's chateau to experiment on reviving the dead (actually a plot so she can get revenge on the person who caused her grief). They do revive a dead person, who looks like a skinny Tor Johnson with heavy blue eye-shadow and the movie does get off to a good start with a fashion show being held in the chateau - most of the models are very chunky and their dance moves are hilarious, especially the blond woman's. That said, I won't be watching this again in a hurry. Oh and the soundtrack is appalling, when used in between the very long gaps of no dialogue.
'Gamera vs. Gaos' ('Daikaijû kuchu kessan: Gamera tai Gyaosu' Directed by Noriaki Yuasa 1967)
Now this was lots of fun and great to watch on a weekend afternoon. I finally bit the bullet and bought the Japanese DVD, which cost a fortune but was well worth it (I'm no longer buying dodgy bootleg copies). Gamera returns to fight evil bat/bird creature Gaos, who's been awakened from his long slumber thanks to construction workers. There's an annoying boy (again) who knows all about our giant turtle and even gets to ride on his back when Gamera rescues him from the clutches of Gaos's claws - when he does rescue him, he leans against a Ferris wheel so he can escape to safety. My favourite part is when the government trick Gaos into drinking artificial human blood on a spinning platform to make him dizzy (!) cool! I love Gamera films and only wish I could afford one of the few Japanese DVD box-sets on the market, the newest one has such a cool figurine of the turtle hero. Ah well, just have to get the single issues, if and when I'm flush.
There are SO many DVD's out there at the moment that I must have. Italy has released two of the 'Kommissar X' films (featuring my current hero Brad Harris) along with all the 'Three Supermen' movies, but sadly these are all in Italian language, not that that has ever stopped me from buying and watching them - I've just won on ebay two Peplum films in German language only. There's the 'Luciano Ercoli's The Death Box Set', 'The Gardener' with gorgeous Joe Dallesandro (still haven't watched 'Vacanze per un massacro' yet), 'Space Ameoba - Yog' and the forthcoming 'Emilio Miraglia Killer Queen Box Set' (with action figure, how bizarre is that?). And then there's all the issues by Blue Underground of more giallo's (all but one I have already, but will need to get again for better picture quality and extras). Aaarrrggghhhh I need more money!
As for stuff we (or rather I) have seen:
'Devil's Kiss' ('La Perversa caricia de Satán' Directed by Georges Gigo 1975)
Utterly, utterly dull film about a clairvoyant Claire Grandier (played by the great Silvia Solar) and a Professor Gruber (Oliver Matthau) who go to live in Grandier's brother-in-law's chateau to experiment on reviving the dead (actually a plot so she can get revenge on the person who caused her grief). They do revive a dead person, who looks like a skinny Tor Johnson with heavy blue eye-shadow and the movie does get off to a good start with a fashion show being held in the chateau - most of the models are very chunky and their dance moves are hilarious, especially the blond woman's. That said, I won't be watching this again in a hurry. Oh and the soundtrack is appalling, when used in between the very long gaps of no dialogue.
'Gamera vs. Gaos' ('Daikaijû kuchu kessan: Gamera tai Gyaosu' Directed by Noriaki Yuasa 1967)
Now this was lots of fun and great to watch on a weekend afternoon. I finally bit the bullet and bought the Japanese DVD, which cost a fortune but was well worth it (I'm no longer buying dodgy bootleg copies). Gamera returns to fight evil bat/bird creature Gaos, who's been awakened from his long slumber thanks to construction workers. There's an annoying boy (again) who knows all about our giant turtle and even gets to ride on his back when Gamera rescues him from the clutches of Gaos's claws - when he does rescue him, he leans against a Ferris wheel so he can escape to safety. My favourite part is when the government trick Gaos into drinking artificial human blood on a spinning platform to make him dizzy (!) cool! I love Gamera films and only wish I could afford one of the few Japanese DVD box-sets on the market, the newest one has such a cool figurine of the turtle hero. Ah well, just have to get the single issues, if and when I'm flush.
There are SO many DVD's out there at the moment that I must have. Italy has released two of the 'Kommissar X' films (featuring my current hero Brad Harris) along with all the 'Three Supermen' movies, but sadly these are all in Italian language, not that that has ever stopped me from buying and watching them - I've just won on ebay two Peplum films in German language only. There's the 'Luciano Ercoli's The Death Box Set', 'The Gardener' with gorgeous Joe Dallesandro (still haven't watched 'Vacanze per un massacro' yet), 'Space Ameoba - Yog' and the forthcoming 'Emilio Miraglia Killer Queen Box Set' (with action figure, how bizarre is that?). And then there's all the issues by Blue Underground of more giallo's (all but one I have already, but will need to get again for better picture quality and extras). Aaarrrggghhhh I need more money!
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