Saturday the 18th
Stuff we've seen so far...
The first seven episodes of the second series of 'Lost' - which has been really brilliant, 'Smallville' and 'Desperate Housewives'.
As for DVD's:
'Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore' ('Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man' Directed by Ruggero Deodato 1976)
Bloody excellent film with two lead roles from gorgeous Ray Lovelock and Marc Porel. Typical Italian crime film but this time with a duo. Cool bike chases, lots of violence and with Euro regular Adolfo Celi as their boss. Oh and Silvia Dionisio ('Andy Warhol's Dracula') as the quick talking secertary, her sister is in it too (Sofia Dionisio) as a nymphomaniac!
DVD comes with an interesting 40 minute long interview with all involved, except Porel, who sadly died in 1983.
'Atragon' ('Kaitei gunkan' Directed by Ishirô Honda 1963)
Ok Toho film about a lost civilisation living under the sea who plan to take over the world, using their powers and their snake monster (Manda - probably my least favourite 'Japanese film' monster, maybe it's because his movement is limited). Still, it was fun. Can't wait to see 'Yog: Monster from Space' - that cuttlefish monster is SO cute.
'Eroticofollia' ('Evil Eye' Directed by Mario Siciliano 1974)
Weird supernatural type giallo. Stars hunky Mexican actor Jorge Rivero as a rich playboy (Peter Crane) who suffers from nightmares that he is killing people, only the murders are real. It was difficult watching this as it was only in dubbed German language with English subtitles and the print is pretty wretched (worst I've ever seen on an X-rated Kult DVD release), lots of jumps and scratches and the soundtrack occasionally goes warped. Anyway, I'd waited quite a while to see this, as I'm a fan of Rivero and it wasn't that bad, there are some cool (bad) scenes: the nasty butler spewing up a frog, cigarette butts dancing in an ashtray, a sinister doctor (Richard Conte), a soundtrack by the genius Stelvio Cipriani (where's the CD?) and you do get to see Jorge topless and in a shower (when he's not wearing some fabulous 70's fashions - loved the floral shirt and the front-split flares!).
The DVD come with two trailers for the film (well, sort of) and a whole bunch of giallo trailers for other releases from X-rated Kult DVD. There is also a cute 3" disc with forty minutes of trailers for their other releases, but I wasn't into most of them.
'Der Rote Kreis' ('The Red Circle' Directed by Jürgen Roland 1960)
I found this Edgar Wallace crime thriller really dull, it put both me and Matt to sleep on the first viewing. The only thing that was good to watch was the icy but fun Renate Ewert as Thalia Drummond. Eddi Arent's character isn't as annoying as usual either. Maybe I wasn't in the mood? I hope the other Edgar Wallace films we have left to watch are more exciting...
The first seven episodes of the second series of 'Lost' - which has been really brilliant, 'Smallville' and 'Desperate Housewives'.
As for DVD's:
'Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore' ('Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man' Directed by Ruggero Deodato 1976)
Bloody excellent film with two lead roles from gorgeous Ray Lovelock and Marc Porel. Typical Italian crime film but this time with a duo. Cool bike chases, lots of violence and with Euro regular Adolfo Celi as their boss. Oh and Silvia Dionisio ('Andy Warhol's Dracula') as the quick talking secertary, her sister is in it too (Sofia Dionisio) as a nymphomaniac!
DVD comes with an interesting 40 minute long interview with all involved, except Porel, who sadly died in 1983.
'Atragon' ('Kaitei gunkan' Directed by Ishirô Honda 1963)
Ok Toho film about a lost civilisation living under the sea who plan to take over the world, using their powers and their snake monster (Manda - probably my least favourite 'Japanese film' monster, maybe it's because his movement is limited). Still, it was fun. Can't wait to see 'Yog: Monster from Space' - that cuttlefish monster is SO cute.
'Eroticofollia' ('Evil Eye' Directed by Mario Siciliano 1974)
Weird supernatural type giallo. Stars hunky Mexican actor Jorge Rivero as a rich playboy (Peter Crane) who suffers from nightmares that he is killing people, only the murders are real. It was difficult watching this as it was only in dubbed German language with English subtitles and the print is pretty wretched (worst I've ever seen on an X-rated Kult DVD release), lots of jumps and scratches and the soundtrack occasionally goes warped. Anyway, I'd waited quite a while to see this, as I'm a fan of Rivero and it wasn't that bad, there are some cool (bad) scenes: the nasty butler spewing up a frog, cigarette butts dancing in an ashtray, a sinister doctor (Richard Conte), a soundtrack by the genius Stelvio Cipriani (where's the CD?) and you do get to see Jorge topless and in a shower (when he's not wearing some fabulous 70's fashions - loved the floral shirt and the front-split flares!).
The DVD come with two trailers for the film (well, sort of) and a whole bunch of giallo trailers for other releases from X-rated Kult DVD. There is also a cute 3" disc with forty minutes of trailers for their other releases, but I wasn't into most of them.
'Der Rote Kreis' ('The Red Circle' Directed by Jürgen Roland 1960)
I found this Edgar Wallace crime thriller really dull, it put both me and Matt to sleep on the first viewing. The only thing that was good to watch was the icy but fun Renate Ewert as Thalia Drummond. Eddi Arent's character isn't as annoying as usual either. Maybe I wasn't in the mood? I hope the other Edgar Wallace films we have left to watch are more exciting...
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