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Torso will be released on 4K Ultra HD on September...
Torso will be released on 4K Ultra HD on September 17 via Arrow Video. Adam Rabalais designed the cover art for the 1973 Italian giallo film; the original poster is on the reverse side. Sergio Martino (All the Colors of the Dark) directs from a script he co-wrote with frequent collaborator Ernesto Gastaldi. Suzy Kendall, Tina Aumont, Luc Merenda, and John Richardson star.
Imprint Films Announces June Titles Including Works From Martin Scorsese, Ryan Gosling, Laura Dern & More Original
Imprint Films has announced six new titles to join the collection on Blu-Ray in June: After Dark: Neo-Noir Cinema Collection Three (1991-2002), Martin Scorsese: Films Of Faith (1988-2016), Secretary (2002), Fresh (1994), The United States Of Leland (2003), and Rambling Rose (1991). These represent six dark modern noirs, three critically acclaimed epics from the world’s greatest living director, a critically acclaimed erotic drama, a gritty crime drama with Samuel L.
Review: Orchestrator of Storms
— by WILLIAM STERR — “Orchestrator of Storms” relates the life and career of the late French director Jean Rollin. While Rollin was a prolific writer, his supreme love was the production of films, almost exclusively in the “le cinema fantastique” genre. As such, his low budget productions featured a great deal of female nudity, vampirism, graphic violence, sex and sadism.
Episode 1: Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! (1965) & Vixen (1968) |...
In this first episode host Kat Ellinger starts her exploration of the chthonic feminine in film, literature and culture, with an in-depth look into Russ Meyer’s iconic films Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! and Vixen.
Ingmar Bergman: Volume 2 Blu-ray review
This is the second of four eight-film Ingmar Bergman Blu-ray box sets released by the BFI. Volumes Three and Four will follow in 2022. Volume One took us up to 1950, and for an account of Bergman’s life and films up to that point, please see my previous review. As I say there, it’s fair to call Bergman a late developer. The last film in Volume One, To Joy, was his eighth as director (of which six were included in the set), and he had also written three features directed by others (two in the set).
Horror Highlights: SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE, NASTY HABITS, REVENGE: THE HORROR CABARET
SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE: "The SYFY modern remake of “Slumber Party Massacre” is set to air on Saturday, October 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT A new contemporary twist-filled reimagining of the 1982 slasher cult classic just in time for Halloween.
Confessions of a Cineslut: Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
Kat Ellinger is the Editor-in-Chief at Diabolique Magazine, and the co-host of their Daughters of Darkness and Hell's Belles podcasts. She has also written for BFI, Senses of Cinema, Fangoria and Scream Magazine, and provided various home video supplements, commentary, liner notes, on camera interviews and audio essays, for a number of companies including Arrow Films, Kino Lorber, Indicator, Second Run and Cult Films.
Confessions of a Cineslut: Daughters of Darkness (1971)
Kat Ellinger is the Editor-in-Chief at Diabolique Magazine, and the co-host of their Daughters of Darkness and Hell's Belles podcasts. She has also written for BFI, Senses of Cinema, Fangoria and Scream Magazine, and provided various home video supplements, commentary, liner notes, on camera interviews and audio essays, for a number of companies including Arrow Films, Kino Lorber, Indicator, Second Run and Cult Films.
Kier-La Janisse Interview
Kat Ellinger is the Editor-in-Chief at Diabolique Magazine, and the co-host of their Daughters of Darkness and Hell's Belles podcasts. She has also written for BFI, Senses of Cinema, Fangoria and Scream Magazine, and provided various home video supplements, commentary, liner notes, on camera interviews and audio essays, for a number of companies including Arrow Films, Kino Lorber, Indicator, Second Run and Cult Films.
Confessions of a Cineslut: Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
I guess I should open up this new feature by explaining the title: Confessions of a Cineslut.Well, maybe not, it’s quite self-explanatory. I am a total slut when it comes to cinema. High, low; old, new: I am completely in love with cinema. I see no divides by margins of taste, era, genre — OK, there are some genres that just don’t speak to me; the Western for example, or Hollywood war films, but even those have exceptions I really enjoy — or country of origin.
Why You Need to Watch... Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole (1951)
The 40s and 50s were particularly cynical times for filmmaker Billy Wilder, as far as his films went at least. Other than that he was riding high, making several of his best features during this period; starting out with his first American film in 1942, The Major and the Minor, he then set about embracing the noir, with the scathing and gut-wrenching, Double Indemnity (1944).
Don't Be Simon: Cinema is for Everyone.
If you’ve ever watched the original series of The Office, the British one, you will probably remember Simon. Simon, the smug little computer nerd IT tech, whose entire sense of self importance is drawn from his ability to speak in useless trivia and facts. If you are into film and frequent any kind of discussion board, anywhere on the net, be it forums, or social media, you have probably met a Simon. Or Simons, because let’s face it, they are everywhere.
The Bloody Chamber: Angela and the Wolf: On Angela Carter’s The Company of Wolves
The Bloody Chamber is a regular column focusing on aspects of fantasy, folklore and fairy tale in Gothic cinema.
Early Bergman: the genius of the angry young man
Stig, the central character of Ingmar Bergman's 1950 film To Joy, is an unexceptional musician who believes himself destined for greatness. When the director of his orchestra, Sönderby, calmly suggests that he should be content with being part of the ensemble, rather than becoming a soloist, Stig replies with anger – he is far too proud to admit his own mediocrity. Frustrated by his lot, he argues bitterly with his wife and takes a mistress.
10 great British films of 1971
At the dawn of the 1970s, the British film industry was going through a tumultuous period. Many producers were struggling to find the outside investment UK productions largely relied on, with fierce competition developing, especially from American independents. Censorship, which had stifled the industry for decades, was loosening its grip, ushering in the age of sex and violence, especially in genre film.
Confessions of a Cineslut: Drugs are Boring, M’kay… And the 90s sucked: On Trainspotting (1996) and Heroin Glamour.
The 90s — sometimes referred to as classic years by anyone who wasn’t old enough to remember them well— was a hollow pit of despair. Well, it was if you happened to be working class. The 80s were all about excess in all forms — driven by the rise of yuppiedom and neoliberal politics — throughout which we witnessed the decade of the ID: big glam metal hair, big coke stash, everyone driven to fuck and consume.
A Tribute to my Brother-in-Arms: Mike "McBeardo" McPadden
I’ve put off writing this for the last couple of days because this has really hit me hard, but this week we lost a very big part of the Diabolique family: Mike “McBeardo” McPadden. To me he wasn’t just another writer, he was one of my closest friends, my creative partner, my brother, a fellow working class upstart in arms, lover of smut, trash, weird and wonderful films and music.
Confessions of a Cineslut: Fantasia 2020 picks.
I am a little late to the party with this one, given the festival ran well over a month ago. The reason for this is I have been busy expanding this column into a wider project for Patreon — you can subscribe here for exclusive writing, videos, and commentary. However I couldn’t let Fantasia 2020 pass by without dedicating at least one edition of Confessions of a Cineslut to it. Not least because the films I saw were so great.
Rawhead Rex (SteelBook)
Overview - Clive Barker's Rawhead Rex crawls out from under its phallic tombstone to curse Blu-ray once again with a brand new SteelBook Blu-ray release from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. Offering the same great transfer and audio mix, this new release offers up two new interviews that were included with Arrow's UK release along with the same previous bonus features.
Confessions of a Cineslut: A New Golden Age for the Woman’s Film?
Portrait of a Lady on Fire. After coming away from Céline Sciamma’s magnificent Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) it got me to thinking about women’s films in general. As a movement, or even a genre in their own right, films made specifically to appeal to women, to tell their stories, have moved in and out of fashion, sometimes maintaining prominence, at others drifting away completely.
Jerry Hopper's 'Naked Alibi' Draws Comparisons to Douglas Sirk's Films
Naked Alibi Jerry Hopper Kino Lorber November 2019 Other Anything with "naked" in the title is likely interesting, and indeed more things should have "naked" in the title, no matter whether it makes sense. Case in point: Jerry Hopper's Naked Alibi (1954). It's a minor B noir from Universal. The new Kino Lorber Blu-ray reveals the film as a tart treat.
The Magnificent Obsession of Michael Reeves (2019)
Learn more More Like This Biography | Drama | Horror 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X A young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch-hunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancée and kills her uncle. Director: Michael Reeves Stars: Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies Horror | Mystery | Thriller 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.9/10 X A successful single mother's carefree sister reappears out of the blue one day to stay with her and her teenage daughter.
Midsommar review: Ari Aster brews a tisane of terror | Sight & Sound
Ari Aster’s debut Hereditary (2018) was a clever ghost story of great freshness and menace. His follow-up is just as charnel but less obviously commercial, and without the attics or ghosts – it’s a daft, hallucinogenic, Ikea folk-horror along the lines of The Wicker Man (1973), as rich, polished and worked as that famous ancient vessel the Gundestrup cauldron.
Holiday On the Buses: A Very British Nightmare.
It’s that time of year again where tradition dictates that British Bank Holiday television will be awash with screenings of Carry On Films, and On the Buses. It’s a bizarre tradition when you think about it given how strange and outdated many of the films seem today. And yet, and I say this without the slightest bit of irony, it’s a tradition I know and love all too well. Today the films have come under heavy criticism for their less than politically correct stance on life.
Heady Entertainment: "Cobra Kai," Cocaine Comedy, and That Sweet "SR3MM" Life
Welcome back to Heady Entertainment, MERRY JANE's weekly guide to just-released movies, books, and music — all fresh, dank, and THC-friendly. In specific, we choose our picks based on how they can enhance your combined consumption of cannabis and entertainment.
The Curious Tale of Psychedelic Alice: Alice in Acidland (1969) and Curious Alice (1971)
The reason why a socially awkward, conservative Anglican Deacon and Oxford mathematician became a leading pop cultural icon in the swinging sixties is one of the most curious stories surrounding Alice in Wonderland.
Nature Found Them Guilty: Lindsay Hallam Discusses Australian Exploitation Cinema and her Miskatonic Horror Institute Talk
We are very proud to announce the first set of students have been selected to attend the full Spring 2017 semester at Miskatonic Insitute of Horror Studies in London as part of the Diabolique Scholarship. The lucky candidates are as follows: Rachel Barker, Richard Powley, Steven Ryder, Ashleigh Mills, Jocelyn McGregor.
Rawhead Rex Blu-ray Review
"But you don't believe in the Devil." "No, I don't believe in the Devil! But something started the rumor." Some movies are simply beyond criticism. Not necessarily because it's the best film ever made, but more because it's so bad it's endlessly entertaining. Such is the case for George Pavlou's 1986 production, Rawhead Rex.
This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (Esta Noite Encarnarei no Teu Cadáver, José Mojica Marins, 1967) • Senses of Cinema
Coffin Joe: cultural icon, counter-cultural statement, sadistic lord of carnival horror. Once seen, rarely forgotten, often underappreciated, Zé do Caixão (Coffin Joe is a loose English translation) was the creation of Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins.
Pussycat Claws Dripping in Honey: The Gothic Heroines of Russ Meyer
When it comes to Gothic cinema, Russ Meyer, King of the Nudie Cuties, pioneer of the American skin flick, is probably the last name that springs to mind. Meyer, who made a name for himself tearing up the American Independent scene, rose to prominence for his pulp styled films during the sixties and seventies; progressively trading on sensationalism and comic book levels of sex and violence as his career moved on.
200 Years of Filthy Creation: Mary Shelley, Horror's Greatest Mother
Two hundred years ago this week, history was made with the birth of that filthiest creation of all, Frankenstein: one of the most influential Gothic and science fiction novels of all time; a book that inspired countless generations of writers, artists and filmmakers to go forth, continuously recycling the myth, under a myriad of grotesque and horrifying guises of their own making.
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Susan Leighton has written for many entertainment sites including 1428 Elm, VHS Revival, Cult Faction, The Queen of Style, TV Series Hub, Heroic Hollywood, That's My E and Crash Palace. She is known for her interviews with genre icons, Bruce Campbell, Joe Lansdale, Joe Bob Briggs, Dee Wallace, Michael Ironside, Jeffrey Combs, Josh Becker, Danny Hicks, Brent Jennings and Alice Krige.
Nasty Habits: The Nunsploitation Collection [4-Disc Blu-ray Box Set]
Skip to content Price Regular price $99.95 $99.95 Sale price$70.00 $70.00 Save 30% / Shipping calculated at checkout. Throughout the ‘70s, Italian filmmakers fired a canon of blasphemy to launch what remains the most controversial genre of all. Partake of its unholy sacrament with these four uncut/uncensored Nunsploitation classics: In Sergio Bergonzelli’s CRISTIANA DEVIL NUN – here in two extreme versions – a born-again nymphomaniac finds pleasures of the flesh in a convent of the damned.
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