Two guys I could not tell apart head to Santa Fe for a shared purpose: a burnin’ yearnin’ to kill its sheriff. That’s because the lawman put one behind bars and stole the other’s wife — both valid reasons for a Western, although no longer (?) for modern day. When they meet horny gunslinger El … Continue reading Guns and Guts (1974)
Puzzle’s title refers to the amnesia of Peter (Luc Merenda, Shoot First… Die Later), a man who recalls nothing about himself eight months after a car accident. Shortly after the film begins, he’s fortunate enough to learn that he: • has a wife named Sara (the splendiferous Senta Berger, Killing Cars) • was a con artist … Continue reading Puzzle (1974)
With movies being a great escape from the grind of daily life, it’s ironic that the global pandemic has kept them off-limits for about a year. Now that we have figured out how to co-exist with the virus — well, some of us, anyway — we can attend an actual theater again! Among our scant few … Continue reading In the Earth (2021)
If there’s one thing I love about the grotty films of Lucio Fulci, it’s no matter how terrible a flick of his might be, there are always one or two vomit-worthy scenes that tend to hellishly elevate the thing above most other horror movies. In Aenigma, there’s plenty to choose from, but I’m going to … Continue reading Aenigma (1987)
Rumored to participate in murderous orgies — and, thus, under suspicion of satanic possession — five nuns are literally crucified by God-fearing town residents in 15th-century Sicily. Meanwhile, in Toronto — oh, and 500 years later — archaeology student Liza (Meg Register, Boxing Helena) makes contact with their souls during a séance, conveniently before she’s about … Continue reading Demonia (1990)