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Giuliano Carnimeo's Ratman (1988)
Giuliano Carnimeo's Ratman (1988)
thisisquietcool.blogspot.com — A British scientist living in the Caribbean has high expectations for his latest experiment (maybe a Nobel... prize and international fame and fortune). The scientist has successfully crossbred Rattus norvegicus and Homo sapien to produce the titular character of one of Giuliano Carnimeo's last ... (more) Giuliano Carnimeo's Ratman (1988)
Lucio Fulci's Perversion Story (Una sull'altra) (1969)
Lucio Fulci's Perversion Story (Una sull'altra) (1969)
thisisquietcool.blogspot.com — Dr. George Dumurrier ( Jean Sorel ) runs a medical clinic with his brother, Henry ( Alberto... de Mendoza ), that engages in ambitious research but is failing financially. George's wife, Susan ( Marisa Mell ) has severe asthma which forces her to be home most of the time, usually alone. George ... (more) Lucio Fulci's Perversion Story (Una sull'altra) (1969)
Jess Franco's Sex Is Crazy (El sexo está loco) (1981)
Jess Franco's Sex Is Crazy (El sexo está loco) (1981)
thisisquietcool.blogspot.com — During his interview included on the Severin disc of Macumba Sexual (1983), Jess Franco talks about his... return to his native Spain after making myriad films in other European countries. He intimates that Spanish culture was certainly different in the era after Francisco Franco 's reign ended. ... (more) Jess Franco's Sex Is Crazy (El sexo está loco) (1981)
Jean Rollin's La Vampire Nue (The Nude Vampire) (1969)
Jean Rollin's La Vampire Nue (The Nude Vampire) (1969)
thisisquietcool.blogspot.com — With humility, Jean Rollin speaks of the final sequence of his second film, La vampire nue (1969)... (no spoilers): "Again, the screenings were punctuated by laughter and sarcastic remarks. For me the most painful laughter came during the scene on the beach; on the pebbled shore a vampire ... (more) Jean Rollin's La Vampire Nue (The Nude Vampire) (1969)
Jess Franco's Succubus (Necronomicon) (1968)
Jess Franco's Succubus (Necronomicon) (1968)
thisisquietcool.blogspot.com — Jess Franco 's Succubus (Necronomicon) (1968) has a sensational production history and release. It's original collaborator and... producer, Karl Heinz Mannachen and Adrian Hoven , respectively (the former was visited by Franco with a eight-page script after Franco came up with the film's idea) ... (more) Jess Franco's Succubus (Necronomicon) (1968)
Hal Hartley's The Book of Life (1998)
Hal Hartley's The Book of Life (1998)
thisisquietcool.blogspot.com — The Son of Man ( Martin Donovan ) and Magdalena ( P.J. Harvey ) arrive in New... York City on New Year's Eve 1999, the final evening of humankind. The duo have arrived to open the Book of Life, found in a locker numbered 666 in the form of a Mac powerbook, to facilitate the coming apocalypse as ... (more) Hal Hartley's The Book of Life (1998)
Herman Yau's Laughing Gor-Turning Point (2009)
Herman Yau's Laughing Gor-Turning Point (2009)
thisisquietcool.blogspot.com — Hong Kong cinema has forever changed its image of the undercover cop. John Woo's Hard Boiled (1992)... is my earliest memory: Woo's phenomenal action sequences accompanied by excellent performances by Yun-fat Chow and especially Tony Leung Chiu Wai, as the undercover cop. Leung's representative ... (more) Herman Yau's Laughing Gor-Turning Point (2009)
Fernando Di Leo's Slaughter Hotel (1971)
Fernando Di Leo's Slaughter Hotel (1971)
thisisquietcool.blogspot.com — Under a beautiful purple dark night sky sits the asylum setting of Fernando di Leo's Slaughter Hotel... (1971), his sole contribution to the horror/thriller genre, a genre, perhaps, for which Di Leo had little love. Its opening sequence is a signal: a dark caped figure is prowling outside the ... (more) Fernando Di Leo's Slaughter Hotel (1971)
Chan-wook Park's Thirst (2009)
Chan-wook Park's Thirst (2009)
thisisquietcool.blogspot.com — Father Sang-hyun ( Kang-ho Song ) sits in the confessional and counsels a young nurse who is... thinking of suicide after her boyfriend has dumped her. Sang-hyun tells her three things: he gives her penance, "twenty hail marys,"; seek the help of science by taking anti-depressants; and offers ... (more) Chan-wook Park's Thirst (2009)
Pou-Soi Cheang's Accident (2009)
Pou-Soi Cheang's Accident (2009)
thisisquietcool.blogspot.com — A young woman has a flat tire in the middle of a crowded street in Hong Kong.... The older gentleman behind her is irritated that she won't move her car to the side, so he takes a right turn down another street. The older gentleman inches by a large truck, and its cargo of water splashes onto the ... (more) Pou-Soi Cheang's Accident (2009)
Ruggero Deodato's Raiders of Atlantis (1983)
Ruggero Deodato's Raiders of Atlantis (1983)
thisisquietcool.blogspot.com — Brilliant. Phenomenal. Amazing. These are words that describe Ruggero Deodato's Raiders of Atlantis (1983), and perhaps, I'm... the only one who is using them. Mike ( Christopher Connelly ) and Washington ( Tony King ) are ex-soldiers turned mercenaries. At a Miami mansion, the two perform a ... (more) Ruggero Deodato's Raiders of Atlantis (1983)
Renato Polselli's The Vampire and The Ballerina (1960)
Renato Polselli's The Vampire and The Ballerina (1960)
thisisquietcool.blogspot.com — After milking the cows, a young maiden goes wandering to encounter a sinister vampire! She's bitten and... taken to a villa which houses a troupe of ballerinas. The local farmer who brought the young milk maiden says there's a vampire on the loose, but the Professor ( Pier Ugo Gragnani ) believes ... (more) Renato Polselli's The Vampire and The Ballerina (1960)
Jess Franco's Incubus (2002)
Jess Franco's Incubus (2002)
thisisquietcool.blogspot.com — One of Jess Franco 's few and recent films, Incubus (2002) was produced by One Shot Productions... and released on DVD by Sub Rosa . The 90s and 00s haven't been critically kind to Franco nor have they garnered him any new fans really. Incubus is a low-budget, shot on video, remake of his sublime ... (more) Jess Franco's Incubus (2002)
Andrzej Zulawski's L'amour braque (1985)
Andrzej Zulawski's L'amour braque (1985)
thisisquietcool.blogspot.com — Sophie Marceau's Marie tells Francis Huster's Léo, "Here, with you. It's not like in the movies or... in books, where everything is precise, thought-out, organized with a clear-cut goal. Everthing's chaos, chance, pain, disorder..." These playful lines from within Andrzej Zulawski's L'amour ... (more) Andrzej Zulawski's L'amour braque (1985)
Willard Huyck's Messiah of Evil (1973)
Willard Huyck's Messiah of Evil (1973)
thisisquietcool.blogspot.com — A man is running frantically through a neighborhood (future film director, Walter Hill). A gate is opened... by a young girl which offers the grateful man sanctuary from who or whatever was chasing him. She slits his throat with a straight razor. Point Dune. From a brightly-lit hallway, the ... (more) Willard Huyck's Messiah of Evil (1973)