In 1979 Ryû Murakami directed the adaption of his best selling novel “Almost Transparent Blue”: Main character Ryū and his small group of young friends are living in a Japanese town with an American air force base, their lives revolve around sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll. The movie depicts the daily monotony of drug-induced hallucinations, vicious acts of violence, overdoses and group sex.
This only ever came out on VHS.Read More »
At first glance, you might dismiss Journey Through the Past as just another sci-fi quickie. Please DON’T do that. This 75-minute, R-rated musical documentary is a probing portrait of rock star Neil Young. The film begins in 1966, when Young was still with Buffalo Springfield, and concludes in “the present”-1972, that is. Also appearing are Neil Young’s faithful companions Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Dewey Martin, David Crosby and Graham Nash. Songs include “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” and “Heart of Gold.” The direction of Journey Through the Past is credited to one “Bernard Shakey”-who also goes by the name of Neil Young ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie GuideRead More »
Alfredo marries Vera, a French girl and they live on his estate in Spain with a butler. Vera dies, and the butler encourages Alfredo’s necrophilia; they pretend that she is still alive. Alfredo decides to return to France, but the butler entombs him, poisons his own sweetheart, and rides off leaving Alfredo to rot in the crypt.Read More »
A gang of pirates rape the two sole survivors of a ship wreck. The violated girls are rescued by the strange inhabitants of a supposedly haunted island, where they are granted supernatural powers to strike revenge against the pirates.Read More »
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Drama depicting rural life in contemporary Afghanistan and the Afghani people’s love for an ancient traditional sport similar to horseback polo.Read More »
Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.Read More »
Desert ants suddenly form a collective intelligence and begin to wage war on the inhabitants. It is up to two scientists and a stray girl they rescue from the ants to destroy them.Read More »
In the XVIII Century, in the countryside of England, the landsman Ralph Gower finds a skull with one eye and fur on the field. He summons the local judge to see his finding but it has disappeared. Meanwhile the local Peter Edmonton brings his fiancée Rosalind Barton to his aunt’s house to marry her on the next day. However during the night Rosalind becomes insane and in the morning she is sent to an asylum and Peter sees a claw that has replaced her hand. Then Peter wakes up with a claw attacking him and he cuts it out, but he finds that he has hacked down his own hand. The local children have a strange behavior under the command of Angel Blake and they rape and kill others. In common, they have a strange fur on their skin. The judge returns from London and concludes that evil has possessed the children. What will he and his search party do?Read More »
Micaela and Marcello are unable to conceive a child, so they decide to adopt their neice Letizia (Franca Gonella), who is at boarding school. Letizia, however, has had some congress with a demon, or is proficient in witchcraft, or is possessed by a vengeful spirit, or all of the above. Using her powers to bewitch men (and women…), Letizia induces the members of the household, including her adoptive parents, their maid, and their servant, into various compromising situations. Then, for some reason, people begin to die. Plot is not the strongest virtue of this film.
You know the drill. Some witchcraft, some psychedelic nonsense, some skin. Voilà. Excellent soundtrack. Enjoy!Read More »