A doctor unleashes a nightmare of hypnosis curtailing mad violence on the family of a crippled young woman.
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The Eyes. The penetrating eyes of the seemingly kindly Dr. Orloff glare into Melissa’s very soul as his soothing voice drones on and on. Melissa Comfort (Montserrat Prous) is a crippled young woman living with her wicked witch relatives (Kali Hansa and Loretta Tovar). Melissa is disturbed by recurring dreams of her father (played by director Franco) dying in front of her, dribbling blood onto her nightgown. What she doesn’t realize is that her relatives have a hidden agenda and her relatives aren’t aware of Orloff’s own sinister plans to wipe out the remnants of the Comfort family.

William Berger is well cast as the evil Doctor who controls Melissa with hypnosis and drugs. His presence and Franco’s whistling, haunting score cast a spell over the proceedings which is only broken by the rather abrupt ending. This psychological horror film is deliberately paced but absorbing throughout. There’s no sex or nudity and stylistically it is almost zoom-free, a break from Franco’s other early 1970s sex-horror projects.

Montserrat Prous is a Lina Romay look-alike who is excellent at playing innocent victims of evil plots (cf. 1972’s UN SILENCIO DE TUMBA), one wonders what ever happened to her after her mid-70s association with Franco. In the end, though, this is Berger’s film. All he has to do is walk into a room and our attention is riveted.

The theme of an innocent woman turned into a programmed killer was a familiar one for Franco (see MISS MEURTE, SUCCUBUS, LES CAUCHEMARS NAISSENT LA NUIT, AL OTRO LADO DEL ESPEJO and MIL SEXOS TIENE LA NOCHE for comparison) and this particular film was remade in 1983 as SOLO ANTE EL TERROR with Romay taking over the role of Melissa.

The film’s most atmospheric scene occurs on a mist shrouded road where Melissa murders her loyal butler (Jose Manuel Martin). Franco also uses the exotic vegetation of the Canary Islands locations to maximum effect. Robert Woods and Edmund Purdom are on hand to act out some last minute heroics, and look for Lina in the very small role of Woods’ jealous girlfriend.”

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Language:Spanish
Subtitles:English

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The legendary Franco Nero (Django, The Fifth Cord) stars in the titular role as a half-breed gunfighter who returns from the killing fields of the civil war to find his hometown riddled with the plague, its inhabitants terrorized (with the help of Keoma’s own estranged half-brothers) by tyrannical gang leader Caldwell (Donald O’Brien, Zombie Holocaust). Keoma’s father (Willian Berger, Sartana in the Valley of Death) welcomes his prodigal son’s return, but when Keoma saves a vulnerable pregnant woman (Olga Karlatos, Zombie Flesh Eaters) from Caldwell’s thugs, the stage is set for a violent confrontation. With the help of his father and his friend, the freed slave George (Woody Strode, Spartacus), Keoma prepares to take a savage revenge on Caldwell and his gang.

Arrow’s notes:
• New 2K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Uncompressed mono 1.0 LPCM audio
• Original English and Italian soundtracks, titles and credits
• Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
• New audio commentary by spaghetti western experts C. Courtney Joyner and Henry C. Parke

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Language(s):English
Subtitles:English,Turkish

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A half-breed ex-Union gunfighter attempts to protect his plague-ridden hometown from being overridden by his racist half-brothers and a Confederate tyrant.

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After the civil war’s conclusion, a half-breed returns to his home town only to discover that the ruthless gang is now in control and terrorize the locales.

Keoma was co-written and directed by Enzo G. Castellari, who’s other notable films include Street Law, High Crime and The Inglorious Bastards. Key collaborators on Keoma include cinematographer Aiace Parolin (Seduced and Abandoned, Baba Yaga), composers Guido De Angelis and Maurizio De Angelis (Torso, Alien 2: On Earth) and screenwriter George Eastman (Rabid Dogs, Erotic Nights of the Living Dead).

Like most of his contemporaries Enzo G. Castellari ‘cut his teeth’ as a director working in the Spaghetti western genre. With the first five films that he directed being within this genre, the most notable of these films being, Any Gun Can Play. Years later he would return to the genre three more times, Father Jackleg, Cipolla Colt and Keoma. The latter two were in line with the Spaghetti western / Comedy hybrids that rose to prominence in the early 1970’s, while Keoma is unlike any other Spaghetti western that had come before or since its release.

If just viewed for what is on the surface, Keoma’s plot is fairly routine. And yet the result is something that greatly transcends its anemic plot and one-dimensional characters. Fortunately all the short comings of the plot are quickly forgotten due to the film’s tremendous amount of atmosphere and the way it puts an existential take on this genres familiar themes.

From an action stand point this films does not miss a beat and when compared to other Spaghetti westerns this film is easily near the top when it comes to violent set pieces. As mentioned before there is never a shortage of atmosphere in this film. Whether it be this film’s use of flashback’s and juxtaposition of images, this film’s visuals are pitch perfect throughout. If any area of this film is lacking, that honor would go to this film most unusual score.

Reportedly, this film made up its screenplay while they filmed and while that could have spelled disaster for most films. That is unless those hypothetical films did not have a leading man like ever reliable and charismatic Franco Nero (Django, The Mercenary) in the role of this film’s ‘Jesus Christ’ like protagonist Keoma. Other notable performances include William Berger (Face to Face, Five Dolls for an August Moon) in the role of the man who raised Keoma and Olga Karlatos (Zombie, Murder Rock) in the role of Lisa, a woman who’s befriended by Keoma, after she’s accused of having the plague.

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Language:English, Italian
Subtitles: English

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After a stagecoach is robbed and the passengers murdered, a long and tangled series of surprise attacks a murderous double-crosses leaves the coach’s strongbox in the hands of the killer Lasky. It is up to the legendary hero Sartana to track down the missing money and determine just who is ultimately behind the grisly robberies and killings.

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Language:English, Italian (2 audio tracks)
Subtitles:English (muxed)

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The story brings together a motley crew of characters on an island retreat owned by wealthy industrialist George Stark. Foremost among the guests is Gerry Farrell, a brilliant young inventor who is badly in need of a vacation. While the first night passes uneventfully, Farrell is enraged to discover that Stark, together with several of the other guests, has planned this “getaway” as an opportunity of coercing him into selling his latest invention: a new brand of industrial resin. Stark and his associates are hell-bent on buying the distribution rights, even if it literally means stabbing a few people in the back.

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Language:English, Italian (2 audio tracks)
Subtitles:English (Muxed)

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