The Blancheville Monster (1963)
Jul 26, 2017Italian Gothic
One of the entries from the Italian Gothic cycle featuring a big decaying castle, lurking disfigured figures, sinister hypnotists and moodily atmospheric black-and-white photography
Alberto de Martino
OK Connery (1967)
May 13, 2025Spy Movie
With the success of the James Bond films in the 1960s, someone had the idea of casting Sean Connery’s younger brother Neil in a spy film
The Antichrist (1974)
Aug 20, 2014Possession and Exorcism Film
An Italian-made ripoff of The Exorcist. Probably the most lavishly produced of all Exorcist ripoffs, this soon slips into lurid shock theatrics. Star Carla Gravina should get full marks for going beyond the call of duty
Holocaust 2000 (1977)
Apr 8, 2002The Anti-Christ
An Italian exploitation copy of The Omen industrialist Kirk Douglas fighting the coming of the Anti-Christ. Here bizarrely enough The Beast manifests as a nuclear power plant
The Pumaman (1980)
Aug 13, 2020Superhero Film
Italian film about a superhero that gains animal powers by putting on a belt. A strong contender for the worst superhero film ever made