I love Lenzi's gialli offerings, or at least the one's I have experiences! I still need to see KNIFE OF ICE and A QUIET PLACE TO KILL. SPASMO and EYEBALL are some of my more favorite gialli viewings. Two very stylish yet, odd in nature but still very effective in the payoff!
It's been a long time since I first seen his SO SWEET... SO PERVERSE (1969), was that not just recently issued on DVD again??
I absolutely loved Freda's brilliant I VAMPRI! Now, what was the deal with Bava being uncredited for with this again? I know he had something to do with the overall direction, but what's the full story on that again?
Any opinions about this more recent giallo? I've heard some bad things but when I found it dirt cheap on eBay, I couldn't resist the temptation of picking it up. Figured I need to give some of the more recent horrer/thriller stuff a chance too. Still waiting for it to arrive and I'm not quite sure what to expect of it but at least it has a pretty good cast that includes famous transsexual Eva Robins from TENEBRAE (1982) and the good-looking Elisabetta Rocchietti, who has been cropping up in a lot of horror stuff like THE THREE FACES OF TERROR (2004), DO YOU LIKE HITCHCOCK? (2005) and THE LAST HOUSE IN THE WOODS (2006). Not to mention supporting roles by Florinda Bolkan and Franco Nero! Anyone here seen it?
Interesting looking film out of Italy with Irish/Spanish co-financiers. Directed by Italian SFX man Stefano Bessoni.
In the 1600s, long before the invention of photography, a scientist named Girolamo Fumagalli was obsessed with the idea of reproducing images. He discovered that by killing a victim and removing the victim's eyeballs, it was possible to reproduce on paper the last image imprinted on that person's retinas. He named this technique 'thanatography'. Today, the same kind of gruesome ritual and abominable crime recurs within the walls of an international school of cinema. -imdb.com
Also stars the daughter of Charlie Chapman, Geraldine Chaplin as well as her daughter Oona.
Well, it seems this is yet another Argento flick that is taking a beating in the review department. Even die hard fans are not too pleased with this outing. Anyhow, the PAL R2 DVD is now out via a Polish company that found it important to force the Polish subs!
Looks like this will be getting a UK release first via Arrow Films! I still haven't seen this, it was on my radar during last year's Midnight Madness during the Toronto Film Fest. The disc will be released March 15th..
I'd love to grab this, but for now I'm holding off on the Blu-Ray player for now, too unstable industry right now. Plus, the multi-region player are way too expensive!
REVIEWED BY-STEVE GENIER DIRECTED BY-DARREN WARD CAST-GIOVANNI LOMBRADO RADICE, NICK RENDELL, CHRISTOPHER FOSH, VICTOR D.THORN, HELENA MARTIN, PETER RNIC and STEVEN HUMPHRIES. SOURCE-DVD SCREENER (GIALLO FILMS)
The story of low end enforcer/collector Mitchell Parker who has just been recruited by a larger employer with grander horizons. First though, Mitchell decides that his last job for his former employer would be one that never makes it to his former boss. Something that comes back to haunt Mitchell in a big way, especially when things begin to look up for him.
In grand style, A DAY OF VIOLENCE echos not only some of the more raw and gritty crime films in the last decade out of the UK, but also employs some of the most down and dirty gore as insurance in making sure you don't walk away from this without remembering the ride. That is not all, director Darren Ward brings together a vision direct from the streets, from the very trenches of the going on's in the criminal underworld, entertainment generating the necessary reality and slapping you right in the side of the head. Everything from diabolical criminal action busting at all seams full tilt, to gun crazy shooting from all directions, bringing an end of days gore tsunami and injecting it all into your every senses.
Raw, meaning direction in which there is seemingly no way out other then heading straight for the destruction. Something ADOV's central character Mitchell creates and of course ends up being apart of. Played incredible collective and smooth Nick Rendell. The destructive interaction that is generated from Michell's every interaction, creates the perfect pace for DOV. There is no room for guilt here, once that becomes a realism, your dead.
Now, although his role was a minimum, it certainly is the cause for the outcome of the downfall in which victimizes Mitchell as well as the being the most important arc or plot for ADOV. That being the casting of classic Euro-Cult regular Giovanni Lombrado Radice. Playing the lowlife drug dealing Hopper. Ill regarding life in general, even down to his last seconds of life. Something that is grand in ending, with throat being slashed from ear to ear, the very gore that creates a never ending image engrained for life.
It's all about realism here, from the opening sex scenes to some of the more memorable gore scenes, ADOV simply is nothing to turn your head from, for it's in your own best interests to experience just what crime cinema is all about. You'll never forget what torture is all about, for ADOV awakes you to some of the most down right in your face cinematic realism and ending it with a direct trip to the morgue!
A DAY OF VIOLENCE
The story of low end enforcer/collector Mitchell Parker who has just been recruited by a larger employer with grander horizons. First though, Mitchell decides that his last job for his former employer would be one that never makes it to his former boss. Something that comes back to haunt Mitchell in a big way, especially when things begin to look up for him.
tsunami and injecting it all into your every senses. 
Now, although his role was a minimum, it certainly is the cause for the outcome of the downfall in which victimizes Mitchell as well as the being the most important arc or plot for ADOV. That being the casting of classic Euro-Cult regular Giovanni Lombrado Radice. Playing the lowlife drug dealing Hopper. Ill regarding life in general, even down to his last seconds of life. Something that is grand in ending, with throat being slashed from ear to ear, the very gore that creates a never ending image engrained for life. 
