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!
(2007/USA) REVIEW BY-STEVE GENIER DIRECTED BY-ALEX FERRARI CAST-STEPHAINE MICHAELS, JOSH RANDALL, FRANK RODRIGUEZ and DEREK LATTA. SOURCE- DVDR SCREENER 2007
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(2007/USA) REVIEW BY-STEVE GENIER DIRECTED BY-ALEX FERRARI CAST-STEPHAINE MICHAELS, JOSH RANDALL, FRANK RODRIGUEZ and DEREK LATTA. SOURCE- DVDR SCREENER 2007
It’s a cyn this is only five minutes and change in length, just as things get started, they quickly end or do they? CYN, the latest from the director who brought us the high octane short BROKEN, has yet again brought us another fix and hooked us even more. This time in the form of one deadly female prisoner who is a sharp as a whip and then some. There’s no time to blink, not time to sneeze, no time to turn your head, if you do, some split second, pure adrenalinized action will slap you upside the head and knock you silly leaving you in total limbo. That is not all, sure there is tons going on in this very short feature, but don’t discount the acting either, for there is some great performances here as well. Stephaine Michaels, who plays the not so innocent prisoner captured by two on the edge gun happy captors. Switching from one mode to the other in a matter of seconds, using smart as hell tactics to reverse a situation that would normally have you end up dead to work in more then just her favor. Convincing as hell, down and dirty, worth every second, cause every one in this five minute shorts matters. In any which way, I got a suspicious feeling we haven’t seen the last of Cyn.
Once again Alex’s direction is pretty much flawless, something that leaks out into the film’s visuals and transitions. All are very clean, very quick and full of life. The pace is steady and rightfully so given the fact CYN clocks in just over five minutes. There is no need to pause this to get the popcorn or washroom breaks, it’s all over in a matter of minutes. Still, you can’t picture this being any longer, just the right amount of time to get this in your face point across. Something that was also very apparent in BROKEN as well. We need a full feature from Alex now, these short bursts of energy are too addictive and just a tease for something he is surely more then able to pull off in a longer format.
CYN
It’s a cyn this is only five minutes and change in length, just as things get started, they quickly end or do they? CYN, the latest from the director who brought us the high octane short BROKEN, has yet again brought us another fix and hooked us even more. This time in the form of one deadly female prisoner who is a sharp as a whip and then some. There’s no time to blink, not time to sneeze, no time to turn your head, if you do, some split second, pure adrenalinized action will slap you upside the head and knock you silly leaving you in total limbo. That is not all, sure there is tons going on in this very short feature, but don’t discount the acting either, for there is some great performances here as well. Stephaine Michaels, who plays the not so innocent prisoner captured by two on the edge gun happy captors. Switching from one mode to the other in a matter of seconds, using smart as hell tactics to reverse a situation that would normally have you end up dead to work in more then just her favor. Convincing as hell, down and dirty, worth every second, cause every one in this five minute shorts matters. In any which way, I got a suspicious feeling we haven’t seen the last of Cyn.
