Here I was trying to preserve for posterity the sight of Charles Bronson dropping his ice cream bar while simultaneously unholstering his Wildey Magnum to waste that no good Giggler.

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The other day I was at (video retail chain name withheld) near Columbia University. I sold them some cd’s for store credit and then purchased two dvd’s: THE DEVILS, and GOJIRA. What I didn’t realize at the time was that THE DEVILS dvd is a bootleg. I purchased it on the recommendation of a friend, [...]

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God help me, I’ve watched MURDER ROCK all the way through and I even ENJOYED it. I’m not sure I can recommend it to anyone without some pretty hefty reservations. Do you like giallo films? Do you like dance movies (ie, Flashdance, Footloose, etc.)? Have you dreamed of a film that melds these two seemingly [...]

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Here’s a picture from the first meeting of The Italian Horror Appreciation Society, Astoria Queens Chapter. Andy Marino and I are the charter members. The Society was formed a few weeks ago when Andy and I enjoyed a Lucio Fulci double feature: HOUSE OF CLOCKS (highly entertaining and stupid) and CONTRABAND (incomprehensible and ultra-violent).

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Lucio Fulci is undoubtedly one of the most well known horror directors to come out of Italy. In terms of popularity, his only peer is Dario Argento. However, Fulci isn’t regarded with the same respect as Argento. There are a lot of horror fans who believe that Fulci was just a hack who relied on [...]

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