THE TWENTY DAYS OF TURIN

One of the most interesting translations to appear in some time, this is the first-ever English version of a short novel that was originally published in Italian back in 1977

TV Flashback: I GIOCHI DEL DIAVOLO

The Italian TV miniseries I GIOCHI DEL DIAVOLO: STORIE FANTASTICHE DELL’OTTOCENTO (THE DEVIL’S GAMES: FANTASTIC STORIES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY) consists of six mini-films by varied directors. Each episode runs a little over an hour, and each is based on a 19th Century horror story.

CLOSED CIRCUIT

An Italian made movie theater set murder mystery that gradually morphs into something far stranger and horrific

CEMETERY MAN

An interesting item from director Dario Argento disciple Michele Soavi, who seems to have at last come into his own

CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST

This hugely controversial exploitation epic is easily the best of the Italian cannibal movies of the late seventies and early eighties. It’s also one of the most repellant, disturbing and morally repugnant films ever made

THE WHIP AND THE BODY

One of the strangest and most interesting films made by Mario Bava, a film featuring ahead-of-its-time perversity and the type of visual brilliance for which Bava is renowned