KARTEL YUVASI
If you know this film at all it’s as the “Turkish STRAW DOGS,” it being an unauthorized Turkish remake of Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 classic
O ANJO DA NOITE (THE ANGEL OF THE NIGHT)
Brilliantly atmospheric horror from Brazil that prefigures, and very nearly matches, HALLOWEEN and WHEN A STRANGER CALLS in its depiction of a young woman receiving strange phone calls while looking after two children in a secluded mansion
ARREBATO
The absolute last word on visual addiction, ARREBATO is a fascinating Spanish cult film
THE ANGEL AND THE WOMAN
A Canadian art film from the seventies with supernatural overtones, pornographic interludes and a stern message about the downside of free will and the futility of violence…or something
YETI: GIANT OF THE 20th CENTURY
Even the most dedicated bad movie buff will be appalled by this abomination from 1977, but I can’t say it isn’t entertaining
ALUCARDA
Both a guilty pleasure and a skilled work of transgression, this “nunsploitation” movie from Mexico blends artful visuals with pure sleaze
ABBY
Another case of a “lost” film that’s become an extremely sought-after item among horror buffs but, now that it’s finally been unearthed, turns out to be a disappointment
THE PSYCHIC
This restrained seventies-era thriller was one of the final movies made by Italy’s late Lucio Fulci before he gave himself over to gore fests like ZOMBIE and THE BEYOND
PROVIDENCE
Although the ending sucks, this is a fascinating and altogether unique hallucinatory drama by the famed avant-gardist Alain Resnais
PRIVATE PARTS (1972)
Perverse is the word for this freaky 1972 film, the first by the late Paul Bartel