10 Notable Cinematic Depictions of the Inferno
My top 10 Hell-set films
THE EMBALMER
A tricky film, this: a cunning and perverse thriller that takes the guise of, and works best as, a dark character study
PURPLE NOON
The closest the screen has come to properly dramatizing THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY by Patricia Highsmith
John Morghen: 1954-2023
RIP John Morghen, the sultan of 1980s Italian sleaze
AMITYVILLE II: THE POSSESSION
I say this is the best of the AMITYVILLE movies. No, AMITYVILLE II isn’t particularly good, but it is superior to its overrated predecessor and the innumerable follow-ups
IL CASO VALDEMAR
The world’s first gore film
HITCHER IN THE DARK
Gender-swapped Italian rip-offs can be fun, but this HITCHER-inspired Umberto Lenzi thriller isn’t.
SCREAMERS
An Italian made MYSTERIOUS ISLAND-meets THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU-meets THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT trash-fest
STAGE FRIGHT (1987)
A rather important example of 1980s Italosploitation cinema
HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK
After CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST this is the most extreme film ever made by Italy’s Ruggero Deodato