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
PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES
For the most part this 1965 horror/sci fi chiller is every bit as goofy as you might expect, yet worthy nonetheless for the stunning visuals, courtesy of the late, great Mario Bava
QUEENS OF EVIL
An Italian counterculture howler that will appeal to devotees of surreal baloney. It’s a colorful and flamboyant film to be sure, and even fairly enjoyable in its own loopy manner
L’INFERNO
A truly astonishing restoration, this pioneering literary adaptation from 1911, long thought lost, was at last pieced together and exhibited in 2004
THE LAST SHARK
One of the most notorious JAWS rip-offs, an Italian made trash fest marked by uninspired filmmaking and production values to match
LA VENERE D’ILLE
This hour long film, jointly helmed by Mario and Lamberto Bava, is notable as the final directorial credit of the incomparable Mario, and the first for his son Lamberto
RATS–NIGHT OF TERROR
Italian trashola from 1983 that sees sleaze maven Bruno Mattei, a.k.a. Vincent Dawn, take on the popular post-nuke genre with a dash of WILLARD (in the form of mutant rats)
RAT MAN
This Italian slasher movie sucks, but is notable for the title character, an undersized mutant played by Nelson de la Rosa, a.k.a. the World’s Smallest Man
DENTI
This indescribably tripped-out concoction is an unholy mess, but it’s also arrestingly weird
DEMONS
Nothing too deep here: A Pastaland eighties classic with movie theater patrons getting turned into flesh eating demons