Film
I’ve never made peace with this film. I admire it, certainly, as it’s an extremely skilled mood piece that isn’t a parody, tribute or outright rip-off of something else. For all that, though, I’m just not sure DARK WATERS is all that good
Nonfiction
A fast, user-friendly overview of the Italian cannibal film cycle
Film, Video Clip
This, the second entry in Dario Argento’s Three Mothers trilogy, is the most overtly nightmarish film Argento has ever made
Film
Perhaps the ultimate trapped-in-an-elevator movie, a sleazy but staid Italian import that takes place largely inside a broken-down lift holding a dozen people
Film, Video Clip
One of the most remarkable thrillers of recent years, and certainly one of the finest modern Italian films
Film
A trashier-than-average Italian zombie mash from the notorious Umberto Lenzi!
Film, Video Clip
A striking, though imperfect, film from Pupi Avati, one of the Italian horror film industry’s least-known talents
Film, Video Clip
One of the absolute goofiest of the early eighties DAWN OF THE DEAD knock-offs from Italy
Commentary
Held at the L.A. Convention Center’s cavernous west hall on Fangoria magazine’s 30th anniversary, this was said to be the most elaborate and monumental Fangoria Weekend of Horrors yet
Nonfiction
I’ll give this volume, in which author David Konow attempts to chronicle the entire 100-plus year history of horror cinema, points for ambition