LURID SCREAMS of DEATH: The Giallo Goblin Blog

This is the horror-comedy prequel to the, as-yet un-produced ‘Look Who’s Toxic Too?’ (The venerable Adam Sandler is rumoured to be interested in optioning the material, fingers crossed!)

A youthful Curtis Harrington directs an equally short-toothed, cherubic Dennis Hooper in this atmospheric mermaid yarn. Sailor boy Hooper meets this pretty aquatic bird by the sea shore (LINDA LAWSON), who seems up for it; he falls in love with the watery bint; but is she real or fantasy? (Scorpions reference is, of course,  completely intentional, and is not featured in said production!)

Sleazy Italian western with the ubiquitous Al ‘Zombie’ Cliver.

Creaky British Gothic melodrama from 1978 with a quality cast that, frankly, outshines the rather lacklustre material; that said, I am a total geek for atmospheric, haunted house spookshows, and ‘Dominique’ proved to be wholly entertaining; even though the plot is derivative and the twists might not be as entirely unpredictable as the writer might’ve hoped! The fault is in the hackneyed, uninspired writing, as the direction really is first rate, and the moody lighting is quite exceptional, reminding one of Argento’s bar-raising ‘Suspiria’. For those more unforgiving souls seeking some late night horror hokum, you certainly could do far worse than ‘Dominique’.

A rumbustious Edgar Wallace with all the suitably camp ingredients in place,including yet another killer score from Peter Thomas.

Rare Krimi with the truly delicious Karin Dor and equally handsome Joachim Fuchsberger. As ever, the talented Peter Thomas supplies a suitably jazzy score.  (English language Dub)

A real oddity this; this gonzoid actioner has much to please the more adventurous viewer of US schlock!

Obscure euro-crime with the extremely rugged Howard Ross plus yet another exemplary score from the mighty Luis Bacalov!

Obscure and considerably ribald exorcist parable!

Another late-60’s gem from the maestro Damiani, starring the magnificent Jean Sorel and equally delicious Florinda Bolkan.