The naked body of schoolgirl leads the police to a teenage prostitution ring as vice & corruption explode onto the Italian streets in a blaze of machete-wielding fury. When suspects in the case are killed by a mysterious stranger clad in motorbike leathers the police realise that the trail of corruption goes all the way to the top and set their sights on busting the case wide open. But as the body count rises the crash-helmet-wearing motor-psycho colours the mean streets red in a bid to stop them. Massimo Dallamano's masterful hybrid of giallo mystery and piloziotteschi thriller is interwoven with breakneck chase-sequences and a deeply cool soundtrack to create a landmark in 70s European cinema.
The giallo was still finding its feet when A BLACK VEIL FOR LISA came along in 1968, and along with such earlier murder-mysteries as BLACK AND BLOOD LACE (1964) and SO SWEET... SO PERVERSE (1969), this classic outing proved important to the genre that later filmmakers such as Dario Argento and Sergio Martino would helped to define. Featuring an assured leading man turn from the legendary British Oscar winner John Mills (GANDHI), A BLACK VEIL FOR LISA was overseen by the iconic Massimo Dallamano (WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE?) and offers an engrossing tale of sex and assassination as a frustrated detective plans to murder his cheating wife via a hired hand only for the entire plot to become more and more muddled, macabre and messy... Coloured by all number of crafty giallo twists that only the Italian could do during the heyday of Hitchcockian horror, A BLACK VEIL FOR LISA makes it to British BluRay in this outstanding HD transfer from 88 Films!! Extras: Interview with Film Journalist Rachel Nisbet Interview with Film Journalist John Martin
Italian mystery thriller. Married Italian teacher Enrico 'Henry' Rosseni (Fabio Testi) indulges in extramarital affairs with his students. While enjoying an afternoon on a boat with one of them the pair witness a brutal killing mere yards away from them back on the shore. When other female students are targeted, Enrico is highlighted as the main suspect...Based on: The novel by Edgar Wallace Technical Specs: Languages(s): English, ItalianHard of Hearing Subtitles: EnglishSubtitles: EnglishInteractive MenuScreen ratio 1:2.35Mono Extras included: BookletCommentary: Alan Jones, Kim NewmanDocumentaries: 'What Have You Done to Decency?', 'First Action Hero', 'Old School Producer', 'Innocence Lost'Trailers
In the mid-1960s, the runaway success of Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy gave rise to an explosion of similar productions as filmmakers by the dozen sought to capitalize on this new, uniquely Italian take on the western, characterized by their deeply cynical outlook, morally compromised antiheroes and unflinching depictions savage violence. This specially curated selection gathers together four outstanding examples of the genre from the height of its popularity, all centered around a theme of revenge. In Lucio Fulci's (Zombie Flesh Eaters) Massacre Time (1966), Franco Nero (Django) and George Hilton (The Case of the Scorpion's Tail) star as estranged brothers forced to band together against the powerful businessman (Nino Castelnuovo, Strip Nude for Your Killer) and his sadistic son who've seized control of their hometown. In Maurizio Lucidi's (The Sicilian Cross) My Name is Pecos (1966), Robert Woods (Johnny Colt) stars as the eponymous Mexican gunslinger, returning to Houston to settle a long-standing score against the racist gang boss (Pier Paolo Capponi, The Cat O' Nine Tails) who wiped out his entire family. In Massimo Dallamano's (What Have You Done to Solange?) Bandidos (1967), Enrico Maria Salerno (Savage Three) plays a former top marksman who, years after being maimed by a former protégé (Venantino Venantini, City of the Living Dead), teams up with a fresh apprentice (Terry Jenkins, Paint Your Wagon) to get his revenge against the man who betrayed him. Finally, in Antonio Margheriti's (Cannibal Apocalypse) And God Said to Cain (1970), the inimitable Klaus Kinski (Double Face) stars as a man who has spent the last decade in a prison work camp for a crime he didn't commit and who, upon his release, immediately sets out to wreak vengeance on the men who framed him. Featuring a wealth of key Euro cult talent both behind and in front of the camera, Arrow Video is proud to present these four classic westerns in sparkling high definition restorations, three of them produced specially for this release, alongside a plethora of brand new bonus materials. Special Features: High Definition Blu-ray⢠(1080p) presentations of all four films 2K restorations of all four films from the original 35mm camera negatives, with Massacre Time, My Name is Pecos and Bandidos newly restored by Arrow Films for this release Restored lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks Galleries for all four films Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by author and critic Howard Hughes Fold-out double-sided poster featuring newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original artwork and a slipcover featuring newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx DISC 1 MASSACRE TIME Alternate US dub New commentary by authors and critics C. Courtney Joyner and Henry Parke New documentary featuring a new video interview with actor Franco Nero and an archival video interview with actor George Hilton New video interview with film historian Fabio Melelli Italian trailer DISC 2 MY NAME IS PECOS New commentary by actor Robert Woods and C. Courtney Joyner New interview with actor George Eastman New interview with actress Lucia Modugno New documentary featuring a new interview with Fabio Melelli and an archival interview with cinematographer Franco Villa Italian trailer DISC 3 BANDIDOS New commentary by author and critic Kat Ellinger New interview with assistant director Luigi Perelli New interview with actor Gino Barbacane New interview with Fabio Melelli Alternate end title sequence DISC 4 AND GOD SAID TO CAIN New commentary by author and critic Howard Hughes New documentary featuring a new interview with Fabio Melelli and a new audio interview with actress Marcella Michelangeli New interview with actor Antonio Cantafora
Think twice before you hire her.Blue movie blackmail and sexual depravity are at the heart of a wicked scam to manipulate rich, perverted men in this softcore pasta crime classic from Massimo Dallamano, cinematographer on A Fistful of Dollars and director of Giallo favourite What Have You Done To Solange?Italian trash cinema icon Ivan Rassimov is a police inspector working undercover to expose a London escort agency where the frequently naked Stephanie Beacham is being filmed in sexually compromising situations with her moneyed clients. These poor chumps will soon be smuggling drugs across international borders for her and her shadowy associates.Wallow in the sleaze and enjoy the depravity of Super Bitch, a film with all the car chases, murder, sex and moral ambiguity a cult movie fan could possibly want.
You'll need more than an exorcist to save the night child.When a documentarian delves into the dark world of satanic art for a new film, he unearths a disturbing painting that leads him into a world of post-Exorcist Italo-Horror where cursed medallions, possessed children and the overwhelming power of the dark lord converge to create a visually stunning and wildly eccentric exploitation classic from Massimo Dallamano (Venus in Furs, What Have You Done With Solange?)With Italian cult cinema child star Nicoletta Elmi (Who Saw Her Die?, A Bay of Blood) as the motherless, demon-demented daughter and Zombie Flesh Eaters' Richard Johnson as the filmmaker searching for the evil truth, The Night Child is a perfect example of expertly shot, beautifully crafted B-cinema.See a young girl descend into the hellish pit of demonic possession in The Night Child, a textbook example of 70s euro-horror from an Italian exploitation master.
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