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Italian Horror Movies

Italy has had a significant impact on the horror movie genre with directors such as Lucio Fulci and Dario Argento becoming cult figures in the horror world, famous for long drawn out death scenes, slow detailed gore and excessive bloodletting rather than quick shocks and splatter.

Italian Horror Movies tend to be extremely gory and quite brutal with an insensitivity towards controversial issues unlike their conscious hollywood counterparts, defensless women and cute childern are often the victims of violent deaths and Italian zombies are often more decayed and deformed than the zombies you may be used to.

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Adam Chaplin

Nothing can prepare you for this extreme fight.

Posted on 28 January 2013 by

Pazuzu Iscariot

From the outset it is apparent that Adam Chaplin is not going to be a run of the mill Italian independent horror movie. The blood flows in torrents within seconds of the film starting and doesn't really relent for the duration. The style seems very much influenced by the Japanese splatter genre of recent years, seemingly inspired by the works of Ma... Click to read more "Adam Chaplin"

Anthropophagus

It's not fear that tears you apart... It's HIM!

Posted on 06 August 2012 by

Pazuzu Iscariot

Between directing Blue Erotic Climax and Porno Esotic Love, prolific filmmaker Joe D'Amato took a break from his sleazy pornographic exploits and directed his first non-erotic horror Anthropophagus. Also known as Grim Reaper, Man-Eater and The Beast among a multitude of other names (as is quite common for cheap Italian horror), Anthropophagus was d... Click to read more "Anthropophagus"

Night Train Murders

The windows look out onto hell... a view that will take your breath away... permanently!

Posted on 15 March 2011 by

Hellbound Heart

I have to say that about halfway through this film I was ready dismiss it as rather longwinded and aimless: not only does Night Train Murders (aka Don't Ride on Late Night Trains or L'ultimo treno della notte) manage to claw its way back, but I ended up being rather impressed by this low-key example of exploitation fare which plays its cards very c... Click to read more "Night Train Murders"

New York Ripper

"The duck became a sort of outside avenger..."

Posted on 11 September 2010 by

Hellbound Heart

Ah, Lucio Fulci. He stopped making sex comedies just in time for his now-legendary forays into horror to get him banned in the UK. Mr. Fulci has the dubious honour of three of his films - The Beyond, The House by the Cemetery and Zombie - appearing on the infamous video nasties list of '84, a list dominated, incidentally, by his countrymen. New Yor... Click to read more "New York Ripper"

Macabre (Macabro) AKA Frozen Terror

Once she kept a lover on the side. But that's nothing compared to what she's keeping in the freezer.

Posted on 15 August 2010 by

Pazuzu Iscariot

Lamberto Bava's directorial debut, Macabre (Macabro) AKA Frozen Terror, is a beautiful romance story about illicit love affairs, unrequited devotion, tragedy, child murder, child murderers, necrophilia, and blind people dropping the soap. It would be impossible to do this work of perverse sinister art justice without giving away the surprise so if ... Click to read more "Macabre (Macabro) AKA Frozen Terror"

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Dario Argento: The Three Mothers

Dario Argento's Three Mothers Trilogy

Posted on 26 July 2007 by

Pazuzu Iscariot

Dario Argento (born September 17, 1940) is an Italian movie producer, director and screenwriter famous (among other things) for his graphic horror movies and is considered a great influence on the horror and slasher movies that have followed his work.His distinct style of directing stands out due to his attention to the artistic factors in a movie,... Click to read more "Dario Argento: The Three Mothers"

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