Cult Movie Reviews: Lady Morgan’s Vengeance (1965)
Lady Morgan’s Vengeance is a 1965 Italian gothic horror movie directed by Massimo Pupillo. The setting is Scotland. The young Susan Blackhouse (Barbara Nelli) is an heiress who is expected…
So Sweet, So Dead (1972)
So Sweet, So Dead is a 1972 giallo directed and co-written by Roberto Bianchi Montero. The original Italian title was Rivelazioni di un maniaco sessuale al capo della squadra mobile…
Cult Movie Reviews: Angel Cop (1989-94)
Angel Cop is a 1989-94 Japanese anime OVA. It comprises six 30-minute segments. There is some slight cyberpunk flavouring but this does not have the feel of fully-fledged cyberpunk. It…
Cult Movie Reviews: Inquisition (1977)
Inquisition is a 1977 Spanish horror film which belongs very much to the then very popular sub-genre of witch-hunter movies. Inquisition was Paul Naschy’s first film as director although he…
Cult Movie Reviews: Seven (1979)
Seven is a 1979 action-adventure movie directed by Andy Sidaris. The screenplay was based on an original story idea by Sidaris. A major criminal syndicate is aiming to take control…
Cult Movie Reviews: The Vampire Doll (1970)
The Vampire Doll is a 1970 Japanese horror movie, the first in what became known as the Bloodthirsty Trilogy. Kazuhiko Sagawa (Atsuo Nakamura) has been overseas for six months. As…
Monster of the Opera (1964)
Monster of the Opera begins with a very pretty young lady in a semi-transparent nightie, running in terror through a multi-level abandoned building. There are plenty of gothic trappings, moody…
Cult Movie Reviews: Vampire Hunter D (1985)
Vampire Hunter D is a 1985 science fiction/horror anime feature film. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, released in 2000, is rightly regarded as one of the great anime movies and certainly…
The House of Lost Women (1983)
The House of Lost Women (La casa de las mujeres perdidas) was released in 1983 and belongs to Jess Franco’s Golden Films period. With Golden Films he was working on…
The Horrible Dr Hichcock (1962)
Riccardo Freda is generally regarded as one of the lesser Italian genre directors of the 60s and 70s. One reason for this might be that for years his gothic horror…
Cult Movie Reviews: The Voyeur (1994)
The Voyeur (L’uomo che guarda) is a 1994 Tinto Brass movie based (loosely) on Alberto Moravia’s novel. Tinto Brass has had a fascinating career. In the 60s he was being…
Curse of the Voodoo (1965)
Curse of the Voodoo is an obscure 1965 British horror film that turns out to be not at all what you might expect. There is certainly voodoo here but it’s…
Cyber City Oedo 808 (anime OVA, 1990)
Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s Cyber City Oedo 808 is top-tier cyberpunk anime. Criminals recruited as cyber-cops. Lots of paranoia and violent action in a high-tech dystopia. And there are also vampires! Of…
Cult Movie Reviews: Armitage III: Poly-Matrix (1996)
Several things need to be cleared up in regard to Armitage III: Poly-Matrix right from the start. Firstly, despite the title, this is not the third film in a series.…
Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)
Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (Kyuketsuki Gokemidoro), released in 1968, is one of a handful of movies that marked a short-lived and tentative attempt by Japan’s Shochiku studio to tap…
Cult Movie Reviews: Goku Midnight Eye (1989)
Goku Midnight Eye is a 1989 anime OVA directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri and written by Buichi Terasawa (who also wrote the manga). An OVA was similar to a TV mini-series…
The Last Romantic Lover (1978)
The Last Romantic Lover was Just Jaeckin’s fourth feature film. His third film, the superb Madame Claude (1977), had represented a slight change in direction. The Last Romantic Lover (based…
Cult Movie Reviews: Wicked City (1987)
Wicked City is an anime feature from my favourite anime director, Yoshiaki Kawajiri. It has a definite cyberpunk feel but this is not straightforward cyberpunk. It’s cyberpunk combined with supernatural…