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Knives of the Avenger (I Coltelli del Vendicatore, 1966) Movie Review &Film summary, Cast

Knives of the Avenger begs a mythical origin story involving Mario Bava, a drinking game with Sergio Leone and/or...

A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (Una Lucertola con la Pelle di Donna, 1971)

A former workaday director who debuted with a comedy starring beloved Italian comic Toto, Lucio Fulci began his journey...

Zombie (1979) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

aka Zombi 2; Zombie Flesh EatersEven the title of Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci’s most famous, and infamous, film...

L’Amante del Vampiro (1960) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

aka The Vampire and the BallerinaRiccardo Freda’s I Vampiri (1956) is often credited as the film that kicked off...

Youth (La giovinezza, 2015) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Paolo Sorrentino’s follow-up to his much-acclaimed The Great Beauty (2013), Youth revisits that film’s defining terrain, again depicting ageing...

Hercules vs. Moloch (Ercole contra Molock, 1963) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

An eruption of popularity sparked by Pietro Francisi’s Hercules (1959), starring Steve Reeves, helped make the Italian peplum or...

The Double Hour (La doppia ora, 2009) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

An eerie, engrossing tale of romantic longing, duplicity, and fractured realities, this debut by Giuseppe Capotondi has taken some...

What Are These Strange Drops of Blood Doing on Jennifer’s Body? (Perchéquelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer?, 1972)

aka The Case of the Bloody IrisAn entertaining if not major entry in the early giallo genre stakes, this...

Terrore nello Spazio (Planet of the Vampires, 1965) Movie Review & Filmsummary, Cast

An everlasting icon for the creative genius of Mario Bava, Terrore nello Spazio is an object lesson in making...

Il Divo (2008) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Breakneck-paced exploration of a murk-shrouded subject – contemporary Italian politics, specifically the gnomic eminence gris that is Giulio Andreotti....