Aug 29, 2020
Aug 25, 2020
Swap Meet at the Love Shack (1973)
Originally called Liebesmarkt but re-titled for UK and American consumption. This really falls under the Schulmädchen-Report style film where it's comprised of a series of vignettes which are linked to a central framing story. (It doesn't quite have the faux-documentary basis, so maybe doesn't belong in that category.) It stars three prolific German sexploitation actresses: Monica Marc, Britt Corvin and everyone's favorite, Ingrid Steeger.
Aug 23, 2020
Panic Beats (1983)
This film follows Horror from the Tomb (1973) which is one of my favorite horror flicks, and one of the few films to get a 10/10 on VZ1. Ten years after the first film, Alaric De Marnais returns to wreak havoc upon mortals who venture to his ancestral estate.
Aug 21, 2020
Aug 20, 2020
Un macho y sus puchachas (2001)
This is a weird one, however. It's actually a remake of a 1982 film of the same title (and most of the same cast). So, while the "Macho" films usually feature a laundry list of familiar Mexican actresses getting naked; this one just has Diana Herrera for the "old guard" and far inferior.
Aug 19, 2020
Aug 18, 2020
Aug 17, 2020
Rumbera, Caliente (1989)
These Mexican comedies had a weird tendency to mix morality with vulgarity - at least it seems weird compared to traditional American cinema. So, you might have a touching wholesome story worthy of showing to a Sunday school class... but it contains tons of full frontal nudity. It's fucking jarring. This story involves a woman making money to help a group of orphans - and yes there's also gobs of nudity.
Aug 16, 2020
Vermin (1977)
(Original Title: Las alimañas) From Amando de Ossorio, the man who gave us the Blind Dead series, comes a very different type of film involving a suitcase of money. There has to be a name for this type of movie, right? There are so many films about this subject, from No Country for Old Men to Shallow Grave and on and on.
A Male in a Girl's Reformatory (1989)
(Original Title: Un macho en el reformatorio de señoritas) Our third Rojas Macho film. So far, we've covered Un macho en el salón de belleza (1987) and Un macho en la cárcel de mujeres (1986).
To Make It Last, Don't Hurry (1988)
(Original Title: Para que dure no se apure) A Mexican comedy about a sad sack office worker (Manuel 'Flaco' Ibáñez) who falls for one of his boss' conquests.
Aug 14, 2020
Stela's Erotic Vacation (1978)
(Original Title: Las eróticas vacaciones de Stela) Azucena Hernández's first film; a Spanish erotic romp about a girl returning home from boarding school for the Christmas holidays, where she sets the household on fire with her hyperactive libido.
Aug 10, 2020
The Other Side of the Mirror (1973)
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Aug 8, 2020
The New Marilyn (1976)
This is a Spanish take on the Marilyn story. I'm not sure why we had so many films around this time about girls who become sex stars only to crash and burn Marilyn Monroe style. Star 80 (1983) based on Dorothy Stratten; also see "Death of a Centerfold" (1981) TV, Marilyn the Untold Story (1980), etc. Dig a little deeper and you find a tone more movies like Unholy Rollers (1972) which followed the template.
Trauma (1978)
There's been endless talk about the origins of the slasher film; whether it's Black Christmas or a Mario Bava flick, it doesn't matter - it was definitely an American progression of the giallo, with other influences intermixed. The giallos were always a bit too serious, while the slasher was pure entertainment. Trauma, stands right at the nexus in 1978, the year of Halloween, with all manner of gialo tropes (black gloves, etc.) yet it plays out like a slasher - with a backstory, ten-little-indians style killing, and a lack of forced gravitas as the Italian giallos tried so hard to convey. All that's missing is the "cool" boogeyman - instead, director León Klimovsky opts for a Norman Bates scenario. Still, a fun look at the slasher-giallo crossroads.
Aug 6, 2020
Carne apaleada (1978)
Women In Prison (WIP) movies are among the most condemned of any genre, mainly because they simply serve as venues for masochism and gratuitous nudity. This one from Spain, however, actually received critical acclaim. Although it contains all the usual tropes (shower scenes, cat fights, wicked wardens), it also has a compelling story and quality acting.
Aug 5, 2020
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