(AKA Porthole) I'd say we hit rock bottom with this one, but I actually like rock bottom. Rock bottom is VZ1's favorite place in fact. This... this is something else. A self-important piece-o-shit, that at least the director had the decency to go by Alan Smithee. Perhaps the least enjoyable film ever reviewed on this site.
A Czechsploitation flick about a female psychopath who gets involved with a white slavery operation in, of all places, Vermont.
(Original Title: Scuola di ladri) An unfunny Italian comedy about three losers who are trained to be expert thieves in service of a criminal mastermind.
(Original Title: La settimana al mare) A silly Italian sex comedy featuring Anna Maria Rizzoli and Paola Senatore.
(Original Title: L'insegnante al mare con tutta la classe) Essentially Schoolteacher in the House all over again, but without Fenech or Renzo and it's at a beach... and there's no teacher.
An Italian sex comedy starring Lilli Carati, and the usual suspects (Vitali, Banfi, D'Angelo).
It seems like every country had their own Police Academy type franchise about a ragtag group of misfits in public service. I'm a fan of the Z Brigade films from Argentina, for example. This film is the sequel to I pompieri (1985) and we once again follow the buffoonish exploits of Squadron 17.
(Original title: Le scomunicate di San Valentino) An Italian nunsploitation film starring the great Jenny Tamburi.
(Original Title: Sette scialli di seta gialla) A giallo that checks all the boxes: black gloved killer, fashion models getting naked and offed, a connection to an animal and the color yellow (giallo), and bumbling pointless police detectives.
(AKA Act of Revenge) A woman seeks answers and ultimately revenge for the death of her brother.
(Original Title: La seduzione) I'm no fan of romance films, but the Italians had a knack; delivering plenty of sleaze and over-the-top melodrama with a joyous sincerity.
An Italian film about an older couple who are struggling to keep the flame alive. Things are complicated by swinger friends, a horny son, and a feminist.
(Original Title: Il sorriso della iena) A giallo starring greats Rosalba Neri and Jenny Tamburi. It's your typical murdering-for-inheritance shtick, but with that Italian giallo mojo - cool fashions, groovy music, hyper sexuality, and, of course, wicked violence.
Lucio Fulci produced slasher/giallo which takes place on the set of a horror movie. Various cast and crew are murdered until the unsatisfying end.
