Deadful Melody
Ni Kuang is a legend in the wuxia genre. He has written countless screenplays and novels in the genre, so it’s no wonder that Johnny Lee and Man Choi Lee’s… Read more »
Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation
Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation (1962) was a staple of my childhood. It became a sort of unspoken tradition that this was the movie we’d watch when we got home… Read more »
Conquest
Made during the height of the “Sword & Sorcery” boom, Conquest (1983) is the low budget Italian entry into the genre. It’s a film that has polarized critics and audiences… Read more »
The Legend Of Blood Castle
Ceremonia sangrienta (1973), or The Legend Of Blood Castle, is another horror film in a long standing tradition within the genre of films based upon or inspired by the real… Read more »
Nathalie…
I saw Les Innocentes (2016) when it came out and now having seen Nathalie…(2003) as well I am convinced that writer/director Anne Fontaine deserves more serious attention, at least here… Read more »
Love For An Idiot
Author Jun’ichirō Tanizaki and director Yasuzo Masumura were frequent collaborators in a sense; the latter making a number of films based on the former’s novels, many of which deal with either… Read more »
Candyman
I was too young to see Candyman (1992) when it first came out. I got to know and love Tony Todd in the role of Worf’s brother Kurn on Star… Read more »
La marge
Walerian Borowczyk’s La marge (1976) unites Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro with Emmanuelle star Sylvia Kristel. But this isn’t the typical Euro-erotica that these stars or this director is known for…. Read more »
Zirneklis
Vasilijs Mass’ Zirneklis (1992) feels remarkably like a fairytale film while never truly committing to the genre. Zirneklis (or Spider in english) is packed to the brim with dreamy erotic… Read more »
School In The Crosshairs
After House (1977), School In The Crosshairs (1981) is Nobuhiko Obayashi’s most imitated film. Obayashi directed School In The Crosshairs amidst a flurry of output within the “Lolicon” genre. Each… Read more »
