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Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Despite being nearly 50 years old, this film still manages to exude the delicious aroma of dread and foreboding, with more dead bodies popping up than your most modern teen slasher.  The documentary, flashback style opener sets the scene of what we can expect.  Then we dive straight in to the subtle atmosphere of something coming…

Straight to the local pub we go, which is almost identical to that of the one in American Werewolf in London.  And the warnings are to same too.  Silly, superstitious, village folk are told to pull themselves together after putting the wind up the posh visitors.  The local minister even warns them to stay away from “the castle” if they really must go walking alone.  

Anyway, the posh holidaymakers ignore all the warnings and set off.  But after being abandoned by their frightened horseman, they are forced to continue on foot and are led to the castle and ultimately, their doom.  It seems someone has been expecting them!

Even though the blood gushes out of their necks like ketchup out of a bottle you can still appreciate the grizzly scene.  Although the silence manages to be deafening and palpable, the music is almost hypnotic.  So not only are the protagonists put under a trance but the viewer gets to experience the helplessness of being under the Count’s spell, just as he shields his victim’s modesty with his cloak, right before sinking his teeth in to their young nubile flesh.  Awesome.

This film can be found in the Ultimate Hammer Collection boxed set.

Scare Sarah

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The Nanny

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

At the start of this film I could’ve been fooled in to thinking I was watching a rather odd version of Mary Poppins.  One with Bette Davis happily meandering through a children’s playground.  She arrives just in time to hear James Villiers’ character telling Wendy Craig to pull herself together and put some make up on!  Not many film intros get better than that.

Nanny looks after a vile little boy called Joey who has just been release from a hospital for disturbed children, where he was sent after the mysterious death of his sister.  Joey seems to have to take a dislike to middle aged women.  Personally I don’t see what is wrong with pretending to be dead for a joke but these poor women obviously do.  Fair enough.  Joey also manages to manipulate his already emotionally fragile mother.  It is then we realise Nanny is there to look after her and not little Joey.  Only trouble is, her idea of looking after someone isn’t what Mary Poppins would recommend.

Bette Davis does an amazingly effortless job of freaking me out with her sing-song voice.  The more normal she tries to make Nanny, the more frightening she becomes.  The script is priceless, “I suppose you think it’s clever to poison your mummy?” and “suppose you die in the night?”

Beautifully produced with magical timing, not a beat out of place.  The black and white finish has a modern before it’s time feel.  Surprisingly, yet another overlooked Hammer production.  This suspenseful story of tragedy and trust (or mistrust) is a film that will play on my mind for some time to come.

You can find The Nanny in the Ultimate Hammer Collection boxed set.

Scare Sarah

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Fear In The Night

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

Another product from the Hammer studios that deserves far more views than I think it ever got. Shocking scenes of comeuppance and swearing abound, perhaps it was a little too dark for the usual crowd.  This little slow burner has a film noir, stylish crime thriller feel about it.

Gentle Peggy is recovering from a nervous breakdown.  Between her visits to a therapist she meets a teacher called Bob.  They marry and intend to move from London and live in the grounds of the boy’s school where Bob teaches in the country.

As with all Hammer films of this type, life for our girl is hunky dory.  A little too good though.  She is just getting her bags packed for her new life when she is attacked by a mysterious one armed man who slips in through the bathroom window.  In the struggle his prosthetic arm falls to the floor as she faints from the shock next to it.  Upon waking, all evidence of the attack has disappeared, casting serious doubt over her sanity.

Off to the country they go anyway.  Her new husband obviously not fussed that she could still be a crazy as he thinks he has landed on his feet.  At the school Peter Cushing is introduced as Michael the Headmaster.  While showing Peggy around he insists her hair would look prettier if she removed the scarf from it, which he helpfully does for her.  While her back is turned we see Michael having to force his gloved fingers to move, and in doing so tugs at her hair.  Such an uncomfortable scene; you can feel the awkward unpleasantness of an older man being over-familiar with a young girl.  Joan Collins’ flirty character, Molly,  drops several sexual innuendos towards Peggy, which makes for a highly entertaining sub-plot.

With what we know of Peggy’s history, it is difficult to tell who is right and who is wrong, who to trust.  This film is a perfect study of what people are capable of doing to keep the status quo.  Is confessing all or hammering your point home really going to get you what you want?  Or is biding your time and minipulating those around you a better plan?  Well I know which option I’d go for.

This film is available in the Hammer Horror Collection boxed set.

Scare Sarah

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Straight On Till Morning

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Plain, innocent Brenda is bored with her life and decides to head off to London to get herself pregnant!  She soon gets a job in a shop and through a tragic sequence of events she crosses paths with hansom Peter.  Thinking he could be her prince charming with his blonde hair and cherub-like features, but we the viewer know better.  We get to see what he is capable of from the offset.  You see, Peter likes to play games.

She confesses to him her intentions of having a baby and seeing her naivety, he agrees to help.  He does have certain conditions though, she must move in, cook and clean for him and change her name to Wendy.  He is able to control his murderous ways around her because she isn’t beautiful. Fine for her until she tries to pretty herself up a bit.  Personally I think she looks more like a man in drag but no matter

Lulled in to a false sense of security with the cheerful music, we are privy to Peter’s inner thoughts as all background noise falls silent.

It’s a real treat to see late 1970’s London in this way; bright, colourful and vibrant, still fresh from psychedelia.  And it’s one of the first Hammer films to move away from their traditional signature.

Straight on till Morning is one of those films that manages to sneak up on you.  You think you know what you’re getting; a fun scary romp with a psychotic.  Then what happens is you’re forced in to the mind of the killer and are made to take on his conscience, his guilt.  One to see before you die, for sure.  You think you know Hammer?  Well you don’t!

You’ll find this film in the Ultimate Hammer Collection box set.

Scare Sarah

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THE STUFF

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

1985 A Larco Production

    The Stuff is an addictive desert that is taking the country by storm. That is until little Jason (Scott Bloom), and a group of ‘good guys’, discover that it has a life of its own. Will they stop the production of this white and gooey evil substance before it takes over the entire country?

    No matter how much I try to like this film I just can’t. Just because it was made in the 1980’s doesn’t make it good, and the cheese factor in this is just so damn high that it stinks like cheddar that has been left out for a month. It’s a damn shame because I really do like the premise of it.

    The Stuff is written by Larry Cohen and while I find the idea behind the movie to be pretty original the screenplay definitely has some issues. For instance, why wouldn’t anybody know where The Stuff comes from. I mean it wouldn’t take that much of an effort to find that out would it? I realise I’m being rather logical but that really bothered me. Also, wouldn’t have a lot of other people besides Jason notice that The Stuff is alive? If it’s moving about in his fridge shouldn’t it being doing the boogie in others as well? One thing that I do notice while watching ths is that The Stuff can be either frozen, refrigerated or simply put up on a shelf, so I give Cohen some credit for thinking up such a very versatile desert. The final part of the film that features Colonel Spears (Paul Sorvino) really makes little sense at all since he is living in a ‘csatle’ surrounded by his troops. I had no idea that feudalism was alive and well in this country, why didn’t anybody tell me? It’s like Cohen didn’t know what direction to take this film into and attempted to add some 1950’s sci-fi movie camp.

    Larry Cohen is also in the directors chair and I have got to say that some of the worst ‘blue screen’ effects I have ever seen are in this film. When we are shown where The Stuff actually comes from it is really obvious that what we are being shown is some bubbling yogurt superimposed inside a rock quarry. I don’t expect this film to have high quality effects but as least they could have tried a little harder or something. When The Stuff explodes out of people it’s kind of cool, but then again you have some really fake looking models being used. Then there is the whole problem of how the film is cut. One moment we are being shown a room full of The Stuff and the next somebody is suddenly being attacked by their own dog. There are many more cuts that really make no sense whatsoever that are sure to astound and confuse the hell out of you.

    The major problem in this is the acting. It can be quite abysmal as is the case with Michael Moriarty who plays industrial spy Mo Rutherford. He used to star in Law And Order and used to have the reputation of being a total drunk so that may be what is happening in this film. He seems to be saying his lines without any feeling and kind of stumbles through the film not so much acting as just being on the screen. I have a feeling he was broke when offered this and didn’t even consider trying to act in it. Paul Sorvino is actually a good actor so I don’t know what the heck he is doing in this film. He was on Law And Order around the same time as Moriarty so maybe there is some sort of Law And Order conspiracy going on that I have yet to discover.

    If you like bad 80’s horror flicks then The Stuff will be right up you’re alley, but if you don’t then Bloofer Lady suggests staying away from this.

Bloofer Lady
Horror Crypt

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DO YOU LIKE HITCHCOCK?

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

    Film student Giulio (Elio Germano) becomes suspicious of his beautiful neighbor Sasha (Elisabetta Roccetti) of being involved in her mother’s death when he realizes how closely the whole situation resembles the plot of the Hitchcock film Strangers On A Train, and his curiosity may be the death of him.

    This isn’t Dario Argento’s worst film but it isn’t his best either. In fact it’s not even a film it’s a made for TV movie.There are definitely problems with the screenplay as to why certain characters behave the way they do since it can defy all logic at times and certain parts of the film, such as the very beginning, really make no sense at all. You can figure out pretty early on who is the murderer so there really is no surprise at the end despite Argento trying to make us take a different path. So, if you are looking fo a mystery in which you can’t guess the ending at all then this probably won’t be the film for you to watch.

    Dario Argento and Franco Ferrini, who have collaborated many times before in such films as The Church and Opera, direct this. Unlike those two films though this one falls a bit flat in the originality department. it’s quite obvious that this film is a tribute to Hitchcock and it contains elements from Strangers On A Train, Dial M For Murder and Rear Window. Some of those elements though made the lead character Giulio seem kind of creepy. Not only does he spy on his neighbors with binoculars he likes to stare at his half naked female neighbors quite diligently. Do Italian women like to parade half naked in front of their open windows or is this just something that happens in this movie? Anyway, instead of Giulio being sympathetic he really comes across as a stalker because he is spying on and following about the two women who he suspects of the mother’s murder. The other main problem I have with this film is that certain actions of the characters don’t make sense at all. Arianna (Cristina Brondo) puts her life in danger in order to catch the murderess in the act? I realise that it’s a homage to Grace Kelly in Rear Window, but I don’t think the Kelly’s character in that film would have done something so stupid. Then there is the whole first scene. I understand that it connects Giulio’s present behaviour to that of when he was a child, but what he witnesses makes no damn sense! After watching Mother Of Tears, and seeing Argento’s portrayal of witches in that film, I’m guessing that’s what the women he see’s slaughtering a chicken are supposed to be. Who the hell knows though!

    Do You like Hitchcock is of course directed by Dario Argento and while it is not in the style of his best films it looks perfectly acceptable. I sense from watching this though that Argento’s directorial style has become more and more lazy throughout the years, so if you are looking for something totally original when it comes to that in this film you aren’t going to see it. For some reason he has a real fixation on door locks in this. I mean seriously, he shows us closeups of lock mechanisms locking and unlocking several times. I think the best filmed scene in this is when Giulio is making a quick getaway from being caught spying on some people and he stumbles about with his scooter in the rain. Even though it looks really nice, with all the rain and thunder, just the fact that he is trying to start his scooter while dragging his broken leg behind him is kind of funny I’ll admit. It might have to do with the dubbing though because the moans and groans sound really fake and almost sexual. I also like that the building where the murder occurs has an outside staircase that it surrounded bya glass structure. Seeing various characters go up and down them is kind of voyeuristic. Since there is only one murder, and another death, in this film it really doesn’t have that much blood and guts in it.

    Elio Germano is okay as Giulio but I feel that his performance can be a bit over dramatic at times, especially when the character interacts with the mother played by Elena Maria Bellini. My goodness is that woman annoying! If I had a mother like that I would move to the other side of the country and lose her phone number! There is no way in hell that an actress could think that such over reaction type acting can be a good thing so I am partially blaming Argento for this performance. I think he wants her to act like a loving mother but she comes across like a smothering ‘helicopter’ type parent. Then there is Giulio’s girlfriend, Arianna (Cristina Brondo), who is also annoying as all hell. Do you see a pattern here? Almost every single character in this film is annoying and the actors pretty much all overact except for Chiara Conti who plays Federica. I really like her because she plays the role calmly and more believably, which actually makes you feel quite sorry for her and the awful situation she finds herself in.

    If you love Argento’s earlier films you’ll be disappointed by this, but on the other hand if you think that The Card Player and Mother Of Tears are awful then you’ll probably like this. Bloofer Lady thinks it’s okay but is still disappointed that Argento has become complacent with just being average.

You can buy Do You Like Hitchcock?

Bloofer Lady
Horror Crypt

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30 Days of Night

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

It’s a proven fact that I hate anything and everything having to do with the snow. So pretty much any horror movie set in a cold environment becomes about 10 times more frightening to me (No I still haven’t seen Frozen). So why anyone would want to live in a barren snow village and stay there for the 30 days out of the year that the sun doesn’t rise is beyond me. Although, having made it my civil duty to watch movies and tell you exactly how I feel about them, I bucked up, put on a coat and settled in for a viewing of 30 Days of Night. You can thank and commend me later.

Based on the comic book series or graphic novel as the kids call them, 30 Days of Night is about the town of Barrow Alaska, which readies itself every year for it’s annual “30 Days of Night” in which the sun is absent for an entire month. If you were thinking gee that would be the perfect time for a pack of wild vampires to strike, you would be right! It’s not long before strange things start to happen, cell phones are destroyed, sled dogs slaughtered, and human heads are skewered on sticks! The sheriff in town Eben Oleson (Josh Hartnett) and his fire marshal wife Stella (Melissa George) whom he is separated from, band together with the rest of the town in hopes of escaping a brutal clan of other worldly vampires. Will they be able to survive for a month? Or will they all fall victim to those scary toothed gross vampires?

First off- the atmosphere in this movie is pretty incredible. If you want cold and hopeless darkness, this movie delivers 100%. It even feels like the pages of a comic book in some regards. The snow and the very idea that these people are cut off from civilization for the next month is excruciating, whether you despise the cold or not. You can literally just feel the cold and the fear, which I believe is the film’s biggest strength.

The vampires are pretty terrifying. I remember when this trailer first came out and I would cringe in fear when that one bald vampire would say “No God.” and shake his head and look at the woman with this black button, lifeless, doll eyes. Dare I say that trailer was a bit scarier than that actual part- but regardless these vampires are pretty horrifying. It’s certainly a trip back to the lovely days of Nosferatu, where vampires were dead, disgusting, and loving it. They weren’t these magically suave heart breakers with an appetite for sex and blood. They were just gross and scary. Period. I loved the black eyes, the unconventional teeth (absent are the typical enlarged fangs) and even the different language they spoke. Sure it’s a little Middle Earth, but it still presents the vampires as completely foreign entities and like I said, other worldly demons.

One sort of downside with the vampires was that they made their presence known a bit too fast. I would have liked to see them not reveal themselves so suddenly, and all in one pack. It’d be nice to have them be a bit illustrious, or hidden- that way their final reveal would be all the more terrifying. I suppose people just love jumping the gun though.

Another downside would be that the movie kind of starts to drag at some point. We find our main characters huddled up inside an attic and hiding from the vampires, but from there where can we really go? We wait diligently to see each survivor picked off in some way shape or form- but it is vital to the suspense of the film, or just killing time until the ultimate show down at the end?

Speaking of showdowns, the ending is pretty surprising….and also partially stupid. I’m not sure I entirely agree with the drastic measures that are taken, nor do I think that it was necessary (there had to have been an easier way) but I suppose it was somewhat exciting. The ending gives you heart break, and the movie fills you with fear and bitter coldness. All in all, a pretty solid addition into the vampire legacy, that I was pleasantly surprised to see. Sure the vampires sort of lose their scary appeal halfway through, but the characters are somewhat likable, and the carnage is lovely. My only major beef is that the dogs get killed! Waaah! Oh and a Granny who likes smoking pot. Waaaah!

Buy 30 Days of Night at Horror Movie Empire

Andre Dumas

The Horror Digest

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13 Seconds

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Indie horror movies are like a thorn in my side right now. Sure now and again we’ll find something that is amazing–like Ink perhaps, but going back and watching these awful movies really makes me value crappy B-movie sequels and possibly even….The Twilight Saga. But in all honesty, as the old adage goes–just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should. Just because you have a video camera, does not make you a director. And unfortunately horror movies may get the worst of that- since most people think all you need for a horror movies is blood. (Good acting? Psssah!) This results in grade F movies, also known as the most painful and agonizing hour and 30 minutes of my life.

13 Seconds is about an annoying rock group who decides to record their new album in an abandoned school kind of place. Soon bad things start happening and people die. That’s about all I got out of it anyways.

I will say that there a few surprisingly creepy images delivered from time to time. Things like bald albino demons, dead bodies in body bags, and really spindly thin Nosferatu fingers creeping out from underneath beds. Things like this may have been the only redeeming factor- although the movie was just so awful in the rest of it that I could not for the life of me keep my eyes open.

Here is what is so atrocious. The acting and writing are some of the worst I have ever seen in my entire life. Lines are uttered that are so unnatural and so laughably bad it’s a wonder the entire crew didn’t walk out the minute they read the script. How this movie got distributed to places like Blockbuster, we’ll never know. Horrible lines followed by even worse standardized close ups, make for a constant cringe effect from the viewers.

Next, the music is the same few notes plunked out by what is no doubt some kind of Casio keyboard that try to elicit a creepy vibe. Repetitive and badly done keyboard music does not elicit creepiness–only death in the form of headache. People get killed for no good reason, we lose track of which character is the fat guy—because there are 10 of them. And I’m sorry but I can’t take a lead character seriously if it’s a dude wearing a skirt. It’s not punk rock to me it’s called embarrassment.

Finally one of the greatest laugh out loud moments comes in the form of something the Netflix description said, “After the band finds a series of gruesome artwork…”. Hmmmm gruesome eh? I must admit my interest was temporarily peaked. That is until said gruesome pictures were revealed, and our main girl said and I quote, “Wow. That is pretty gruesome” Pan to “gruesome picture” a photograph of one of the characters super imposed on a badly drawn canvas of “demon” arms. Soooo gruesome you guys.

So if you haven’t figured it out stay far away from this. Despite the few instances of creepy images, nothing can save this abomination of a movie from holding a place in my worst movies ever list.

Andre Dumas

The Horror Digest

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HOUSE OF MORTAL SIN (AKA THE CONFESSIONAL)

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

1976 Pete Walker Production

    Jenny (Susan Penhaligon) goes to a Catholic church to look for Father Bernard (Norman Eshley), an old friend she had just been reunited with. While there she goes to the confessional where insane priest Father Xavier (Anthony Sharp) becomes obsessed with her and a whole series of events lead to a ghastly end.

    The House Of Mortal Sin is a really strange film, but I like it. There is nothing like seeing a Catholic priest going about doing insane things, let me tell you! Some of the actions of the characters don’t make much sense and some of the direction is weak, but it is a good time. As with other Pete Walker films it is shocking on purpose and strives to disturb the viewer.

    The screenplay for this film is by Pete Walker and David McGillivray who also collaborated on the films House Of Whipcord and Frightmare, so if you have seen either of those two movies you pretty much know what you are in for. I really do like the idea of a mad priest being a total fanatical maniac, but if he has been this way long before this film even takes place then why hadn’t he been thrown in a mental institution by then? I guess you can get away with a lot of things if you are part of the Catholic Church, right? The reason why Father Xavier becomes obsessed with Jenny and his actions at the very end of the film don’t really make much sense to me. What he tells his housekeeper Miss Brabazon (Sheila Keith) during this pivotal point is either a total lie or he goes even more nuts than he is already. Considering how mad he is in the first place I don’t know how the character goes about without drooling and laughing maniacally. The way that people are killed in this film are pretty funny, I mean how many times to you get to see somebody get murdered by a swinging incense burner, or by a poisoned communion wafer? I’m really suprsied that Walker and McGillivray didn’t get a lot of flack for all of the anti-Catholic sentment in this film, because it’s kind of easy to tell that they were sort of aiming for that.

    Of course, Pete Walker directed this and as usual there are some useless closeups and some cuts that make no sense. I think that is part of the charm of his films though, because they are usually not entirely badly made so the flaws can be cancelled out by something else. In this case I think the death scenes are probably the best filmed. He really focuses on the character’s face while they are dying which could turn into a comical type of thing but it doesn’t. Okay, being chocked by a string of rosary beads is kind of funny in a macabre way, but the look on the victim’s face is actually quite disturbing and blood trickles from the corner of their mouth. This makes me wonder if you can actually do that, because wouldn’t the beads themselves break? Then there is a scene in which a character has boiling coffee thrown into their face and blood flows from between their fingers as they cover themselves in pain. I have been wondering if the blood is coming from the eyes or nose, but no matter it looks quite gruesome!

    Father Xavier is played quite deftly by Anthony Sharp who may look familiar because he was in a ton of BBC productions. He actually makes the character kind of sympathetic through the way he plays him, and it really creeps me out how lecherous he is. Sharp may look like some sort of typical English country gentleman but he plays the sexually repressed preist rather well! Both Stephanie Beacham and Susan Penhaligon who play sisters Vanessa and Jenny seem a little weak but I think it’s because of the way their characters are written. Beacham is usually pretty good in the horror films she has been in so I am just going to consider her whole part in this a fluke. I don’t think she really knew whether to play the character seriously or more hip. Lastly I would like to mention Sheila Keith’s turn as Miss Brabazon. No matter what part this woman plays she freaks the crap out of me. I don’t know whether it’s because of her physical appearance or her gestures or what, but she always creeps me out. That’s a very good thing!

    If you like English horror films this one is worth watching and it may even cause you to watch even more Pete Walker films. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

You can buy House Of Mortal Sin at Horror Movie Empire.

Bloofer Lady
Horror Crypt

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DELIRIUM: PHOTO OF GIOIA

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

    Gioia (Serena Grandi) is an ex-model turned girlie magazine owner who seems to be the focus of attention when it comes to some gruesome murders happening to those around her. Is she going to be next or will the sadist be killed and stopped in time?

    Delirium is a pretty gosh darn good giallo and has plenty of boobies and gore to keep the attention of people with some really bad cases of ADD. The screenplay itself isn’t bad and I while watching it I couldn’t quite guess who the murderer was until towards the very end. I generally like Lamberto Bava’s films and this one is no different.

    The screenplay is written by Gianfranco Clerico and Daniele Stroppa and it has enough twists and turns to make it interesting, plus some really oddball characters. Gioia has this really strange neighbor in a wheelchair named Mark (Karl Zinny) who witnesses the first murder, and it’s shades of Rear Window, except that he’s really creepy and keeps calling her on the phone. Why she puts up with him, I have no idea because in my opinion the guy needs to jack off to some porn videos or something. Then there is Flora (Capucine) who discovered Gioia when she first become a model. She’s a really bitter lesbian who wants to buy Pussycat, Gioia’s girlie mag, from her and who has her assistant walking around her house half naked. I guess that’s what makes the story realy interesting are these weirdos because I don’t think that the story would be as interesting without them. The reasoning behind the killer’s motive is pretty damn twisted, but perhaps a little understandable at the end once you learn more about the background of Gioia. I can appreciate the fact that they actually give some reasoning to it rather than just some random masked person going around offing people. Interestingly, Clerico also wrote New York Ripper and the Cannibal Holocaust. The second one I don’t recommend at all so don’t even go there!

    Lamberto Bava shot some very interesting and very strange scenes in this film. Every single time the killer is stalking a victim everything turns red, as if his anger is clouding his judgement. Not only that but two of the victims also have strange faces only seen by the killer right before they go after them. I think it’s some sort of symbolism for the killer and what they represent according to them. I suppose it reflects their neurosis pretty well, but it’s quite strange seeing somebody walking about with a giant eye for a face. There is one dream sequence involving Gioia, Mark, and what I think is a magic wand. If you don’t know what one is look it up and get back to me. Found out? Good! I must say that I have never seen one used in a horror film before and the whole scene being filmed in the blue light of the wand is kind of hot I must admit. Yes, Bloofer Lady has some issues! The effects are pretty good and there is a good amount of gore, my favorite scene including it is when some blood from a certain injured ‘private part’ pumps onto poor Gioia. If I was a guy I might now like that scene as much I suppose!

    Make no mistake Serena Grandi has a nice pair of tits but she can actually act, so that makes feeling sorry for Gioia rather easy. That’s really important because if the poor dear had a case of the Keanu Reeves then the whole plot wouldn’t work at all. There are quite a few familiar faces in this if you watch a lot of Italian gialli or horror films. David Brandon, who plays gay photographer Roberto, is also in Stage Fright. His character is a pretty likable guy but I didn’t guess that he is supposed to be gay at all until we are told he is. I really shouldn’t have to tell you what the hell else Daria Nicolodi has been in besides playing Evelyn in this. This character isn’t really any different from all of the other characters she has played and I have begun to notice that she uses the same gestures in every single role. No, really she does! Do I have too much time on my hands to be noticing such a thing? Quite possibly! Karl Zinny, who plays the pervy Mark, is also in Demons, which of course is yet another Lamberto Bava film. He really looks like he is enjoying himself playing Mark, perhaps a bit too much. He’s really heavy handed with the smirk and attitude and by the end of the film so I really want to kick him in the nuts for being an obnoxious twat.

    Well, Bloofer Lady thinks that Delirium is a lot of fun despite, or because, of the wacky characters and boobies. It makes me want to get a new bra and second guess the perversity of adolescent males in wheelchairs.

You can buy Delirium at Horror Movie Empire.

Bloofer Lady
Horror Crypt

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