A terrible monster threatens the beach season: the cod from Guinea.
To catch the fish, local authorities count on the expertise of a Portuguese oceanographer, a fearless fisherman and baits made with Amália Rodrigues’s records.Read More »
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Adriano Stuart – Bacalhau AKA Codfish (1975)
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Marc Didden – Brussels by Night (1983)
1981-1990BelgiumCultDramaMarc DiddenBrussels by Night is a Belgian drama film from 1983, directed by former Humo journalist Marc Didden. The low budget picture was financed partly by Herman Schueremans, organizer of the Flemish rock festival Rock Werchter. The film was named after a 1979 song by Raymond van het Groenewoud, who also wrote the soundtrack for the movie.Read More »
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Arthur Ripley – Thunder Road (1958)
1951-1960Arthur RipleyCrimeCultUSAQuote:
The preeminent moonshine movie, the 1958 Thunder Road stars Robert Mitchum as a backwoods bootlegger in Tennessee, getting squeezed by both the federal government and organized crime. Mitchum had a big hand in creating this cult favorite (which reportedly played in drive-ins around America for years), writing the script, producing the movie, and even composing and singing the movie’s theme song, which became a radio hit. Directed by longtime cinematographer Arthur Ripley, the film is strong on characters and action, the latter fulfilled by a memorable chase scene at the end. Mitchum was at an artistic peak at this point in his career, and this is really an indispensable movie for his fans.Read More » -
Philip Brophy – Body Melt (1993)
1991-2000AustraliaCultHorrorPhilip Brophy“The first phase is hallucinogenic… the second phase is glandular… and the third phase is… BODY MELT.”
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from original 1993 press-kitInjected With an experimental drug, the research chemist Ryan (Robert Simper) leaves a mysterious rural health farm and drives to the outer-city suburb of Hornesville, As Ryan’s body starts to deteriorate and his driving becomes more erratic, a cruising police car starts to chase him. Charging towards a group of houses in Pebbles Court, Homesville, Ryan leaves a cryptic message on his dictaphone: “The first phase is hallucinogenic … The second phase is glandular… The third phase is …”Read More »
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Albert Zugsmith – The Chinese Room (1968)
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Joel DeMott – Demon Lover Diary (1980)
1971-1980CultDocumentaryJoel DeMottThe Female GazeUSAReview
In the Fall of 1975, cameraman Jeff Kreines was hired to shoot a silly little horror romp called DEMON LOVER in the middle of Michigan, and his female pal Joel DeMott joined him on the trip, documenting this adventure into no-budget filmmaking with her own handy camera. Her ragged footage was later lashed together into this legendary documentary, which has finally been snuck onto video. The father of modern hits such as AMERICAN MOVIE, it’s an insightful, funny and scary peek into the making of an indie fright flick and its delusional, self-taught filmmakers.Read More » -
Alberto Cavallone – Afrika [Uncut] (1973)
1971-1980Alberto CavalloneArthouseCultItalyPhilippe, a bisexual painter, is living through a crisis. He is torn between his love for his wife and his attraction for young men. In Ethiopia, he meets Frank, a young homosexual.Read More »
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Jesús Franco – Los ojos siniestros del doctor Orloff AKA The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff [4K Restoration] (1973)
1971-1980CultHorrorJesus FrancoSpainA doctor unleashes a nightmare of hypnosis curtailing mad violence on the family of a crippled young woman.Read More »
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José Mojica Marins – Esta Noite Encarnarei no Teu Cadáver AKA This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse (1967)
1961-1970BrazilCultHorrorJosé Mojica MarinsCoffin Joe is still looking for the perfect woman to give birth to a son of his, and, cleared of the past crimes in the first film (At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul), keeps terrorizing the people in his small town with his iconoclast and sadistic practices.Read More »