Euro-crime thread

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:43 pm

Django was relatively cheap, Matalo was bought on your recommendation, and I'll let you know about the ones you haven't seen!

Honestly I don't have real high expectations for for Loaded Gun, but here's hoping! And Reason to Live was copped half on the basis of the cover and half on its Dirty Dozen in the civil war plot. As I recall IMDB has it rated as fairly mediocre, but hey I'm hoping for a classic. And the cast is solid as hell too...

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:45 pm

Oh also, I was pretty bummed because I wanted to buy a couple Lenzi crime movies but the ones I wanted were all unsubbed

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:46 pm

if matalo had Kinski in teh crazy guy role it would be top 10 all time SW

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:49 pm

I still need to watch the ...And God Said to Cain dvd that I bought. I mean, I know it won't be anywhere near the Great Silence, but hopefully it's decent at least.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:00 pm

StormShadow wrote:Oh also, I was pretty bummed because I wanted to buy a couple Lenzi crime movies but the ones I wanted were all unsubbed

rome armed to the teeth is subbed i think, get that one

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:10 pm

I have that one and Napoli Violenta and Almost Human

I wanted Roma Violenta and a couple others whose name escapes me. Another hunchback one with Milian, Gobbo something or other. And another Maurizio Merli I can't think of.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:18 pm

you have the cynic/fist/rat right? generally all the ones where milian is the hunchback are the shit

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:23 pm

Yeah, bought it, haven't watched it. Didn't know he was a hunchback in that one too.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:31 pm

StormShadow wrote:Yeah, bought it, haven't watched it. Didn't know he was a hunchback in that one too.

he's not i don't think, but somehow it's still a sequel to rome to the teeth

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:07 pm

well hell, why not I guess

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:03 pm

so this is what I watched last night, not strictly eurocrime but....

SON OF HITLER [a.k.a. Hitler's Son] (1978).
With black comedies like HAROLD & MAUDE and BREWSTER McCLOUD to his credit, 30-year-old Bud Cort must've seemed like the perfect candidate for a Nazi-themed laff-fest. Nevertheless, this German-made farce about der Fuhrer's secret offspring was barely released. That's because it's one of those rare, unfathomably wrongheaded projects that makes you wonder "what the hell were they thinking?" The cinematic equivalent of a 20-car pile-up, any vaguely interesting notion is quickly crushed in favor of an unsuccessful cheap laugh. 30-year-old orphan Willi (Cort) has lived in the mountains for his entire life, secluded from civilization and education, but when his beloved Uncle Fritz passes away, he finally uncovers info about his dad. His birth father was none other than Adolph Hitler, but uneducated Willi doesn't recognize the infamous name or know anything about World War II. With birth certificate in hand, Willi journeys to Munich, is quickly arrested for vagrancy and tossed into a mental hospital. Top-billed Peter Cushing plays aged, still-unapologetic Nazi officer Heinrich Haussner, who's spent three decades searching for Hitler's MIA son, in hopes of resurrecting the Nazi Party with this "chip off the old block." Busting Willi out of the asylum, Haussner is unaware Adolph Jr. turned out to be a gentle simpleton who's mainly interested in next-door cutie Veleska (bland Felicity Dean). But rather than make an absurd comedy about Hitler's nice kid in the modern world, the plot focuses on how Willi creates a rift in the local Neo-Nazi party over its leadership... What went wrong? Almost everything! It might've been more successful if not for the deadening script delivered by Burkhard Driest (Fassbinder's QUERELLE) and Lukas Heller (WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?). Or if it had been directed by someone other than Rod Amateau, whose urbane filmography ranges from the original pilot for GILLIGAN'S ISLAND to THE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS MOVIE, and whose idea of humor is having Willi roam the city in his pop's old, oversized Nazi uniform. Cort isn't too bad as this sweet and wimpy oddball, who's suddenly thrust into potential greatness-- while making Chauncey Gardiner look quick-witted in comparison. Cushing (hot off of his STAR WARS gig) plays it relatively straight, plus Anton Diffring turns up as Veleska's dad and burly Leo Gordon is Haussner's assistant. It's definitely painful, but worth a look just to see poor Bud Cort shuffling about with a classic Hitler haircut, looking understandably uncomfortable with this gig.

a slapstick comedy about the lost son of hitler. Waaaay more entertaining than the description makes it seem. I feel like i've reached a new low. The name of the producer is actually Goering.
I basically sat with my mouth open in the biggest

moment ever for the whole 95 mins of it.

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:48 pm

thought about buying that from revengeismydestiny.com but I picked something else. Looks like I might have to go back and get it at some point if wtf'ed even you

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:01 pm

StormShadow wrote:thought about buying that from revengeismydestiny.com but I picked something else. Looks like I might have to go back and get it at some point if wtf'ed even you

the best part is that it's not even meant to be exploitative in any way - they earnestly meant to make a mel brooks style fish-out-of-water comedy. Why they would insert stock footage of nazi rallies and parades and a child molestation joke into a movie like that is beyond me.

BTW, "mein fuhrer what have you done to mein kamph?!?!" after the kid accidentaly drops the book is the line of the century

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:12 pm

for shits and giggles, here's the list of the upcoming cult/horror/exploitation/eurocrime/whatever the fuck dvds confirmed throught may

bolded the recommended ones (not a horror buff so i probably missed some there)

Officially Announced from January 2007 - June 2007:

ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT -
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
The Manitou
The Hellbenders
Re-Animator (2D RE-RELEASE)
Mario Bava Collection: Volume One (RE-RELEASE)
Rabid Dogs / Kidnapped (RE-RELEASE)- MANDATORY PURCHASE
Phantasm (RE-RELEASE)
Phantasm III
Survival Quest
Alejandro Jodorowsky Collection

BLUE UNDERGROUND -
Maniac (RE-RELEASE)
Viligante (RE-RELEASE) - own this one, very highly recommended
Shock (RE-RELEASE)
Don't Torture a Duckling (RE-RELEASE)
Autopsy (RE-RELEASE)
Macabre (RE-RELEASE)
Circle of Iron (2D RE-RELEASE) - forget everything cool that's in teh description, stay the fuck away from this one
+ More Re-Releases I either own or not interested in.

CASA NEGRA -
The Man and the Monster
The Living Coffin

PANIK HOUSE -
Chained Heat (Tenative Release - Not Officially Announced!)

FANTOMA -
The Films of Kenneth Anger - Volume One

SUBVERSIVE CINEMA -
Hundra

SYNAPSE FILMS -
42nd Street Forever: Volume Three - XXX-treme Special Edition

SEVERIN FILMS -
Private Collections
Immoral Women
Perversion Story / One On Top of the Other
Black Emanuelle Box Set - Volume One
The Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle
The Sexual Story of O

DARK SKY FILMS / MPI -
Slaughter of the Vampires
Drive-In Double Feature: Assassination in Rome + Espionage in Tangiers
Count Dracula
Kill, Baby ... Kill!
Ricco, The Mean Machine
Tragic Ceremony
Naked ... You Die
Becket

CODE RED DVD -
Doom Asylum

HEN'S TOOTH -
Alice, Sweet Alice (RE-RELEASE)

SOMETHING WEIRD VIDEO / IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT -
Nude on the Moon + Blaze Starr Goes Nudist (RE-RELEASE)
Electronic Lover + The Spy Who Came
Deadly Weapons + Double Agent 73 (RE-RELEASE)
Dream Follies + Dreamland Capers
The Acid Eaters + Weeds
The Joys of Jezebel + My Tale Is Hot
Unholy Matrimony + My Third Wife George
Run Swinger Run + Sex Club International
Cool It, Carol
+ a bunch of Shaw Bros. Titles

MEDIA BLASTERS / SHREIK SHOW / TOKOYO SHOCK / ETC -
Home Before Midnight
Gestapo's Last Orgy

BCI ECLIPSE / DEIMOS ENTERTAINMENT -
Night of the Werewolf / The Craving
Vengeance of the Zombies
+ numerous TV Series: Space Academy + Ghost Busters + Jason of Star Command

DISCOTEK MEDIA -
Blind Woman's Curse

MONDO MACABRO - NOTHING - booooooooooooo, where's all the turkish and indonesian shit they promised

NO-SHAME FILMS - NOTHING - pour out a little liquor for the company that inspired teh start of this very thread

BARREL ENTERTAINMENT - NOTHING

BOX OFFICE SPECTACULARS / GRINDHOUSE RELEASHING - NOTHING

CULT EPICS - NOTHING

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:52 pm

Mm, fuck, hopefully noshame and mondo are alright. I see no shame hasn't released anything since November and mondo still have their message up about taking the holidays off and coming back strong in the new year.

Piff Tannen · Post by **Piff Tannen** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:40 pm

ive been following this thread and im lovin it, keep it movin

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:45 pm

for shits and giggles, some stills from a new book called :ATTORI A MANO ARMATA: The ultimate Italian Police Movie Collection of rare music, photos and posters

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:35 pm

dang drizmo, remember when you hipped me to those ill ass japanese posters?

well now I got to start scouring ebay for some of this hype italian shit!

forgot how ill the posters were

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:43 pm

funny you say that because i was thinking of the Karate or the Tiger poster when i was putting these up

did you ever buy that btw?

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:39 pm

fuck yeah I did

but I'm still bummed I didn't get the computer wore tennis shoes one

oh and I also got tango and cash
some sonny chiba movie
and street mobster/gendai yakuza 2

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:54 pm

which chiba?

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:58 pm

not one I was familiar with at all

I'll look it up

Ok, it's called Dasso Yugi.

No pictures came up in google image search,

but this was in the first link I clicked and although small, it is the poster I bought.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:02 pm

can't find shit about it anywhere^^^

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:04 pm

Yeah, I know nothing about it other than the fact that the poster is pretty badass

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:47 pm

bringing back this thread specifically for one badass motherfucking movie:

this is coming out on Apr 3., got a chance to check out the dvd yesturday

I'm not gonna hype it up to the point which can only lead to disappointment, all i'm gonna say is I loved it and I would rate it as one of the best in the genre I've seen so far. Keep in mind, it's not very action packed in terms of shoot-outs or fights or carchases, if you're looking strictly for that check out some of the Castellari stuff that came out last year. It is however very tense, very well acted, very dark, and incredibly edited - the opening robbery and getaway sequence in particular had my jaw on the floor.

The story is deceptively simple - 3 criminals commit a robbery, fuck up the getaway, kidnap a woman and hijack a car which just happends to contain a sick child being driven to the hospital. The rest of the film follows the 6 people as the robbers try to get to their hideout. Most of the action actually takes place inside the moving car, which despite how it sounds never gets tedious.

It was directed by Mario Bava (it's being released now in conjunction with the boxset), although if you're expecting the usual crazy color combinations and visuals ala Diabolique you'll be disappointed. Don't get me wrong, it is shot incredibly well, but I think there was a consious effort to keep it as realistic looking as possible.

Bava uses his horror experience well here, a sense of dread and inevetable tragedy is present throughout. Certain scenes are very uncomfortable to watch. The movie is definitely not for the squamish, along with the disturbing psycological passages there is also some serious bloodletting.

I'll stop here but i could go on for hours. The dvd specifically is an improvement over previous bootleg and foreign releases, the transfer is near perfect and subtitles are nice big and yellow. Not much in the way of special features, but the dvd does have 2 different cuts of the movie. Overall I'd say this is probably gonna be the most significant euro-crime release of the year, and as such it gets the highest possible recomendation.

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:01 am

I love how film threat calls it a lost masterpiece. I've been hearing about this for years.

And why did they change the title? Rabid Dogs is way waaaaay cooler and more accurate too.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:24 am

the dvd has two versions - Rabid Dogs which was the original cut that Bava never got to finish, and Kidnapped which is the cut that was finished by his son with an edition of extra scenes and a new soundtrack. Rabid Dogs is the one i described above, haven't watched the other one yet. But yeah, i was pretty pissed that he cover didn't say rabid dogs too

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:26 am

Oh well, at least it has a good release now

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:27 am

weak on teh extras but the transfer is fucking stellar

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:05 pm

thread is a :gooden: