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How about Fulci, Mario Bava, Lamberto Bava, Soavi, Martino, D'Amato, Deodato, Lenzi? How deeply have you gone down the Italian Horror/exploitation rabbit hole?

Even though the question wasn't directed towards me, I'll answer anyway, Suspiria.

 

I'm a fanatical fanboy of everything Euro-Horror, and have been since I was a kid, the first film I saw was Argento's Opera when I was around 11 back in 91, it was in my local video store (remember those?) under the title Terror At The Opera, then after that I got my sister to rent me Zombie and The Gates Of Hell aka City Of The Living Dead from Fulci when I was around 12, then Cinemax ran Dellamorte Dellamore (Cemetery Man) back in 94, and I've been hunting them down ever since. When they started releasing them all in the late 90's and early 2000's, that was a dream come true, all the films I'd read so much about in Fangoria were finally a reality as opposed to awesome pictures and the fleeting fantastical films that I'd built around them in my head, and I got basically everyone that came out, wasted 1000's of dollars in all likelihood on them.

I actually prefer Lamberto and his trashier films to his father's who I love dearly as well, I've seen all of Bava's films except for Caltiki The Immortal Monster, and a handful of his sword and sandal films. I have a copy of Baron Blood on DVD, you could probably find one on eBay, but if you can't, they have it up on Youtube, its not like owning it, but if you haven't seen it, the version they have up is in fine condition. I'll PM you the YT link.

I've seen nearly every Fulci film, I did a list earlier this year on Kirks Championships at the top of the General Forum ranking his films as well as a few others, I copied and pasted it at the bottom of the page. I love House Of Clocks, it gets little to no credit because its one of his late 80's TV movies and isn't considered part of his holy canon of masterpieces from the late 70's and early 80's. Seek out Don't Torture A Duckling immediately, you won't regret it, its his masterwork. Murderrock is damn fun and similar in tone to New York Ripper.

Soavi is criminally underrated, sadly those are his only 4 forays into the Horror genre, but everyone is a gem, and Aquarius Stage Fright is brilliant, probably my second favorite film of his behind Cemetery Man. He's a fine director of dramas as well, he did a few Italian TV movies in the 2000's one called Uno Bianca a cops and robbers film, and one of the greatest religious films ever made IMO, called Francesco, and this was long before Pope Francis came along.

I haven't seen a hell of a lot of Lenzi films, but the ones I have were all better than Ferox, which gets the more acclaim, but is far from his best, IMO his best films are Spasmo, the very un-PC titled Black Demons, Hitcher In The Dark, Seven Blood Stained Orchids, Almost Human and Nightmare City.

Like I mentioned above, I adore Lamberto's work, you should seek out as many as you can find, Delirium Photos Of Gloria, Demons III The Ogre, Dinner With The Vampire, Graveyard Disturbance, Monster Shark, Body Puzzle, Until Death, Blastfighter and my personal favorite A Blade In The Dark, they're all quality films, not a dud or slow moving one in the bunch, even Ghost Son, one of his recent films is damn fun and feels very old school.

Deodato made a solid softcore called Waves Of Lust, probably one of the best films he did, Jungle Holocaust is far less abrasive than Cannibal Holocaust and is the far better of the two, but sadly gets none of the credit its notorious successor got. He did a great little trashy backwoods slasher flick here in the US called Body Count, also Cut & Run is decent, I actually saw my first Deodato film in the theaters, when they released The Barbarian Brothers here. House at the Edge Of The Park I prefer to the film it ripped off, Last House On The Left, Cannibal Holocaust I own and have seen twice, didn't enjoy it either time, it was a taste I tried to acquired, but its too damned harsh even for me.

How appropriately named he is for this site... Sergio Martino, he's an underrated genius, probably the best Italian director few have heard of, he's made a slew of seminal giallos, and one of the true templates for slasher films in Torso, I made a list for him down below, seek them out immediately, most are on Netflix at the moment, but they're removing them left and right, so if you have it, get them.

 

Anthropophagus is from D'Amato, and one of my favorite films, as is his sequel to it, called Absurd, I made a list for him as well. I love the Blind Dead films, I own all 4, as well as De Ossorio's Lorely's Grasp, which is worth seeking out. I've seen all the films you listed here, and Blue Eyes Of The Broken Doll is probably Naschy's best film, I have a shitload of his films, sadly many are still hard to track down in a cleaned up version. All of his Daninsky films are great, but I prefer his non Werewolf work, Panic Beats, Hunchback Of The Morgue, Dracula's Great Love, Inquisition, Exorcismo, Vengeance Of The Zombies along with Blue Eyes are his best work.

I was gong to mention Rollin and Franco, but I thought that might be too obscure, both of them have become near obsessions with me, especially Franco, his filmography is so vast and there's so much trash to sift through to film the diamonds, but the diamonds are so precious, its more than worth it to slog through his trashy cash grabs. Jean Rollin is like my spirit animal, his films touch me on a deep level, as odd as that might sound, I'll PM you some stuff about him later.

That's ****ing awesome, and I'd have not taken no for answer, I would have insisted, and not left Italy without going to the Museum. Here's my lists.



Jess Franco Films
1. A Virgin Among The Living Dead
2. Lorna The Exorcist
3. Eugenie... The Story Of Her Journey Into Perversion
4. Vampyros Lesbos
5. Marquis De Sade's Justine
6. The Bare Breasted Countess
7. She Killed In Ecstasy
8. The Perverse Countess
9. Venus In Furs
10. Sadomaina
11. Succubus
12. Ilsa The Wicked Warden
13. The Bloody Judge
14. Love Letters Of A Portuguese Nun
15. Erotic Rites Of Frankenstein
16. Plaisir A Trois
17. Daughter Of Dracula
18. The Awful Dr. Orloff
19. Faceless
20. Dr. Orloff's Monster
21. Devil Hunter
22. The Girl From Rio
23. Macumba Sexual
24. White Cannibal Queen
25. The Devil Came From Akasava
26. 99 Women
27. Eugenie De Sade
28. Blood Of Fu Manchu
29. Dracula Prisoner Of Frankenstein
30. The Diabolical Dr. Z
31. Jack The Ripper
32. The Sex Demons
33. Mansion Of The Living Dead
34. Sinner Diary Of A Nymphomaniac
35. El Conde Dracua
35. Castle Of Fu Manchu
36. Kiss Me Monster
37. Exorcism
38. Doriana Grey
39. Night Of The Skull
40. Bloody Moon

There's a few more, but they're all soft porn.


Lucio Fulci Films
1. Don't Torture A Duckling
2. Zombie
3. The Beyond
4. One On Top Of The Other
5. The New York Ripper
6. The House By The Cemetery
7. Murderrock
8. A Lizard In A Woman's Skin
9. City Of The Living Dead
10. Conquest
11. The House Of Clocks
12. Murder To The Tune Of Seven Black Notes
13. Conquest
14. The Devil's Honey
15. Door Into Silence
16. The Smuggler
17. 2072 The New Gladiators
18. Demonia
19. Four Of The Apocalypse
20. Sweet House Of Horrors
21. The Eroticist
22. Aenigma
23. The Black Cat
24. Manhattan Baby
25. Beatrice Cenci
26. Massacre Time

Jean Rollin Films
1. Two Orphan Vampires
2. Living Dead Girl
3. La Rose De Fer
4. Fascination
5. The Demoniacs
6. The Grapes Of Death
7. Lips Of Blood
8. The Night Of The Hunted
9. The Shiver Of The Vampires
10. Requiem For A Vampire
11. Emmanuelle 6
12. The Nude Vampire
13. The Rape Of The Vampire

Ruggero Deodato Films
1. Jungle Holocaust
2. Waves Of Lust
3. Body Count
4. Live Like A Cop Die Like A Man
5. The House At The Edge Of The Park
6. Cannibal Holocaust (Too unpleasant even for me)
7. The Barbarian Brothers
8. Cut & Run

Cannibal Holocaust is too damned unpleasant even for me.

Joe D'Amato Films
1. Anthropophagus
2. Erotic Nights Of The Living Dead
3. Anthropophagus 2
4. Beyond The Darkness
5. Emmanuelle In America
6. Images In A Convent
7. Endgame
8. Emmanuelle And The Last Cannibals
9. Ator The Fighting Eagle
10. Emmanuelle In Bangkok
11. Emmanuelle Around The World
12. The Alcove
13. Emmanuelle And The White Slave Trade
14. 2020 Texas Gladiators
15. 11 Days 11 Nights

Sergio Martino Films
1. The Great Alligator
2. 2019 After The Fall Of New York
3. Torso
4. Gently As She Dies
5. The Case Of The Scorpion's Tail
6. The Strange Vice Of Mrs. Wardh
7. Island Of The Fishmen
8. Gambling City
9. All The Colors Of The Dark
10. Mannaja A Man Called Blade
11. Giovannona Long Thigh
12. The Violent Professionals