#Dardano Sacchetti

[80smovies]

#Demons 2 #Dèmoni 2... l'incubo ritorna #Lamberto Bava #Dario Argento #Franco Ferrini #Dardano Sacchetti #80s

[darktripz]

#demons #Dèmoni #coke #drug use #horror #cocaine #drugs #punks #Lamberto Bava #Dario Argento #1985 #Italian horror #Dardano Sacchetti

[vsthepomegranate]

The Beyond (1981)

by Lucio Fulci

#1980s movies #Italian Cinema #horror #giallo #catriona maccoll #david warbeck #cinzia monreale #dardano sacchetti

[adamwatchesmovies]

A Bay of Blood (1971)

A Bay of Blood is probably more appealing to horror historians and/or Italian Giallo films than casual viewers. It isn’t quite a proper slasher film but you can see its influence upon the Friday the 13th and later entries in the Halloween franchise - some of the deaths we see here are recreated almost shot-for-shot in the latter. Though its pace is slower than it should be and there are too many characters to keep track of, its mystery is engaging and the body count shocks.

Wheelchair-bound Countess Federica Donati (Isa Miranda) is strangled to death by her husband Filippo Donati (Giovanni Nuvoletti). Moments later, he is himself murdered by an unseen assailant before hiding the body. In the morning, the police discover the dead countess but a note suggests she committed suicide. As the investigation continues, several people begin converging on the property either because they hope to inherit it or want to buy it from the new owners. With a mysterious killer on the loose and everyone’s greed running wild, the bodies begin piling up.

There are A LOT of characters in the film: real estate agent Franco Ventura (Chris Avram) and his lover Laura (Anna Maria Rosati), the creepy groundskeeper Simone (Claudio Volonté), an insect enthusiast named Paolo Fassati (Leopoldo Trieste) and his wife who cares nothing for him, Anna (Laura Betti), the countess’ daughter Renata (Claudine Auger) and her husband Alberto (Luigi Pistilli) as wekk as four teenagers who happen to be visiting the bay - Louise (Brigitte Skay), Sylvie (Paola Montenero), Luca (Guido Boccaccini) and Bobby (Roberto Bonanni). I’m sure someone could remember every face and all of their relationships without taking notes but I wasn’t. This is the kind of movie that needed to cast one Black guy, give someone else an eye patch, a third one some weird verbal tick, etc. Unless you already know how everyone relates, you’ll lose track. Further complicating things are your expectations going in. This is not the story of a lone madman picking off one person at a time for mysterious reasons. Nearly everyone in this story is a potential suspect because they’ve all got murderous urges and several people act upon them. We have all of these conspirators working independently, hoping to take ownership of the bay. In the middle of a scheme, someone will suddenly get decapitated because they're hindering someone else’s plan. Meanwhile, you’re still wondering who murdered Mr. Donati…

A Bay of Blood does an excellent job of keeping you guessing. From their first interaction, you don’t know if Simone and Paolo are potential suspects or just red herrings. Neither appear to have a motive for killing so it could be that if either one of them is a murderer there also happens to be a lunatic messing around with everyone else’s plans. This decision wouldn’t even come out of left field in this film. The teenagers are randomly there so why not?

Director Mario Bava does not give us a protagonist to latch onto. No character is “safe” until the very end. This further obscures the killer/killers’ identity/identities (let’s not assume only one person murdered Filippo) and makes it even more difficult to keep track of everyone. The gore (quite well executed considering the time and low budget) and sudden deaths are more than enough to keep you entertained but this is one of those instances where knowing a little bit about the plot going in would benefit viewers greatly. I can easily see some people getting frustrated by the opaque mystery and dismissing the whole thing. Back in the day, it would’ve been because of the (then) shocking amount of violence. Now, it might be because the ending comes out of nowhere. I have some affection for the final "twist", but it could’ve been foreshadowed better.

If A Bay of Blood interests you, I suggest you set aside an entire evening. Watch the movie, then read an online synopsis, then watch it again with some sort of commentary to "get it". I know that’s asking a lot. Too much for some people but if you are interested in learning the history of horror films, A Bay of Blood is an important stop along your journey and it’s worth doing right. Even if you just watch it once, you’ll still be engaged by the twisty plot, perplexed by the numerous red herrings, and shocked by its violence. (English dub, November 1, 2020)

#A Bay of Blood #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #Mario Bava #Giuseppe Zaccariello #Filippo Ottoni #Gene Luotto #Dardano Sacchetti #Franco Barberi #Claudine Auger #Luigi Pistilli #Claudio Volonte #Laura Betti #Leopoldo Trieste #Brigitte Skay #1971 movies #1971 films

[mariocki]

Schock (Shock, 1977)

"Ghosts are only a figment of our imagination. We ourselves create them to justify our behaviour."

#schock #shock #beyond the door ii #italian cinema #mario bava #horror film #dardano sacchetti #lamberto bava #gianfranco barberi #alessandro parenzo #daria nicolodi #john steiner #david colin jr. #ivan rassimov #paul costello #nicola salerno #bava snr's final completed film (with a little help from jnr). the holy trinity of Bava‚ Nicolodi and Rassimov couldn't make this quite the #masterpiece I'd hoped for‚ but hell‚ I'd watch Daria paint a bathroom and be grateful. actually this is pretty good; unusually modern #feeling for Bava (you can feel the long tendrils of American new horror cinema beginning to creep into his colourful Italian gothic) and #undeniably slow to develop. more mainstream‚ in some sense‚ or perhaps just less stylistically singular than most of his filmography #but there are flashes of his genius‚ particularly in the nightmarish final act of grand dreamlike horror meeting #slow burn domestic madness. a haunted house story that isn't overly interested in the house: it's more about the haunted‚ the people and #the applied tension which bends and bends until it breaks. Steiner‚ as he always did‚ lends excellent support; I only found out after #watching this that he'd died earlier this year‚ something I missed at the time. his performance in Tenebre is something to behold‚ barely #ten minutes of screentime but he grabs the very bleeding heart of that film. Rassimov hasn't much to do but he's as handsome and as lovely #as he ever was. and Daria. it's nearly two years since we lost her now and it's still difficult to conceive of a world without her. here‚ #as in every film she graced (too few)‚ she delivers a performance which is mesmerising for its sheer power and nuance and technical ability #that her work was mostly within the horror genre has predictably seen her often overlooked when discussing the great Italian actors #but if anything it takes even more talent‚ even more courage‚ to carve out a niche for yoirself in such a denigrated and ill respected #field and to still give your whole heart‚ body and soul to your work in a way that demands the highest praise

[randomrichards]

THE NEW YORK RIPPER:

Grizzled detective

Hunts for a duck voiced killer

Giallo slasher

#the new york ripper #random richards #poem #haiku #poetry #haiku poem #poets on tumblr #haiku poetry #haiku form #poetic #haiku on tumblr #giallo #Jack hedley #almanta suska #Howard Ross #Andrea occhipinti #lucio fulci #gianfranco clerci #Vincenzo mannino #dardano sacchetti #Antoine pagan #Youtube

[brokehorrorfan]

City of the Living Dead will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on August 15 via Cauldron Films. Matthew Therrien designed the new cover art for the 1980 Italian horror film, also known as The Gates of Hell.

Lucio Fulci (The Beyond, Zombie) directs from a script he co-wrote with Dardano Sacchetti (The Beyond). Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo de Mejo, Antonella Interlenghi, and Giovanni Lombardo Radice star.

City of the Living Dead has been restored in 4K with Dolby Vision (HDR 10 compatible). Italian and English mono 2.0 audio tracks are including, along with both the English and Italian credit sequences via seamless branching.

Special features for the three-disc set are listed below.

Disc 1 - 4K UHD:

Audio commentary by film historian Samm Deighan (new)

Audio commentary by actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice

Audio commentary by actress Catriona MacColl

Audio commentary by film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson

Disc 2 - Blu-ray:

Audio commentary by film historian Samm Deighan (new)

Audio commentary by actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice

Audio commentary by actress Catriona MacColl

Audio commentary by film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson

Disc 3 - Blu-ray:

Interview with actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice

Interview with actor Carlo De Mejo

Interview with production designer Massimo Antonello Geleng

Q&A with actor Venantino Venantini and filmmaker Ruggero Deodato

Q&A with actress Catriona MacColl

Q&A with composer Fabio Frizzi

2001 introduction by actress Catriona MacColl

The Meat Munching Movies of Gino De Rossi

A Trip Through Bonaventure Cemetery

Image gallery

And more!

When a priest hangs himself in a cemetery, he opens the gates of hell in the mysterious New England town of Dunwich. At the same moment, psychic Mary Woodhouse (Catriona MacColl) enters a trance and witnesses the cosmic events unfold, causing her to seemingly die of fright. After being buried alive, she is rescued by skeptical reporter Peter Bell (Christopher George) who joins her on the journey toward Dunwich to help close the gates of hell before evil is unleashed upon the world! Will they be able to close the gates in time or will the souls of Dunwich be forever stuck in the twilight void?

Pre-order City of the Living Dead.

#city of the living dead #lucio fulci #horror #80s horror #1980s horror #italian horror #cauldron films #dvd #gift #matthew therrien #the beyond #house by the cemetery #catriona maccoll #christopher george #the gates of hell

[saturdaynightmatinee]

CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 5.5 / 10

Título Original: City of the Living Dead AKA Paura nella città dei morti viventi; The Gates of Hell

Año: 1980

Duración: 92 min

País: Italia

Dirección: Lucio Fulci

Guion: Lucio Fulci, Dardano Sacchetti

Música: Fabio Frizzi

Fotografía: Sergio Salvati

Reparto: Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Antonella Interlenghi, Janet Agren, Giovanni Lombardo

Productora: Dania Film

TRAILER:

#Youtube

[moviesandmania]

THE EXTERMINATORS OF THE YEAR 3000 (1983) Reviews and free to watch in 4K

The Exterminators of the Year 3000 is a 1983 Italian-Spanish post-apocalypse action science fiction film about survivors searching for water. Directed by Giuliano Carnimeo [as Jules Harrison] (RatMan; The Case of the Bloody Iris; I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death) from a screenplay co-written by Elisa Briganti, Dardano Sacchetti and José Truchado [as James A. Prich], the movie stars Robert…

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#1983 #Alicia Moro #Eduardo Fajardo #free to watch on YouTube #free to watch online #Giuliano Carnimeo #Italian #Luciano Pigozzi #Mad Max #review #reviews #Robert Iannucci #The Exterminators of the Year 3000

[docrotten]

THE PSYCHIC (1977, SETTE NOTE IN NERO) – Episode 201 – Decades Of Horror 1970s

“I’ve had fifty-six lovers and haven’t killed even one of them.” Good to know … for future reference. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Jeff Mohr – as they reacquaint themselves with the Giallo version of Lucio Fulci in The Psychic (1977).

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 201 – The Psychic (1977)

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A clairvoyant woman discovers a skeleton in a wall in her husband’s house, and seeks to find the truth about what happened to the victim.

  Directed by: Lucio Fulci

Writing Credits: Roberto Gianviti, Dardano Sacchetti, Lucio Fulci

Selected Cast:

Jennifer O’Neill as Virginia Ducci

Gabriele Ferzetti as Emilio Rospini

Marc Porel as Luca Fattori

Gianni Garko as Francesco Ducci

Ida Galli as Gloria Ducci (as Evelyn Stewart)

Jenny Tamburi as Bruna

Fabrizio Jovine as Commissioner D’Elia

Riccardo Parisio Perrotti as Melli

Loredana Savelli as Giovanna Rospini

Salvatore Puntillo as Second Cab Driver

Bruno Corazzari as Canevari

Vito Passeri as Caretaker

Franco Angrisano as First Cab Driver (as Francesco Angrisano)

Veronica Michielini as Giuliana Casati

Paolo Pacino as Inspector Russi

Fausta Avelli as Virginia as a Girl

Elizabeth Turner as Virginia’s Mother

Ugo D’Alessio as Art Gallery Owner

Luigi Diberti as Judge

Camilla Fulci as Agnese Begnardi (uncredited)

Before The Beyond (1981), before City of the Living Dead (1980), before Zombie (1979), director Lucio Fulci mastered the Giallo subgenre throughout the 1970s. The Grue-Crew tune into his comparatively subdued feature The Psychic (1977), also known as Sette note in nero, aka Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes, aka Seven Notes in Black. Fulci displays only a hint of the gore and bizarre narratives he would embrace in the decade to come, opting to stick to a fairly straightforward, supernatural-infused, murder mystery where psychic Jennifer O’Neill witnesses visions of a deadly and bloody murder. Of course, twists and turns follow each new discovery as she follows the clues to the shocking conclusion. 

At the time of this writing, The Psychic is available to stream from Kanopy, Tubi, and Popcornflix. The movie is available on disc as a Blu-ray from Scorpion Releasing.

In case you’re interested, here are the other Fulci films Decades of Horror has covered:

ZOMBIE (1979) — Episode 62 — Decades of Horror 1970s

CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (1980, THE GATES OF HELL) – Episode 145 – Decades of Horror 1980s

THE BEYOND (1981) – Episode 123 – Decades of Horror 1980s

THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY (1981) – Episode 209 – Decades of Horror 1980s

THE BLACK CAT (1981) – Episode 184 – Decades of Horror 1980s

ZOMBIE 3 (1988) – Episode 232 – Decades of Horror 1980s

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode, chosen by Bill, will be The Blood Spattered Bride (1977, La novia ensangrentada). This wild version of Sheridan Le Fanu’s Gothic novella Carmilla (1872) comes by way of Spain, directed by Vicente Aranda.

We want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at [email protected]. 

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[nerds-yearbook]

In the year 3000, the world was a wasteland due to nuclear war. A group of survivors made a journey to find water. Standing between them and the life giving well was a deranged desert biker gang known as the Exterminators. ("Exterminators of the Year 3000", flm)

#nerds yearbook #sci fi movie #post apocalyptic #3000 #exterminators of the year 3000 #exterminators #desert #water #gang #giuliano carnimeo #elisa briganti #dardano sacchetti #robert iannucci #alien #alicia moro #trash #luciano pigozzi #papillon #eduardo fajardo #senator #fernando bilboa #crazy bull #beryl cunningham #shadow #luca venantini #tommy #anna orso #venantino venantini

[80smovies]

#The Beyond #...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà #Catriona MacColl #Lucio Fulci #Dardano Sacchetti #Giorgio Mariuzzo #Clark Ashton Smith #LaserDisc #80s

[darktripz]

#demons #Dèmoni #1985 #gore #horror #Dardano Sacchetti #Dario Argento #Lamberto Bava #italian horror

[thegoregoregirls]

Tanti Auguri: 40 anni di ...E tu Vivrai nel Terrore! L'Aldilà

Tanti Auguri: 40 anni di …E tu Vivrai nel Terrore! L’Aldilà

Regia – Lucio Fulci (1981) Devo ammettere che un pochino mi tremano le ginocchia: parliamo di uno dei miei 10 horror preferiti, nonché del film italiano che più amo sulla faccia della terra, quindi scivolare nell’atteggiamento da fan girl spudorata del tutto priva di qualsiasi senso critico non è soltanto un rischio, è una certezza. Sapete tutti quanto sia importante Fulci nella mia vita di…

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#Catriona Mac Coll #Cinzia Monreale #Dardano Sacchetti #Gianetto De Rossi #Lucio Fulci

[adamwatchesmovies]

1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

I watched 1990: The Bronx Warriors as part of my exploration of the “Road Warrior Post-Apocalyptic” genre. For the most part, the various imitators and derivatives have been aping the Mad Max franchise. This is the first time I’ve seen “inspiration” principally drawn from the other two establishing films of the genre: Escape from New York and The Warriors. The results are one of the most uninteresting and cheap attempts I’ve seen so far.

In (the then futuristic) year 1990, New York’s Bronx is dominated by crime and declared a No Man’s Land. The police have given up all attempts to bring order to the raving biker gangs who roam the streets. Ann (Stefania Girolami), the 17-year-old heiress to the nefarious Manhattan corporation runs to the lawless wasteland to hide from the responsibilities she will soon inherit. There, she befriends The Riders and their leader, Trash (Marco Di Gregorio). To get the woman back to the boardroom where she belongs, the Manhattan Corporation hires a mercenary named Hammer (Vic Morrow) to do anything it takes.

It begins as a thinly veiled rip-off of John Carpenter’s memorable action film and then turns into a cheaper, lazier, and endlessly duller version of Walter Hill’s cult-classic. You go in assuming this will be a cheap film; the other Post-Apocalyptic adventures didn’t exactly have big budgets. Even so, this is inexcusable. This film is too low-grade to deliver even the mildest form of vehicular carnage, which is a shame because the Warriors’ – I mean the Riders’ – motorcycles look so flimsy you know they’d fly in a million pieces if they hit even a medium-sized pothole. I’m not joking when I say it looks like they bought a bunch of Halloween decorations – on November 1st when they’re heavily discounted- and then glue-gunned them onto the steering wheel of their motorcycles.

The performances are horrible and the actors are made to look even worse by the ADR. Everyone’s all mush-mouthed, and with the home release’s lack of subtitles, you’ll struggle to understand what anyone is saying. Had this plot had any kind of substance or complexity to it, you’d be completely lost. Nonetheless, you keep watching, hoping there will be some cool stunts or hand-to-hand combat scenes to make this effort worth your time. Your hope is in vain.

The only way to draw enjoyment from 1990: The Bronx Warriors is by making fun of it. Even so, it doesn’t have much to offer. It’s agonizingly dull and so obviously devoid of any kind of passion, enthusiasm or effort. The one thing that might bring a smile to your face are some of the characters’ names and the art direction. If it seems as though I’m grasping at straws, I am but how could you not laugh at characters named Hotdog (Christopher Connelly), Witch (Elisabetta Dessy), The Ogre (Fred Williamson), Ice (John Loffredo) and… Paul (Rocco Lero)? Some of the random gangs receive given quirks that make them mildly diverting, such as a group of mimes who perform a coordinated dance, but those add nothing to the story. It’s a flat picture, obviously shot in a run-down neighbourhood. It drains the life out of you.

I suffered through 1990: The Bronx Warriors so you wouldn’t have to. There’s no reason to see this, even if you enjoy the stories it’s shamelessly burglarizing. I didn’t think it could get any worse than Exterminators from the Year 3000, but here we are. To survive these films, I’m going to have to set the bar way lower than expected. This Italian production has not one, but two sequels and I can’t imagine either being any better than this. (On DVD, August 4, 2018)

#1990: The Bronx Warriors #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #Enzo G. Castellari #Elisa Livia Briganti #Dardano Sacchetti #Vic Morrow #Christopher Connelly #Fred Williamson #Mark Gregory #1982 movies #1982 films

[mariocki]

Sette note in nero (The Psychic, 1977)

"What are you telling me? That I fell asleep at the wheel and saw a woman I don't even know killed and walled up by a man who limps? Oh, that's terrific!"

#sette note in nero #the psychic #Or to give it its full onscreen title #The Psychic‚ Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes #italian cinema #lucio fulci #dardano sacchetti #Roberto gianviti #jennifer o'neill #Gianni garko #marc porel #gabriele ferzetti #evelyn stewart #Jenny tamburi #Fabrizio jovine #Riccardo parisio perrotti #Loredana savelli #Bruno corazzari #Paolo pacino #Veronica michielini #fabio frizzi #absolutely one of Fulci's best and yet somehow largely overlooked in his filmography; this absolutely deserves to be talked about in the #same breath as the Gates of Hell trilogy (the style is very different but the quality is comparable) but I only really knew this dimly by #title. a late stage dissection of the giallo as puzzle game: the twist ending is fairly obvious from almost the beginning but the joy here #isn't in the surprise but in the hugely satisfying way the puzzle pieces are pushed into place. giallo is a game‚ and Fulci chooses to show #his hand early but then to revel in the skill with which he plays that hand. a brilliantly satisfying and (for the director‚ for the genre‚ #for the era) astonishingly restrained example of its kind. low on the usual gialli trappings (brief violence‚ no sex or nudity) but over #flowing with atmosphere and tension and artistry. a visually indulgent gem from the latter years of the giallo movement and certainly one #of Fulci's best‚ most completely developed and enjoyable films. shameless' new blu is a brilliant restoration and i only hope it affords #this film the better status within Italian genre cinema circles that it genuinely deserves