Saturday, August 30, 2014

Rabid Dogs (1974) a.k.a Cani Arrabbiati


































  After performing a violent robbery, three criminals try to escape Rome without getting caught. They take a woman and her child hostage and hijack a middle-aged man's car and force him to drive them all out of Rome. Will the hostages manage to stay alive under the criminals' pressure?
  The master of Italian horror, Mario Bava,  returns and this time he triggers primitive thrilling motions with this fantastic film here. I seriously could not find a dissatisfying element in it, not even a story loop or an unneeded pause. This film throws you in the thriller bucket and lets you there until the very end when it decides it is done with you. Film endings like the one here is the reason I have no respect for contemporary cinema!
  Nothing is left to chance when Bava is on the wheel and definitely not the actors. Don Backy, George Eastman and Maurice Poli vividly play the criminals and it is magnificent how each one's personality clashes with the other's. Lea Landri and Riccardo Cucciolla are the unfortunate hostages. The tremendous thrilling emotion that escalates throughout the film is a work of both the directing and the acting and since most of the film takes place inside a car, I can only say congratulations to the actors for performing so good in such limited space.
Must watch this : eating pizza and drinking Pepsi Twist on a hot summer night with a couple of friends (not more or the feeling of the movie will be lost if there is noise) and try not to talk throughout the film. When the end comes, jump surprised and yell.
Trailer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071275/
If you feel anything, don't be alarmed. It will probably be my gun
Told ya!
Shit, I found a bag. I wonder whose is it?

Ceremonia Sangrienta (1973) a.k.a The Legend of Blood Castle


































  An ageing cursed Countess finds that the blood of young women seems to restore her long lost youth and beauty. She falls in love with a young man whom she gets to bring her fresh dead girls using his vampiric curse and her thirst for blood never ends...
  Quality horror director Jorge Grau leaves his mark on yet another jaw-dropping film. The film narrates the story of Countess Bathory who allegedly bathed in the blood of young girls in order to stay young. Using a profound heavy atmosphere with silent and slow dialogues, the Grau manages to create a beautiful frightening  mood, like a sense that someone is after you. There is some nudity (of course, this is Europe) and some delightfully handled gore that definitely adds to the Gothic morale of the film.
  Lucia Boséius just the right person for playing Erzebeth Bathory. Her posture is magnificent and she seems to move like a real Countess. Espartaco Santoni is not such a good vampire but he gives real credit to his character while Ewa Aulin is the classic minx that can make even living dead fall in love with her. If it weren't for the actors' serious performances, the film would have been much more trashy and the whole horror quality would have been thrown down the drain!
Must watch this : on a rainy October night, alone with only a glass of sweet red wine.
Trailer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068352/
Oh, yeah! Suffocate me!
Period Strike!
Here comes the airplane! Open up!

Friday, August 29, 2014

Street of a Thousand Pleasures (1972)


































  An American tourist traveling to an unnamed Middle Eastern country, saves the life of the local sheik. To return the favor and to express his gratitude, the sheik takes the young man to the Street of 1000 Pleasures where he can choose any woman he likes...
  And that's about all anyone can say about the plot of this film. Believe me when I say that in the first 5 or 6 minutes, the story has already run its course. Devoted nudie director William Rotsler does a very smart job although seemingly stupid; he knows the film is just an excuse for nudity and tits so he quickly gets over with the plot (because there has to be one) and lets the viewer take what he came for...
  Besides the young tourist who is played by Garth Ruger, the rest of the cast is all female. And we are not talking about 10-20 more actors, we are talking about almost 100 ladies flashing off their beauties casually in the film. Among them you can find Uschi Digard in a minor nude role and Malta while the rest of the ladies are mostly unknown amateur actresses. 
Must watch this : with a glass of Black Russian on a random boring weekday evening. Call up your friends and have it playing in the background while you chill. The random pauses for tits and ass will be very satisfying!
ttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066417/
The fight for democracy is on!
Wanna be my 5th wife?
Twerk that shit, girl!

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Werewolves on Wheels (1971)


































  A gang of outlaw bikers strolling the desert comes across an old church which has been taken over by a satanic cult. The cult members host the bikers and after they have drugged them, they place a curse on the leader biker's girl. No one ever expected what came afterwards...
  Michel Levesque made a short but big contribution to the cult world. This film was one of the two (of the genre) he directed and we have to say that even if the progress of the plot is unconventional, we still can get the maximum cult satisfaction we can. Biker gangs, demonic rites from an evil cult, werewolves, the desert and tons of hallucinogenic drugs (don't tell me they were sober). It's that time of the year again!
  Steve Oliver, Donna Anders, Gene Shane and their team of hairy motherfuckers on wheels. Exactly the acting you expect from a film that holds such a title but there is a little twist. Supposedly, the majority of the bikers were actual bikers without any acting skills so by that token what you get is as pure as it gets.
Must watch this : at someone's place where you usually chill (we for example call it The House of Big Chill run by Odin). Get yourselves a healthy and big club sandwich, pour a glass of mixed alcohols of your taste and enjoy this fucker on a hot summer night. Cool off with that dusty tune .
Trailer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067972/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Dear Lord Satan, ye who giveth us the daily bread...
...
Worst case of teenage change

Hear ye! Hear ye!

  We, here at 20,000 flicks under the ground headquarters, would humbly want to thank each person that ever clicked to log in the site and therefore each person that came back to read another review. Taking the exploitation, cult and old-times love to another level, we have to decided to collaborate with a bunch of young designers (and social rejects) to provide you with a series of T-shirts inspired by the elements we freaks have come to love.
  In a few days, we will start operating a merch store together with the newly-found Filthy Fabric team where you will be able to buy T-shirts inspired by movies reviewed here. Since we are still underpaid college students, the store will have little to show in the beginning but by giving us your opinion and support we can and will provide more and better!
  So, if you have an extra buck to spend and you want to help a bunch of kids continue their weekly trips to strip joints, supplement their weed allowance, fund their way into depravity and maybe (if there is any money left) collect money to continue their academic life, now you have an extra chance!
  More info to come dangerously soon...
Until then, stay clean and stay heavy,
parissleep and the Filthy Fabric team
A set of tits always helps!

Sunday, August 24, 2014

The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)


































  The story of young scientist Victor Frankenstein whose passion with anatomy led him to perform abnormal experiments. Collecting spare parts from dead bodies and using the powers of electricity, Frankenstein aims to be able to give life to what is already dead. And he finally, succeeds....
  Times were a-changing and so Frankenstein had to do! Directed by Jimmy Sangster, this film had nothing to do with the previous and following of the series, starring Peter Cushing. In an attempted fresh new start, Frankenstein is young, mean and totally self-oriented while the film is much more cult than the rest from Hammer studios. The monster could have been better but no hard feelings since the atmosphere is satisfying. More sex, more gore and more exploitation. This film may have been the start of a change for Hammer Studios!
  Ralph Bates manages to stand very well in the shoes of his predecessor and while his character deserves some love in the end, he manages to portray a ruthless, sadistic figure who kills everyone that stand in his way. Veronica Carlson is sadly in love with him, not seeing the monster he really is and Graham James is his friend and colleague until he was no longer needed. Surprise appearance by Dennis Price and voluptuous Kate O'Mara who steals any scene she is in.
Must watch this : on the last day of summer when you feel the weather changing and the cold of winter coming in the distance. Make a hefty cup of Earl Grey tea and enjoy this film like a cold-hearted Briton !
Trailer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065851/
Not even the  lemon drops in my eyes seem to work

It's gonna bust
It's all you, bro! You can lift it!

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Hedonistic Pleasures (1969)


































  A documentary on the dirtier side of Los Angeles and how people affect it or are affected by it. Supposedly secret cameras document everyday lurid scenes in which explore their sexualities and the capabilities of money over flesh...
  Ed De Priest and this film are highly underrated, if you ask me. Setting aside the fact that this flick is something between a documentary and a mondo but in the bad kind of way, if you watch it just for the pictures it is a fucking piece of art. Not meaning to shock or arouse, this movie has plenty of artistic and full-frontal nudity that comes together with a majestic psychedelic score that simply takes you away to nowhere. Watch it just for fun and it works. Watch it and try to find a meaning and you lost the game!
  Pat Barrington in a classic nude role, reminding her glamor in Mondo Topless. Sharon Well, Natasha Steel and Nancy McGavin complete the (female, there is no point in talking about the male one) cast and the result is psychedelic essence in its purest, exploitation form.
Must watch this : open your mind, prepare a glass of White Russian, set the lights low, mute the film and have this lysergic motherfucker playing in the background.One.Two.Three.Take off!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0219759/
Tits everywhere!
A joint a day keeps the boredom away
Blaze