Watched my Mondo Macabro blu-ray (titled: An Ideal Place to Kill) which I recently bought because the premise sounded intriguing. Watching this in 2024 I have to believe that most people will think like I did when I said to myself, "Wait, did they just basically invent OnlyFans in 1971?"
Anyways, this turned out to perhaps be less sleazier than I thought it would be, but that's not a bad thing at all. The story unfolds well enough where each…
While you could say that Ms. 45 is just the natural scuzzy progression of films like Last House on the Left, Thriller: A Cruel Picture, and I Spit on Your Grave meeting up with the artistry of a film like Taxi Driver, this is also a film that would not be as powerful as it is if it wasn't made by Abel Ferrara and Zoë Lund. Ferrara knows the dangerous, grimy streets of the Rotten Apple (and the evil in…
This is not the low-budget war movie you think it's going to be. Dare I say it, Straight Into Darkness is a cult classic that just hasn't found the right audience yet. With an almost '70s Euro-horror look and contemplative flashbacks that fit within perhaps the avant-garde and experimental films of the 1960s, this tale of WWII deserters marching in the icy wilderness has a haunting sadness about it. The story unfolds like a classic novel or ancient fable—part Tom…
