OPEN SEASON

a.k.a Los Cazadores (Spain); The Recon Game; Jaktoffer (Sweden video title)

UK / SPAIN / USA / SWITZERLAND / ARGENTINA, 1974

Starring Peter Fonda, John Philip Law, Helga Liné, William Holden, Richard Lynch & Cornelia Sharp

Directed by Peter Collinson

VTC (Sweden); Letterboxed; English with swedish subtitles

I really liked this Most Dangerous Game-exploitationer with an international cast and some nices 70s sleaze/terror/revenge-movie touches. The swedish VHS is uncut I believe, but cuts right to trailers after the last scene, which makes for a shorter running time.

BAD RONALD

USA, 1974

Starring Scott Jacoby, Pippa Scott & John Larch

Directed by Buzz Kulik

MDC (Sweden); Fullscreen; English with swedish subtitles

Really creepy TV movie about a shy, weird nerd who accidentaly kills a school bully and is hidden in a secret room in the house by his over protective mother. When the mother dies from an operation Ronald continues living in the secret room, even when a new family with two young daughters move in. Ronald drills a hole in the wall and the family becomes increasingly suspicios when they start hearing noices and food and other stuff start mysteriously dissapearing. In the meantime Ronald starts to lose more and more grip with reality until he finally starts believing he's the prince of his made up fantasy land called Atranta, and that the princess (the cute young daughter) needs to be saved... and then it's time for Ronald to come out... brrr... Highly recommended.

AMIN: THE RISE AND FALL

a.k.a Rise and Fall of Idi Amin, Amin (Sweden video title)

UK / KENYA, 1981

Starring Joseph Olita, Thomas Baptise & Geoffrey Keen

Directed by Sharad Patel

Transworld (Sweden); Fullscreen; English with swedish subtitles

Who needs a film like The Last King of Scotland when video support us with cheap, stiff exploitationfilms like this one?

THE BELL FROM HELL

a.k.a La Campana del Infierno (original title); The Bell of Hell (UK video title)

Spain, 1973

Starring Renaud Verley, Viveca Lindfors, Maribél Martin & Christian von Blanc

Directed by Claudio Guerín (completed by Juan Antonio Bardem)

Duplivision (UK); Widescreen; English language

Great, subversive spanish shocker. This tapes is minutes longer than the Pathfinder DVD.

DEATH WEEKEND

a.k.a The House by the Lake

Canada, 1976

Starring Brenda Vaccaro, Don Stroud & Chuck Shamata

Directed by William Fruet

Sweden Movie Ab (Sweden); Fullscreen; English with swedish subtitles; Uncut

Well-made, sleazy and surprisingly feminist canadian Last House on the Left-type exploitationer. Good stuff.

THE SIDEWALKS OF BANGKOK

a.k.a Les Trottoirs de Bangkok (original title); Brännpunkt Bangkok (Sweden video title)

France, 1984

Starring Yoko

Directed by Jean Rollin

Atlantic Video (Sweden); Fullscreen; French with swedish subtitles