a.k.a Brillantia Rock (original title); Disco Crazy
ITALY, 1979
Starring Monty Ray Garrson, Cecilia Buonocore & Auretta Gay
Directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini
Trix (Sweden); Letterboxed; English with swedish subtitles
Hilarious Travolta-sploitation with dance sequences that makes you pee your pants with laughter! All the comedy in this comedy is unintentional of course. A party classic.
Starring Kee Marcello, Ziny Zan, Jeff Harding, Michael Fitzpatrick & Naomi Kaneda
Directed by Mats Helge
CIC (Japan); Fullscreen; English with japanese subtitles; Uncut
Another entertaining miss from the great swedish auter Mats "Ninja Mission" Helge, this time he's in slasher territory! The hair metal band Solid Gold (played by real life hair metal band Easy Action) and a bunch of horny models are shooting a rock video in an abandoned (?) factory in the snowy mountains - but guess what, the factory is also inhabited by a family of deranged mutants who have not grasped the concept of hospitality! Bad but entertaining flick with lots of cheezy moments, bad fashion and clumsy gore. In what other film can you watch Kee Marcello from Europe get decapitated?
a.k.a I Cirque del Condor (original title); Thunder Squad (International)
Italy, 1985
Starring Antonio Sabata, Ivan Rassimov, Werner Pochath, Sal Borgese & Andrea Aureli
Directed by Umberto Lenzi
Columbia Video (Japan); Widescreen; English with japanese subtitles
The fun cast and the all the absurd action & hard-to-believe plot-twists makes this more fun than most italian Rambo type films. Depending on how you view these films you may also think it's another stinker in a stinker genre...
a.k.a Sexo Caníbal (original title); The Man Hunter (international); Mandigo Manhunter (USA); Jakten på Kidnapparna (Sweden video title)
Spain / France, 1980
Starring Al Cliver, Werner Pochath, Gisela Hahn, Ursula Buchfellner & Antonio Mayans
Directed by Jesus Franco
Continental Video (Sweden); Fullscreen; English with swedish subtitles
Demented jungle action. Not many agree but this is one of my Jess Franco favorites, really desperate low budget filmmaking at its funniest. This very rare tape is also a favorite. It's the longer Man Hunter-version, shorter than the Severin DVD though (but with better colors).
a.k.a Train Spécial pour SS (original title); Love Train For Hitler (Europe); Hitler's Last Train (USA); Helltrain (international); Specialtåg för Hitler (Sweden video title)
France, 1977
Starring Monica Swinn, Frank Braña, Christine Aurel & Sandra Mozarowsky
Directed by Alain Payet
Macvideo/Cinehollywood (Sweden); Letterboxed; English with swedish subtitles
OK stiff Eurociné sleaze. Will dissapoint fans of those nasty italian nazi prison camp exploitationers. A very, very rare release.
a.k.a Lang nu bai mo (original title); Wolfen Ninja (USA)
Hong Kong, 1982
Starring Ling Chang & Feng Shih
Directed by Ling Chang
Ocean Shores Video (Hong Kong); Fullscreen; Cantonese with chinese and english (almost) subtitles
Amazing slice of horror/fantasy/kung fu madness! Beyond good or bad but 100% entertaining and one of the nuttiest movies I can think of... The "english" subtitles on this tape is damn near impossible to understand but it hardly matters.