Contraband (Luca il Contrabbandiere) (1980) Horror maestro Lucio Fulci does a mafia flick. Working stiff Neapolitan smugglers VS 'orrible French cunt making offers they can't refuse. As expected, the slayings are merciless, the gore grimly spectacular. Plot is twisty yet concise, an appropriate change from his bonkers
Gates of Hell trilogy. I like the rough n' tumble handling of protagonist Luca, a mid-tier thug groping in the shadows of mafia kingpins. Wasn't keen on the lurid gang rape, but that's part and parcel of b-flick crimming, unfortunately. Worth an evening if you like Fulci and/or violent gangland b-flicks.
Spoilers: DR BIRUFORD'S BEST GORE
Squibs, glorious squibs!
^ He shoulda learned to KEEP HE MOUTH SHUT
^ No more singing for this STOOL PIGEON
Red Sun (1971) Horeh shiet.
![Surprised :o](./images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif)
How'd I never hear about this one? Charles BURONSON (wily thief) and a winningly English-growling Toshiro Mifune (LAST SAMOURAI) in a classic spaghetti western revenge. True to genre standards, it's unhurriedly scenic, earthy and violent. The slow-thawing buddy act is unsurprising yet charmingly played, as expected of the estimable leading men, with a charismatic nemesis in handsome devil Alain Delon. Good with large-scale shootouts and grimly economical slashings alike. Only thing that sapped immersion was an inane "don't cut the rope, you might cut them too!" *blasts rope off throat with revolver* scene, trivial. A fine evening's entertainment for fans of either lead.
Oh wow Ursula Andress too, all muh favourite stars!
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/zE2fkOK.gif)
Sound design in this scene is AMAZIN, who doesn't love the wind rustling through long grass? An uncouth prick, that's who!
Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman (Kuchisake Onna) (2007) I can't honestly review this one, as the fucker put me to sleep more than once, and when I awoke it was to context-less Horror Movie Retardation. Standard-issue J-spook yurei-dodging affair. Only perused because the titular fiend's makeup is RAD, but the surrounding film seemed fairly BAD. I might be wrong etc etc
kitten wrote:kill list (2012) - was in a "watch a movie i've never heard of" mood several days ago and looked this up after BIL mentioned it. wasn't disappointed! there's a serious authenticity to the constant existential dysphoria going on, here, and some pretty biting socio-political commentary. though i do like the resident evil-esque ramp-up of the ending, i eventually fell on the side of feeling it falls a bit short of what the rest of the movie had been building up. it's not as if the ending is bad or spoils the movie, but i feel like it could have shot a bit further than its abrupt punctuation. the extremely well-executed domestic instability had me thinking of possession.
Glad you enjoyed! You may also like Ben Wheatley's earlier crime flick
Down Terrace. Black dramedy of succession in a working class crime family. Going offbeat, there's also
A Field In England. Surrealistic, horror-tinged Monty Python-esque. Civil war deserters plunder said plot for treasure, only to rouse the motherfuckin devil and/or a whole lotta shrooms. Both featuring
Kill List's crack support Michael Smiley, with
Field a real snarling star turn.
While
Terrace is a safe bet,
Field is total marmite and will bore and frustrate some while it enchants others (like ME
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/M3BhjKG.gif)
).
OPEN UP AND LET THE DEVIL IN
I need to catch up on Mr. Wheaty, the above three flicks were all right up my street.