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ALUCARDA ***
1975 MEXICO Juan Lopez Moctezuma
BADASS highly controversial piece of mexican cinematography.
Two orphaned girls unleash a satanic force in a Catholic convent. Renowned
for its extreme explicit subject matters and dreamy mis-en-scene. A BIG
F.U to religious tyranny and stupidy. After a while the movie loses some
of its momentum and we get the idea, but horror & nunsploitation fans
should take notice.


A BUCKET OF BLOOD
1959 USA Roger Coreman*****
A Sinister comedy that takes place around a beatnik cafe/ art gallery, the
hippest spot to be. The workplace of Walter Pasley - a slow witted waiter
whose dream it is to be a respected beatnik artist. One day he decides to
try sculpturing - he seems to have a lack of inspiration until the
landlady's cat gets stuck in the wall. I won't spoil much further of the
plotline now, just go see it.
A great satire of the beatnik scene and for that matter any subculture around.
Replace beatniks with modern pretentious berlin techno wankers and you would
have a cool contemporary version. Lines like 'Nobody asked for your opinion
Walter, you are just a simple little farm boy and the rest of us are all
sophisticated beatniks" and "What ya havin'for breakfast? - Soy and wheat
germ pancakes and Garbonzo Omelets with smoked yeast" make this movie
timeless. watch here


THE HELLSTROM CHRONICLE ****
1971 USA, dir. Walon Green, Ed Spiegel
A gloomy pseudo-documentary that takes you on a deep trip into the realm of
insects. Quirky scientist Dr. Hellstrom shares his sinister thoughts about
this underrated microcosm and its lurking dangers and potentials. Acting
pretty much as a prophet of insect-armageddon, his message is clear: THEY
will continue to breed, feed and kill, while our own lousy species is doomed!
It might be a bit over the top here and there... Anyways - the camera work is
excellent and features lots of atmospherical, colorful macro-visions from
flora & fauna. The mysterious, buzzy soundtrack was composed by no other than
Lalo Schifrin and is really another great asset here! An oddball niche-movie
for the whole family!
(this review was written by Wormholio Limburger)