Category: Exploitation Cinema

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  A Lizard In A Woman’s Skin (1971)

  September 26, 2019

  1970s, Crime, Drama, Exploitation Cinema, Giallo, Italian Cinema, Thriller

  Exploring further the world of giallo – 1970s-era Italian thrillers with plenty of eroticism, style and violence – I watched Lucio Fulci’s A Lizard In A Woman’s Skin (1971; Una lucertola con la pelle di donna), a title that is more of a metaphor than a creature feature thing. Bored glamorous Carol (Florinda Bolkan) is… Read.

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  Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have The Key (1972)

  September 26, 2019

  1970s, Exploitation Cinema, Giallo, Horror, Italian Cinema, Thriller

  Further exploring the giallo genre of Italian mystery thrillers, I watched Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have The Key (1972). What a title! This is set in a countryside mansion and follows the crumbling marriage of a drunk, cheating author (Luigi Pistilli) and his harried, abused wife (Anita Strindberg). As people… Read.

• Switchblade Sisters (1975)

  September 26, 2019

  1970s, Action, Crime, Exploitation Cinema

  Switchblade Sisters (1975) is directed by Jack Hill, and is a title that has come up a lot as an exploitation drive in classic (Tarantino re-released it on his Rolling Thunder label in the late 90s, I think). A teen gang of girls led by the intense Lace (Robbie Lee, delightfully gnashing at the scenery)… Read.

• Caged Heat (1974)

  September 25, 2019

  1970s, Action, Exploitation Cinema, Thriller

  Caged Heat (1974) was written and directed by a young Jonathan Demme for Roger Corman’s New World Pictures. Working within the lurid ‘women in prison’ genre with all that entails, the movie is a cut above due to its singular characters (such as Barbara Steele’s imposing yet strange warden), surreal dream sequences, broad jokes, and… Read.