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Recommendations Please!

posted 16 days ago by Mrmojo4700 (20510)
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Lots of y’all know I’ve been on an Italian genre films kick for years but I tend to watch movies off the filmographies off of a core group of directors and actors. I’d love some recommendations for Italian films I haven’t come across yet. I’m not talking about films from directors like Federico Fellini, but specifically Italian Genre Films. I know I have a blind spot in Italian spy and sword/sandals movies from the 60s.

I probably missed some, but this is a list of what I’ve already seen so recommendations will be easier to make. So if anyone is into these films and knows of some I might like that I’ve missed, I’d greatly appreciate your recommendations. Thanks in advance!

Stendhal Syndrome
Cruel Jaws
Mean tricks
Black demons
Troll 2
Demonia
Deep blood
Cat in the brain
Night Killer
Beyond darkness
Two evil eyes
Cop target
Beyond the door iii
Nightmare beach
After death
Paganni horror
Shocking dark
The church
American rickshaw
Return of the Hitcher
House of lost souls
Born to fight
Primal rage
Witchery
Too beautiful to die
Spider labyrinth
Strike Commando 2
Zombie 5
Top line
Zombie 3
Ghost house
The commander
Night of the sharks
Phantom of death
Robowar
Cop game
Opera
Aenigma
Django strikes again
Scalps
Strike commando
Double target
Delirium (1987)
The barbarians
Stagefright Aquarius
Hammer head
Body count
Demons 2
Devils honey
You’ll die at midnight
Hands of steel
Bridge to hell
Nothing underneath
Commando leopard
Demons
Savage island
Massacre in dinosaur valley
Cut n run
Jungle raiders
Wild team
Phenomena
Devils crude
Code name wild geese
Ark of the Sun god
Rats night of terror
Blast fighter
Murder rock
Wild Beast
Warriors of the year 2072
Raiders of Atlantis
End game
Hearts and armour
Yor
Escape from the Bronx
Exterminators of the year 3000
Blade in the dark
2019 after the fall of New York
The new barbarians
2020 Texas gladiators
Conquest
Women’s prison massacre
Iron master
Tornado
The blade master
Tenebre
Ator the fighting eagle
Scorpion with two tails
Violence in a women’s prison
1990 the Bronx warriors
Manhattan baby
Tiger Joe
Hunters of the golden cobra
New York ripper
Absurd
House by the Cemetery
Car crash
The beyond
The salamander
Cannibal ferox
The lady shark
Black cat
Madhouse
Burial Ground
The other hell
Nightmare city
Night of the zombies
House on the edge of the park
Day of the cobra
City of the living dead
The last Hunter
Contraband
Anthropathagus
Blue eyed bandit
Cannibal apocalypse
Contamination
Nun of Monza
Macabre
Zombie Holocaust
Eaten alive
Inferno
Cannibal Holocaust
The shark hunter
Killer fish
Beyond the darkness
Great alligator
House by the edge of the lake
Killer nun
Zombie
Corleone to Brooklyn
The concord affair
Tough to kill
Island of the fish men
The visitor
Star crash
Iron commissioner
Cyclone
Mountain of the cannibal god
Emanuelle and the erotic nights
Last house on the beach
Emanuelle and the white slave trade
Blood and diamonds
The Bermuda Triangle
Inglorious bastards
The biggest battle
Magnum cop
Mad dog killer
Emanuelle and the last cannibals
Highway racer
Destruction force
Brothers till we die
Heroin busters
Mannaja
Shock
The psychic
Hitch hike
Women’s camp 119
Tentacles
Weapons of death
Jungle holocaust
The cynic the rat and the fist
Suspiria
Emanuelle in America
Rulers of the city
A special cop in action
Keoma
Death rage
Rome armed to the teeth
Free hand for a tough cop
House with the laughing windows
The big racket
Violent Naples
Rome the other face of violence
38 special squad
Live like a cop die like a man
Violent Milan
Salon kitty
Young violent dangerous
Savage three
Kidnap syndicate
Strip nude for your killer
Syndicate sadist
Violent city (1975)
Suspicious death of a minor
Four of the apocalypse
Manhunt in the city
Late night trains
Deep red
How to kill a judge
Footprints on the moon
Eyeball
Loaded guns
Antichrist
Beyond the door
Enter the Devil
Challenge to white fang
Living dead at the Manchester morgue
Street law
Heroes in hell
Mania
What have they done to your daughters?
Almost human
Shoot first die later
Girl in room 2a
Madeline study of a nightmare
Emergency squad
Cry of a prostitute
Perfume of the lady in black
Kidnap
Blood brothers
Spasmo
Rabid dogs
White fang
Battle of the godfathers
Sex of the witch
Revolver
Baba yaga
The violent professionals
High crime
No the case is happily resolved
Death Smiles on a murderer
Lisa and the devil
Seven deaths in the cats eye
Devils wedding night
Mafia junction
Gang war in Milan
Redneck
The boss
Black magic rites
Torso
Tragic ceremony
White dress for marele
Death walks at midnight
Don’t torture a duckling
Italian connection
Knife of ice
Red Queen kills seven times
Man from deep river
Vice is a locked room I have the key
Case of the blood iris
Delirium (1972)
Dead are alive
Who saw her die
Smile before death
Night of the devils
Amuck

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (20510) 16 days ago

Cont.

What have you done to solange
All the colors of the dark
Baron blood
Execution squad
Seven blood stained orchids
Caliber 9
My dear killer
Devils lover
Four glues on gray velvet
Death walks on high heels
Devils nightmare
Case is closed forget it
Lady Frankenstein
Duck you sucker
Red Sun
Bay of blood
The fifth cord
Case of the scorpions tail
Shoot the living pray for the dead
Vengeance is a dish served cold
Belly of the black tarantula
Slaughter hotel
His name was king
Confessions of a police captain
Lizard in a woman’s skin
Cat o nine tails
Strange vice Mrs Wardh
Companeros
Forbidden photos lady above suspicion
Violent city
The conformist
Hatchet for a honeymoon
Count Dracula
Bird with crystal plumage
A quiet place to kill
Investigation of a citizen above suspicion
And god said to Cain
The bloody judge
Rider on the rain
Overrun
Puro
Sartana Angel of death
Naked violence
Django thr bastards
So sweet so perverse
Detective belli
Venus in furs
Battle of the commandos
Double face
Probability zero
99 women
Paranoia
Cemetery without crosses
A place in hell
Once upon a time in the west
The mercenary
If you meet Sartana pray for death
Sky full of stars for a roof
Vengeance
Frame up
Taste of vengeance
Sardinia kidnapped
The great silence
The young the evil and the savage
Day of the owl
Django prepare a coffin
Death laid an egg
Man pride and vengeance
Day of anger
Face to face
Le Samourai
Bandidos
Desert commandos
Death rides a horse
Cjamago
Django kill if you live shoot
The big gun down
The hell benders
Bullet for the general
Good bad and the ugly
My name is pecos
The bounty killer
The witch
Massacre time
Ringo and his golden pistol
Wild wild planet
The third eye
Django
For a few dollars more
Bloody pit of horror
Planet of the vampires
Nightmare castle
Sandook
Long hair of death
Fistful of dollars
Blood and Black lace
Black Sabbath
The invincible masked rider
Girl who knew too much
Triumph of robin hood

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[–] VinceD (6800) 16 days ago

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[–] BlackChristmas (307) 16 days ago

That's some list!

I searched and can't see Dellamorte Dellamore (1994) aka Cemetery Man on it much to my surprise, you really haven't seen it? It's directed by Michele Soavi (The Church, Delirium/Stage Fright). I also can't see The Sect (1991) on your list, that's another from him.


I'll also name some that I haven't seen but are on my watchlist. These are all giallo films except for Arcane Sorcerer;
My Dear Killer (1972)
Watch Me When I Kill (1977)
The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)
The Bloodstained Shadow (1978)
The Possessed (1965)
Autopsy (1975)
Nine Guests for a Crime (1977)
The Sister of Ursula (1978)
Arcane Sorcerer (1996)

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[–] Kowalski (59233) 16 days ago

CEMETARY MAN IS SO DAMN COOL...BLIND RENTAL FROM BLOCKBUSTER TURNED LIFELONG LOVE.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (20510) 15 days ago

Indeed I have seen Cemetery Man and I must have left it off the list. I wonder if it’s logged on LetterboxD. I’m very familiar with Soavi, Stage Fright being my favorite, but I’ve not seen The Sect. It sure would have been interesting if he had started directing around 10 years earlier. I have not seen any of the others you listed either, so they are going on my watch list. I appreciate it!

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[–] samoanjoes (51226) 16 days ago

If you're into dramas, the directing in this is insane.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0076085/

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (20510) 15 days ago

Adding it now. 👍

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[–] VinceD (6800) 16 days ago

You've seen all the good gialli that I know of, but I noticed a few Spaghetti Westerns that you might want to check out:

Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (1968) – This one is directed by Enzo G. Castellari and I think you’ll like it. It’s my second favorite Castellari film after The Inglorious Bastards (1977).

Texas, Adios (1966) – Starring Franco Nero and directed by Ferdinando Baldi. This one plays more like a John Wayne Western than a Spaghetti Western, but it's still pretty good and worth a watch. Nero is really cool in it.

Pistol for 100 Coffins AKA A Gun for One Hundred Graves (1968) – Dir. Umberto Lenzi. I reviewed this one on Letterboxd, but the TL;DR is that it's very similar to Death Rides a Horse (1967) yet distinct enough to stand on its own. It’s been released under a bunch of different titles, so it might be on your list under a different name. If you haven't seen it yet, it’s a decent spaghetti western and definitely worth checking out.
My Letterboxd Review https://letterboxd.com/vince_d/film/a-gun-for-one-hundred-graves/1/

The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
👆These last two are Sword and Sandal films. Sergio Leone directed them, though I think he’s uncredited. They're OK but nothing like his later films that he would go on to greatness with. They still might be worth a watch, though.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (20510) 15 days ago

Where do you rank The Big Racket and Street Law on your Enzo G list?

I’ve been on a Lenzi marathon but haven gotten to that one yet. I’m getting into his obscure stuff now.

But yeah, I haven’t seen any of thes but I will be adding them. Thanks for the summaries.

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[–] VinceD (6800) 15 days ago

I actually haven't seen those. I really should watch them. That's my blind spot for Italian cinema; the 70s Italo-crime cop movies.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (20510) 15 days ago

You definitely need to check those two out. Both are highly rated great examples of the euro crime genre, in my opinion.

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[–] Keelai (32055) 16 days ago

My favorite Italian films are the Western-comedy series:
They Call Me Trinity
Trinity Is Still My Name
My Name Is Nobody

One of the weirdest WTF movies I've ever seen in my life:
Swept Away (Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto)

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[–] Kowalski (59233) 16 days ago

I THINK I AGREE....THE COMEDY WESTERNS ARE MY FAVORITE ITALIAN EXPORTS AS WELL.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (20510) 15 days ago

I’ve avoided the Trinity films because I just didn’t think I’d like them, but I will definitely get around to those.

That last film sounds right up my alley. 👍

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[–] Keelai (32055) 15 days ago

Great! I hope you enjoy them.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (20510) 14 days ago

I Just finished Swept Away and wow. I actually saw the first 10 minutes of this a few years back and I thought it was a basic shipwrecked comedy so I turned it off. Raffaella was just so obnoxious on the yacht and I wrongly thought the whole movie might be like that. I really wished I had kept watching back then. Lol This movie was really good with all the twist and turns and your right, lots of wtf moments. When you make it through the battle of the classes and strange ride in the middle of the film you’re rewarded with a really emotional ending. I was surprised to find the director was a woman.

I really enjoyed it. 8/10

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[–] Keelai (32055) 14 days ago

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I watched only the last part of the movie on TV decades ago and found it disturbing and bizarre. It must be a classic because my library has several copies of it so I just reserved to see the rest.

I just found out there was a remake with Guy Ritchie, but you watched the right one.

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[–] samoanjoes (51226) 14 days ago

Avoid the remake.

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[–] parkerbot (5560) 16 days ago

My Cousin Vinny.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (20510) 15 days ago

Isn’t that the one where he talks about grits?

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[–] parkerbot (5560) 15 days ago

He's Italian - that's all I remember.

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[–] Keelai (32055) 14 days ago

Yes, he talks about grits.

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[–] Rockman4 (1592) 16 days ago

I watched these recently

Puzzle (1974)
Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)
Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970)

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (20510) 15 days ago

Thanks! I will add them.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (20510) 15 days ago

Oh, I see Five Dolls for an August Moon has Edwige Fenech in the cast. Bumped to the top of the list. 😀

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[–] Rockman4 (1592) 15 days ago

She was definitely the reason I watched it

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (20510) 15 days ago

Some of my favorite gialli are Sergio Martino’s with her as the lead actress. She was truly mesmerizing.

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