By Anton Bitel
Sergio Martino’s schlocky 1973 film Torso offers a masterclass in the male gaze.
By Anton Bitel
JS Cardone’s The Slayer also centres around a vindictive bogeyman.
By Anton Bitel
Richard Franklin’s follow-up to the Hitchcock classic is a chilling horror in its own right.
By Anton Bitel
Jörg Buttgereit’s necrophilia-themed 1991 horror Nekromantik 2 is now out on Blu-ray/DVD.
By Anton Bitel
The Amityville Horror is one of the great ’70s genre films.
Kinji Fukasaku’s Doberman Cop is finally available on home video in the UK.
By Anton Bitel
Ovidio G Assonitis’ Madhouse similarly concerns a damaged woman’s psychotic meltdown.
By Anton Bitel
“Sonny” Chiba-starring Japanese genre hybrid Wolf Guy is now available on home video.
By Anton Bitel
Sidney J Furie’s The Entity is deeply disturbing but essential viewing.
By Anton Bitel
Juzo Itami’s ‘ramen western’ Tampopo – finally out on Blu-ray – is a culinary romp like no other.
By Elena Lazic
Annie Clark makes her directorial debut in this convention-flipping collection of shorts.
By Anton Bitel
Shinichi Fukazawa’s Super-8 gem Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell is a throwback to ’80s horror.
By Anton Bitel
Juan Piquer Simón’s Pieces is among the goriest films ever made.
By Anton Bitel
Undead Nazi soldiers and gratuitous nudity overflows in Zombie Lake, now out on DVD.
By Anton Bitel
The actor delivers arguably his finest hour in Hal Ashby’s The Last Detail.
By Anton Bitel
Is Gilbert Moses’ Willie Dynamite a paean to pimp life or a flamboyant allegory of the American Dream?
By Anton Bitel
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia has inspired everything from Barton Fink to Swiss Army Man.