A professor goes to Venice to try to track down Nosferatu, who was last seen there several hundred years ago.
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Castle Freak (1995)
A splintered American family inherits a gothic Italian castle… along with the disfigured monster locked up in the basement.
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Demonia (1990)
Demonia A group of Canadian archaeologists are sent to a small town in Sicily, as part of a survey team meant to study some ancient Greek ruins. But team member Liza is far more captivated by the nearby ruins of an abandoned medieval monastery that sits on a hill right outside their dig sight. But […]
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Madhouse (1981)
Madhouse AKA: There Was A Little Girl Julia Sullivan is a beloved teacher at a school for the deaf in Savannah, Georgia. She’s kind, patient, and has a loving boyfriend named Sam, who just so happens to be a doctor. She’s basically got the kind of nice, calm, comfortable life that most people would envy. […]
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Paganini Horror (1989)
Paganini Horror The members of a female rock band are having trouble coming up with their next big hit. So one of their collaborators acquires an unpublished score by Niccolo Paganini, the famed 18th and 19th century composer who is rumored to have sold his soul to the devil himself. The ladies love the song […]
Read moreSeven Deaths in the Cat’s Eye (1973) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
If you read the title and immediately asked whether there is a cat in this giallo, I’m happy to inform you that yes, there is indeed a cat. Often times gialli have animals referenced in their titles but don’t actually use them; that’s not the case here. There’s a cat walking around, and guess how […]
Read moreHole in the Forehead (1968) — Movie Reviews by a Mook
A weird gunslinger, a bunch of Mexican banditos, betrayal, revenge, a fuzzy timeline, and everybody’s dirty. Yep, it’s another Italian Western! Hole in the Forehead follows Billy Blood, a quirky cowboy with a terrible name that never likes to use his right hand for anything except shooting and always shoots people in the forehead for […]
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Piercing Stillness (2019)
Piercing Stillness AKA: L’Immobilità Trafigge An amateur photographer goes for a walk in the countryside where he comes across a small, discarded mannequin. As the filmmaker starts to shoot video of his find, he discovers that his camera suddenly seems to be haunted by an unknown man in black garb who shows the videographer flashbacks […]
Read moreMassacre in Dinosaur Valley (1985) – Reviews by a Mook
If you’re hoping to actually see dinosaurs in this movie, then I have to apologize now. Dinosaur tracks? Yes. Dinosaur bones? Sure. But actual dinosaurs? God no. A paleontologist, his attractive daughter, and an American adventure seeker/archaeologist/two-fisted tough guy decide to make an illegal flight to the dinosaur valley, a protected area of the Amazon […]
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Phenomena (1985)
The daughter of a famous actor is sent off to a boarding school in remote Swiss city. While there Donald Pleasance informs her that she has psychic insect powers that enable her to communicate with the creepy crawlies of the world and she uses these powers to pursue a local serial killer who is slaughtering young woman in and around the school.
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