Companeros 1970  R, 118 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Jack Palance, Fernando Rey, Iris Berben, Francisco Bodalo, Karin Schubert, Jose Bodalo, Eduardo Fajardo, Gino Pernice, Jesus Fernandez, Gerard Tichy
This spaghetti Western is set in Mexico during a time of revolt in the early 1900s. Yodlaf (Franco Nero), a mercenary and weapons dealer, joins revolutionary El Vasco (Tomas Milian) whose mission is to free Professor Xantos (Fernando Rey) and his students being held hostage by Americans in Texas. Yodlaf's real mission, however, is to find a cache of gold, and the professor knows where it is. Along the way they must deal with a gunslinger: wooden-handed, pot-smoking John (Jack Palance) and his falcon.
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The Dark Is Death's Friend 1975  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Killer Must Strike Again
Director: Luigi Cozzi
Cast: George Hilton, Antoine Saint-John, Femi Benussi, Cristina Galbo, Eduardo Fajardo, Teresa Velazquez, Alessio Orano, Carla Mancini, Sydne Rome, Dario Griachi
Mainardi (George Hilton) hires a killer (Antoine Saint-John) to murder his rich wife. After the deed is done, the killer places the body in his car for disposal, but the car is stolen by a teenage couple out for some fun. They will soon regret their decision when the killer finds them. Sex-filled, but still one of Director Cozzi's better efforts. This is an English-dubbed version.
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Django 1966  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Franco Nero, Jose Bodalo, Loredana Nusciak, Eduardo Fajardo, Angel Alvarez, Gino Pernice, Simon Arriaga, Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia, Erik Schippers, Rafael Albaicin
This is the first of several "spaghetti Westerns" that chronicle the adventures of superhero Django (Franco Nero). Django arrives in a Mexican town dragging a coffin and is immediately caught in the middle of two warring factions: Yankee KKK members and Mexican gangsters. Lots of violence, especially after Django opens the coffin and takes out his Gatling gun.
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The House of Exorcism 1973 R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: Lisa and the Devil
The Devil in the House of Exorcism
Director: Mario Bava, Alfredo Leone
Cast: Telly Savalas, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina, Alessio Orano, Alida Valli, Espartaco Santoni, Gabriele Tinti, Kathy Leone, Eduardo Fajardo, Franz von Treuberg
Lisa (Elke Sommer) gets lost while touring Italy. She ends up in a mansion that is truly weird: corpses, wax dummies (one that looks like her), a depraved family, and a strange housekeeper (Telly Savalas) who is the Devil. A gory, unsettling film.
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Macario 1960 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Roberto Gavaldon
Cast: Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Pina Pellicer, Enrique Lucero, Jose Galvez, Jose Luis Jimenez, Mario Alberto Rodriguez, Eduardo Fajardo, Consuelo Frank, Jose Dupeyron, Celia Tejeda, Manuel Noriega, Enrique Garcia Alvarez
An old Mexican fable was the basis for B. Traven's novel "The Third Guest," upon which this film is based. Macario (Ignacio Lopez Tarso) lives in extreme poverty with his family. He goes on a hunger strike to get sympathy and, hopefully, to get a turkey. His wife (Pina Pellicer) steals a turkey and gives it to him, though the children must go to bed hungry. Just as Macario is about to eat it, he is visited by Death and is convinced to share the turkey in return for the ability to heal–as long as Death agrees with the person to be healed. Fame and fortune follow, but promises are hard to keep, and Death doesn't tolerate broken promises. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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The Mercenary 1968 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Franco Nero, Tony Musante, Jack Palance, Giovanna Ralli, Eduardo Fajardo, Bruno Corazzari, Remo de Angelis, Franco Giacobini, Lorenzo Robledo, Alvaro de Luna
A mercenary (Franco Nero) battles his nemesis (Jack Palance) as he aids peasants in the Mexican revolution.
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Nightmare City 1980 R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: City of the Walking Dead
Nightmare
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Cast: Hugo Stiglitz, Mel Ferrer, Laura Trotter, Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Francisco Rabal, Sonia Viviani, Eduardo Fajardo, Stefania D'Amario, Ugo Bologna, Tom Felleghy
A plane crash-lands at an Italian airport, and zombies exit from the doors shooting and stabbing anyone in the way.
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Sonny and Jed 1972 R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
aka: Bandera Bandits
J & S: Criminal Story of an Outlaw Couple
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Tomas Milian, Susan George, Telly Savalas, Rosanna Yanni, Franco Giacobini, Eduardo Fajardo, Herbert Fux, Laura Betti, Werner Pochath, Alvaro de Luna, Dan van Husen
Mean and violent Jed (Tomas Milian) robs the rich and gives to the poor in this spaghetti Western set in the Southwest. He takes on a partner, Sonny (Susan George), who wants to experience excitement–and she gets it. Meanwhile, the sheriff (Telly Savalas) is on their trail.
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| 1. Companeros (1970)
2. The Dark Is Death's Friend (1975)
aka: The Killer Must Strike Again
3. Django (1966)
4. The House of Exorcism (1973)
aka: Lisa and the Devil
aka: The Devil in the House of Exorcism
5. Macario (1960)
6. The Mercenary (1968)
7. Nightmare City (1980)
aka: City of the Walking Dead
aka: Nightmare
8. Sonny and Jed (1972)
aka: Bandera Bandits
aka: J & S: Criminal Story of an Outlaw Couple
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