Big Deal After 20 Years 1987  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Big Deal on Madonna Street: 20 Years Later
Director: Amanzio Todini
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Tiberio Murgia, Francesco De Rosa, Giorgio Gobbi, Clelia Rondinella, Gina Rovere, Alessandra Panelli, Alessandro Gassman, Giovanni Lombardo Radice
In this sequel to the 1958 film, Tiberio (Marcello Mastroianni) is now released from prison but is unable to find work, so he reluctantly teams up again with Peppe (Vittorio Gassman) and aids him in a smuggling job.
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Body Puzzle 1991  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Misteria
Director: Lamberto Bava
Cast: Joanna Pacula, Tomas Arana, Francois Montagut, Gianni Garko, Erika Blanc, Matteo Gazzolo, Susanna Javicoli, Bruno Corazzari, Ursula von Baechler, Sebastiano Lo Monaco, Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Tracy's (Joanna Pacula) husband, Abe (Francois Montagut), died some time ago in an automobile accident. Now Tracy is being watched by a mysterious man, and she also finds a body part in her refrigerator. With the help of investigator Michael (Tomas Arana), they uncover the fact that gruesome murders are occurring around the city and that selected body parts are taken from the bodies–parts that were donated from Abe's body. A touch of his father's (Mario) style is displayed by Lamberto Bava in this horror/mystery.
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Cannibal Apocalypse 1980  R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Invasion of the Flesh Hunters
Director: Antonio Margheriti
Cast: John Saxon, Elizabeth Turner, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Cinzia De Carolis, Tony King, Wallace Wilkinson, Ramiro Oliveros, John Geroson, May Heatherly, Ronnie Sanders
Green Beret Captain Norman Hopper (John Saxon) rescues two of his men who are POWs in Vietnam and finds them eating human flesh. Years later, Charlie (Giovanni Lombardo Radice), one of the POWs, breaks out of the mental hospital and causes a commotion when he bites a woman. It turns out that he had contracted a virus in Vietnam, and now his cannibalism is spreading throughout the community. Norman, who was bitten when he made the rescue, is also in trouble. Typical of Italian filmmaker Antonio Margheriti's work.
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Deadly Impact 1984 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Fabrizio De Angelis
Cast: Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Vincent Conte, Marcia Clingan, Alain Blondeau
A computer whiz finds a way of beating the slots in Las Vegas, but all he gets for his efforts is being killed by a pair of thugs who, after killing the man, search for the winnings. Crooked cop George (Bo Svenson), with help from Lou (Fred Williamson), has his own plans for the computer program.
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Deliria 1987  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Stage Fright
Director: Michele Soavi
Cast: David Brandon, Barbara Cupisti, Robert Gligorov, Martin Philips, Ulrike Schwerk, Mary Sellers, Joanne Smith, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Mickey Knox, Richard Barkeley
Michele Soavi, the latest of the Italian "slasher" directors, does a credible job in this, his first film as director. Rehearsals are in progress for a new play when, nearby, a crazed ex-actor escapes from an asylum. He enters the theater, and the actors start being killed one-by-one.
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La Chiesa 1989 R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: The Church
Demons 3
Director: Michele Soavi
Cast: Tomas Arana, Asia Argento, Hugh Quarshie, Barbara Cupisti, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Antonella Vitale, Roberto Corbiletto, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Lars Jorgenson, Olivia Cupisti
Devil worshippers in a small town were massacred in 12th-century Italy. A church was built over the gravesites by an alchemist who devised an elaborate scheme to seal off the church in the event the Satanists arose from the now-sealed crypt. The builder was buried alive in the church at the end of construction. Now the church is being restored, and–you guessed it–the demons are unleashed. Will the world be saved by the alchemist's defenses? Excellent photography.
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 The Omen 2006 R, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Drama
Director: John Moore
Cast: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Mia Farrow, David Thewlis, Michael Gambon, Pete Postlethwaite, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Amy Huck, Bohumil Svarc, Carlo Sabatini, Reggie Austin, Predrag Bjelac, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Tomas Wooler
In this remake of the 1976 film by the same name, Robert and Katherine Thorne (Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles) adopt Damien who was born the same day that Katherine lost a baby during labor. Katherine was not told of the loss and believes that Damien is her natural-born son. The family moves to a large estate in London, and it does not take long for ghastly events to take over their lives. Could Damien be the devil incarnate?
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| 1. Big Deal After 20 Years (1987)
aka: Big Deal on Madonna Street: 20 Years Later
2. Body Puzzle (1991)
aka: Misteria
3. Cannibal Apocalypse (1980)
aka: Invasion of the Flesh Hunters
4. Deadly Impact (1984)
5. Deliria (1987)
aka: Stage Fright
6. La Chiesa (1989)
aka: The Church
aka: Demons 3
7. The Omen (2006)
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