Cut and Run 1985  PG-13, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ruggero Deodato
Cast: Lisa Blount, Willie Aames, Karen Black, Leonard Mann, Richard Lynch, Richard Bright, Valentina Forte, Michael Berryman, Gabriele Tinti, Eriq La Salle, John Steiner, Barbara Magnolfi, Luca Barbareschi
The South American drug war is the setting for this movie about freelance journalist Fran's (Lisa Blount) quest for the son, Tommy (Willie Aames), of corporate executives (Richard Bright and Karen Black). Fran and her cameraman Mark (Leonard Mann) travel to the Venezuelan jungles where they deal with brutal natives in the hostile environment. They discover a drug cartel run by corrupt Col. Brian Horne (Richard Lynch) who is holding Tommy captive, and now Fran and Mark are caught up in a life-threatening drug war.
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I Don't Want to Be Born 1975  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Fantasy
aka: Devil Within Her
Director: Peter Sasdy
Cast: Joan Collins, Eileen Atkins, Donald Pleasence, Ralph Bates, Caroline Munro, Hilary Mason, John Steiner, Janet Key, George Claydon, Derek Benfield, Stanley Lebor, Judy Buxton, Susan Richards
Nightclub stripper Lucy Carlesi (Joan Collins) rejects the advances of a dwarf working at her club. The dwarf then casts a spell on her. Later, Lucy marries Gino (Ralph Bates), and they have a baby who turns out to be a monster emitting eerie howls. Before long, the baby has attacked everyone it comes in contact with, and the blood-letting includes drowning, hanging, and even a beheading.
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Julia and Julia 1987  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Peter Del Monte
Cast: Kathleen Turner, Sting, Gabriel Byrne, Gabriele Ferzetti, Angela Goodwin, Lidia Broccolino, Alexander Van Wyk, Renato Scarpa, Yorgo Voyagis, John Steiner
This is a strange film, though interesting. After her husband dies in an auto accident, Julia (Kathleen Turner) decides to stay in Italy where she was wed. After a time, she is "transported" into a parallel world in which things turned out differently, and her husband is still alive and they have a child. She then alternately goes back and forth between the two worlds.
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Mannaja 1977 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
aka: A Man Called Blade
Director: Sergio Martino
Cast: Maurizio Merli, John Steiner, Donald O'Brien, Martine Brochard, Sonja Jeannine, Philippe Leroy, Rik Battaglia, Salvatore Puntillo, Antonio Casale, Enzo Fiermonte, Aldo Rendine, Sofia Lombardo, Nick Alexander, Franco Ukmar, Sergio Tardioli
Bounty hunter Blade (Maurizio Merli) starts out in this late spaghetti Western by throwing his hatchet at, cutting off the hand of, and capturing bad guy Burt Craven (Donald O'Brien). Things get even meaner when another bad guy blinds Blade by burying him up to his neck and sewing Blade's eyes open. But Blade is saved by Burt, who Blade freed after not being able to get a reward. After learning to shoot by sound rather than sight, Blade gets his revenge.
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Massacre in Rome 1973 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Richard Burton, Marcello Mastroianni, Leo McKern, John Steiner, Robert Harris, Anthony Steel, Peter Vaughan, Renzo Montagnani, Delia Boccardo, Renzo Palmer, Giancarlo Prete, Duilio Del Prete
Based on a true incident of World War II, when 33 members of the S.S. brigade were assaulted and killed in Nazi-occupied Rome, Nazi Lt. Col. Kappler (Richard Burton) orders the execution of 333 Roman citizens. A local priest, Father Pietro Antonelli (Marcello Mastroianni), chooses death over acting as a liaison between the Romans and Germans and fights to save them.
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The Salamander 1981 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Peter Zinner
Cast: Franco Nero, Anthony Quinn, Martin Balsam, Sybil Danning, Christopher Lee, Cleavon Little, Claudia Cardinale, Eli Wallach, Paul L. Smith, John Steiner, Renzo Palmer, Anita Strindberg, Marino Mase, Jacques Herlin, Fortunato Arena
This political-action film is about Carabinieri Colonel Dante Matucci (Franco Nero) who investigates murders in which a drawing of a salamander is left behind at every scene. When he suspects that there is more to the murders, he tries to stop a Fascist coup d'etat in Italy.
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Shock 1977 R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Beyond the Door II
Director: Mario Bava
Cast: Daria Nicolodi, John Steiner, David Colin Jr., Ivan Rassimov, Nicola Salerno, Paul Costello, Lamberto Bava
Young Marco (David Colin Jr.) lives with his troubled mother, Dora (Daria Nicolodi), and her second husband, Bruno (John Steiner). Marco has supernatural powers, and his father Carlo (Nicola Salerno), who has been killed and is walled up in the basement, connects with Marco to seek revenge. Another unique Mario Bava film with his eerie photography–the last film for the master Italian horror director.
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Sinbad of the Seven Seas 1989  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Enzo G. Castellari, Tim Kincaid
Cast: Lou Ferrigno, John Steiner, Romano Puppo, Yehuda Efroni, Alessandra Martines, Donald Hodson, Stefania Girolami Goodwin, Cork Hubbert, Daria Nicolodi, Ennio Girolami, Roland Wybenga, Hal Yamanouchi, Teagan Clive, Leo Gullotta, Melonee Rodgers
Legendary sailor Sinbad (Lou Ferrigno) sets sail for Basra to retrieve the five sacred gems that are needed to defeat the evil Jaffar (John Steiner).
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| 1. Caligula (1980)
2. Cut and Run (1985)
3. I Don't Want to Be Born (1975)
aka: Devil Within Her
4. Julia and Julia (1987)
5. Mannaja (1977)
aka: A Man Called Blade
6. Massacre in Rome (1973)
7. The Salamander (1981)
8. Shock (1977)
aka: Beyond the Door II
9. Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
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