Adios Sabata 1971  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Indio Black
Director: Gianfranco Parolini
Cast: Yul Brynner, Dean Reed, Ignazio Spalla, Gerard Herter, Sal Borgese, Franco Fantasia, Joseph P. Persaud, Andrea Scotti, Nieves Navarro, Salvatore Billa, Luciano Casamonica, Vittorio Fanfoni
A gunslinger, Sabata (Yul Brynner), becomes involved with Mexican rebels, led by Escudo (Ignazio Spalla), who are setting out to steal a wagon filled with gold. Austrian forces, led by Col. Skimmel (Gerard Herter), are trying to smuggle the gold out of Mexico. Sabata plots with the Mexicans and lays siege on the Austrian's fortress, but he has his own plans for the stolen gold, and it does not include sharing with the Mexicans. This spaghetti Western was titled "Indigo Black" until dubbed for American release. A sequel to "Sabata," it was followed by "The Return of Sabata."
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And Comes the Dawn...But Colored Red 1970  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: Web of the Spider
Dracula in the Castle of Blood
Director: Antonio Margheriti
Cast: Anthony Franciosa, Klaus Kinski, Michele Mercier, Enrico Osterman, Irina Maleeva, Karin Field, Paolo Gozlino, Peter Carsten, Silvano Tranquilli, Raf Baldassarre, Marco Bonetti, Vittorio Fanfoni
Director Margheriti remakes his 1964 film "Castle of Blood" with a new cast. Alan Foster (Anthony Franciosa) accepts a bet from Edgar Allan Poe (Klaus Kinski) and Lord Blackwood (Enrico Osterman) to spend a night in Blackwood's haunted mansion. When the dead return, Alan tries to escape.
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Beyond the Door 1974  R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Beyond Obsession
Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis, Robert Barrett
Cast: Juliet Mills, Richard Johnson, Gabriele Lavia, David Colin Jr., Elizabeth Turner, Barbara Fiorini, Joan Acti, Carla Mancini, Nino Segurini, Luigi Marturano, Vittorio Fanfoni, Ted Rusoff, Robert Booth, George Montage
Jessica (Juliet Mills) is cheating on her record-producer husband (Gabriele Lavia), and her fling with the mysterious Dimitri (Richard Johnson) results in Jessica's pregnancy. But things begin to happen to Jessica and those around her even before the satanic child is born. Two sequels follow.
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The Child 1972 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Mystery / Horror / Thriller
aka: Who Saw Her Die?
Director: Aldo Lado
Cast: George Lazenby, Anita Strindberg, Adolfo Celi, Rosemarie Lindt, Peter Chatel, Dominique Boschero, George Willing, Piero Vida, Jose Quaglio, Alessandro Haber, Nicoletta Elmi, Giovanni Forti Rosselli, Sandro Grinfan, Carlo Hollesch, Vittorio Fanfoni
First it is a girl in the French Alps who is kidnapped and killed, and later the same happens in Venice to the daughter (Nicoletta Elmi) of a well-known sculptor, Franco (George Lazenby). The police are unable to solve the crimes, Franco decides to investigate, and the body count rises as he nears the answers.
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 Deep Red 1975  R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
aka: The Hatchet Murders
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Clara Calamai, Macha Meril, Glauco Mauri, Eros Pagni, Giuliana Calandra, Piero Mazzinghi, Aldo Bonamano, Liana Del Balzo, Vittorio Fanfoni, Dante Fioretti, Geraldine Hooper, Jacopo Mariani
English pianist Mark Daly (David Hemmings) witnesses the murder of a psychic and, with the help of reporter Gianna Brezzi (Daria Nicolodi), goes after the killer when he becomes a target. Additional murders convince Mark that there is more to this puzzle than he had thought. One of Dario Argento's best, with excellent mood-setting and musical score.
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The Master Touch 1972 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Un Uomo Da Rispettare
Director: Michele Lupo
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Florinda Bolkan, Giuliano Gemma, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Bruno Corazzari, Vittorio Fanfoni, Wolfgang Preiss, Romano Puppo, John Bartha, Allen Stanley
Newly paroled safecracker Wallace (Kirk Douglas) joins up with a trapeze artist (Giuliano Gemma) in a plot to partake of $1 million through illegal means.
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Swept Away...by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August 1975  R, 116 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure / Drama / Comedy
Director: Lina Wertmuller
Cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Riccardo Salvino, Isa Danieli, Aldo Puglisi, Anna Melita, Giuseppe Durini, Lucrezia De Domizio, Luis Saurez, Vittorio Fanfoni, Lorenzo Piani, Eros Pagni
A wealthy capitalist woman (Mariangela Melato) charters a yacht to sail the Mediterranean. Her deckhand (Giancarlo Giannini) is a Communist, and the story gains momentum with a shipwreck. When the couple finds themselves on a deserted island, political roles reverse, and the battle of the classes AND the sexes ensues.
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| 1. Adios Sabata (1971)
aka: Indio Black
2. And Comes the Dawn...But Colored Red (1970)
aka: Web of the Spider
aka: Dracula in the Castle of Blood
3. Beyond the Door (1974)
aka: Beyond Obsession
4. The Child (1972)
aka: Who Saw Her Die?
5. Deep Red (1975)
aka: The Hatchet Murders
6. The Master Touch (1972)
aka: Un Uomo Da Rispettare
7. Swept Away...by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August (1975)
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