Closing out the month of July is this quick tally of new reviews and additions to the archive. In the categories of erotica, sexploitation, and smut we have:- Anita / Anita - ur en tonårsflickas dagbok (1973), Torgny Wickman’s Swedish pseudo-docudrama of a nymphomaniac (Christina Lindberg) going head-to-head with a sympathetic psych student (Stellan Skarsgard!)
- The Nightcomers (1971), Michael Winner’s long unavailable prequel to Henry James’ classic novel The Turn of the Screw, starring Marlon Brando and Stephanie Beacham as two naughty lovers manipulated by two rotten children. From Lionsgate.
- Song of Love / Un chant d’amour (1950), Jean Genet’s sole directorial effort, released in a splendid 2-disc limited edition from Cult Epics.
And for horror fans, we’ve added the following:
- Grimm Love (aka Rohtenburg) (2006), Martin Weisz’ auspicious and controversial feature film debut (available in Region 2 and 4 DVDs), along with his unfortunate American debut, The Hills Have Eyes 2 (unrated 2007 edition) from Fox Atomic.
- The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 (1985), Wes Cravens’ own self-mocking (I hope) poke at the slasher genre with amazingly daft villains and victims. (Yes, this is the one with flashback to the first film by a German Shepherd.) From Image Entertainment.
- Primeval (2007), a good B-flick that stumbles into total idiocy. Features a lad named Jojo who wants to go America. From Buena Vista, who haven’t had much luck in jumping in on the horror bandwagon.
Into the archives, we’ve added a film review of The Caller (1987), a more successful two-character thriller starring Malcolm McDowell and Madolyn Smith that achieves more mood and plotting than Nacho Cerda’s gorgeously lensed but completely shallow The Abandoned (2006).
For film music fans, there’s also reviews of two new titles from Italy’s DigitMovies: Nico Fidenco’s La Ragazzina (1974), and La Tigre è ancora viva: Sandokan alla riscossa! (1977) by Guido and Maurizio De Angelis. And from MovieScore Media, there’s the gorgeous soundtrack to The Rocket Post (2004), by Nigel Clark and Michael Csányi-Wills.
- MRH
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