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31 days of Horror: Day Thirty One-The Devil's Daughter

2011-10-31T21:43:00.000-07:00

The Devil's Daughter (1973)

Belinda Montgomery plays Diane Shaw, who returns to California after her mothers death. At the funeral, she meets Lilith (Shelley Winters) who says she was her mother's friend, and insists she come and stay with her. Diane is a bit on the trusting side. She isn't put off by Lilith's overly fawning behaviour, or by the giant painting of Satan over the fire place. By the time she starts demanding a little Independence, she's already deeply ensnared by the group of aging Devil Worshipping socialites, and has already begun to suspect the terrible secret about her own identity.

This is a spooky little TV movie, that wears it's Rosemary's Baby influences on it's sleeve.The plot is completely predictable, but that doesn't stop it from being entertaining. Shelley Winters is perfectly cast as the creepy, and insincere Lilith. One minute sickly sweet, the next flying into a rage. I have a soft spot for Winters, a soft spot for 70's TV thrillers, and a soft spot for the Devil himself, so this film was a perfect storm of awesome for me, and a very nice way to spend my Halloween.

31 days of Horror: Day Thirty-Las luchadoras contra la momia ( Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy)

2011-10-30T20:10:00.000-07:00

Las luchadoras contra la momia ( Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy) (1964)

As someone who has a great fondness for professional wrestling, and Monster Movies, it shouldn't come as a surprise that I have a soft spot for Mexican Lucha Libre films. These are movies staring (mostly) masked Mexican wrestlers going up against monsters, aliens, criminals, or foreign spies. The most famous wrestling movie star/superhero is of course El Santo, but there were plenty of others, including the stars of the movie I watched this evening, Las luchadoras or The Wrestling Women.

The movie begins with a number of murders of prominent archaeologists by the Black Dragon gang. The gangs latest victim flees into a wrestling arena where our heroines are in the middle of a match. After they win, they find the man hiding out in their locker room. He explains that he's an archaeologist, one of a group who recently discovered a Codex that could show the whereabouts of the treasure of the Aztecs. Now the Black Dragon gang have been kidnapping, torturing, and killing the members of the group, trying to find the codex. He asks for the help of the girls, as well their Police officer boyfriend, just before he's killed with a poisoned dart. The Black Dragon gang are bunch of generic bad guy Asians, who's leader is a Fu Manchu type. Not that they're real Asians though. They're a bunch of Mexicans dressed up like movie bad guy Asians. Also, the Fu Manchu type leader has two martial arts expert sisters, who can fight the Wrestling Women later. The convoluted plot eventually leads to the awakening of the Aztec Mummy, who doesn't get enough screen time, but is pretty bad ass.

These movies have a tendency to be kind of clunky, and this one is no exception, but if you like old fashioned serial style adventure, and you don't mind the plot stopping every once in a while for an extended wrestling sequence, there's a lot of fun to be had.

31 days of Horror: Day Twenty Nine-La lama nel corpo (The Murder Clinic)

2011-10-30T12:10:00.000-07:00

La lama nel corpo (The Murder Clinic) (1966)

The Murder Clinic is set in England (yeah right!) in the mid 1800s, at an isolated Rest Home. For some reason a cloaked, black gloved killer is murdering the patients with a straight razor. Dr. Vance, the clinic's owner is covering up the slayings. He tells the new nurse that the missing patient left that morning at dawn with her family, and later he's seen burying the body by the blackmailing Gisèle, a murderer in her own right.Even though his wife accuses him of murdering women early on, it's not clear that he's the killer. There are a number of other possibilities. The womanizing straight razor carrying care taker, the patient prone to violent outbursts who tries to stab one of the nurses, and don't forget the cloaked hideous monstrosity that lives on the fourth floor.

This is an entertaining mix of Gothic Horror, and Giallo. On the Gothic side we have an old dark house, long buried family secrets, shifty servants, physical deformity, and insanity. And on the Giallo side we have a high body count, free flowing blood, and an elaborate, and improbable whodunit. This is the perfect kind of scary movie to catch on TV late at night, and great Halloween fare.

31 days of Horror: Day Twenty Eight- Thirst

2011-10-28T19:27:00.000-07:00

Thirst (1979)

Kate Davis is a modern successful lady. In the evenings she, and her mustachioed lover cavort in front of a blazing fire. Imagine her surprise when she's kidnapped by a well financed secret society, and told she's the last living descendant of Elizabeth Bathory. The secret society is made up people who believe they are a superior race, and that the drinking of blood confers youth and power. To keep a steady supply of the good stuff available the society has set up "farms" like the one Kate is being held at. There dozens of "donors" are held captive, and regularly drained of blood (not enough to kill them) in a mechanized factory farm setting. The "donors" seem dopey, and compliant. Kate is meant to join the society, drink blood, and merge her bloodline with that of another powerful family. She's horrified by the concept, and so is subjected to powerful drug fueled brainwashing sessions.

The resulting movie is both creepy, and intriguing. I was often reminded of the "Prisoner" TV show, where Patrick McGoohan, plays a spy being held captive in a surreal village where you can't tell who the prisoners are, and who are the jailers. Like McGoohan, Kate seemingly escapes a number of times only to discover she's still trapped. And also like McGoohan, her captors use hallucinogenic drugs, and mind control techniques to break her will. The sterile factory setting , and docile "Blood Cows" (as one character calls them) add to the unsettling atmosphere.

The acting is good across the board, with Shirley Cameron standing out as the most ruthless of the Society members. She plays the part with apparent glee. B Movie mainstay Henry Silva is also present, and although he doesn't get a lot to do, he does get a fantastic death.

While Thirst isn't quite as good as George A. Romero's Vampire revisionist masterpiece Martin, it's sure to please fans of Romero's, and Cronenberg' s 70's output.

31 days of Horror: Day Twenty Seven- The Blob

2011-10-27T10:00:00.000-07:00

The Blob (1988)

People love to complain about remakes, myself include, but that's because they are rarely as awesome as The Blob.

Football player Paul, asks cheerleader Meg out on a date. juvenile delinquent Brian fucks his motorcycle up trying to jump over a broken bridge. Unnamed hobo investigates a giant meteorite crash, discovering a gelatinous alien predator. When unnamed hobo steals Brian's ax to cut his Blob infected hand off, he runs into the road and is hit by Paul, and Meg, out on their date. This leads to everyone going to the hospital, where the hobo melts, and Paule is eaten by the Blob in front of Meg. The Police blame this on Brian, because of his delinquency.

Got all that? It doesn't matter, because what makes The Blob great is it's mix of 80's teen movie conventions and it's insanely grotesque special effects. It's like Ferris Bueller's Day Off seen through the lens of an EC Horror Comic. Everything is candy coloured gore. The creature itself is one of the greatest movie monsters I've ever seen. Special effects guy Tony Gardner totally out did himself. Six years later Director Chuck Russell helped usher in the age of CGI with his next film The Mask, but here it's all glorious latex, and camera tricks.

This flopped when it was first released, which was real shame, both because it continues to be underrated, and because we were all denied the fantastic sequel that is set up at the end. By all means, watch this movie.

31 days of Horror: Day Twenty Six- Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas

2011-10-26T10:17:00.000-07:00

Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas (1978)

This movie is psychotic. It's like The Devils + The Exorcist + The Vampire Lovers.

Justine moves into a Church run orphanage in 1800's Mexico. She immediately becomes fast friends with Alucarda, another orphan, and Sister Angélica, a kindly nun. Alucarda is a little wild, and soon the two are running through the forest consorting with Satan (who looks like a beatnik), and professing their love for one another. Later Satan joins them in their room, and they pledge a blood oath to evil, and each other. When the Priests, and nuns find out about their pact, they discuss what to do while whipping each other. During the brutal exorcism that follows, Justine is killed, but then returns from the dead for revenge.

This must have been a profoundly shocking film when it was first released. The nudity, blood, and Satanic elements are presented by director Juan López Moctezuma with apparent glee. And although Sister Angélica is the moral center of the film the Church itself is presented as an bunch of dangerous fools, at best. In a country as Catholic as Mexico, I'm surprised it came out at all. What it lacks in subtlety it makes up for kinetic energy. The films picks up speed as it goes along. The whole movie is like a nude, screaming, blood orgy. If that sounds good to you, then you will certainly enjoy this film.

31 days of Horror: Day Twenty Five- House Of The Long Shadows

2011-10-25T22:47:00.000-07:00

House Of the Long Shadows (1983)

Here's a movie with a clunky story, a terrible lead actor (The charmless Desi Arnaz Jr.), and two groan inducing endings. So why bother writing about it? Well it brings together four horror icons, has atmosphere to spare, and gives Vincent Price opportunity to call Christopher lee a bitch.

The story follows shallow American writer Kenneth Magee (Arnaz), as he makes a bet for $20'000 with his publisher that he can write a novel in the Gothic style in 24 hours. The Publisher offers Magee the use of a dilapidated manor house in Wales. A house that proves less deserted than the publisher suggested. It seems the former owners of the house (the Grisbane family) have by coincidence chosen the same dark and stormy night for a family reunion. The Grisban's are a family with a lot of skeletons in their closets, and one of those skeletons seems intent on killing the rest off. What's a writer to do?

This is by no means a perfect movie, but it has a lot of charm. Price, Lee, Cushing, and Carridine ham it up, and are perfectly situated in the spooky old mansion. Any one of them seems likely to loom out of the darkness at any moment. Also great is Sheila Keith, as the sister. Keith is a wonderful British Actress, a regular collaborator of director Pete Walker (most famously as a drill wielding psycho in Frightmare), and a horror icon in her own right. The mansion itself is a fantastic location, but I found myself regularly wishing for better lighting. There are also some problems with pacing, the middle sort of plods along for a while. But, if you like Old Dark House type movies, this is ones pretty fun.

Playlist and download link for October 7th 2009

2011-10-25T10:20:00.000-07:00

Killer Aliens

John Carpenter-March Of The Children-Village Of The Damned
Contamination Sample
John Scott-Inseminoid-Inseminoid
Goblin-Contamination suite II-Contamination
Ennio Morricone-Eternity-The Thing
Contamination Sample
Harry Bromley Davenport-Main Title/Brain storn-Xtro
Jerry Goldsmith-The Shaft-Alien
Gino Marinuzzi Jr-Exploring Aura/Dead Crewmen Found-Planet Of The Vampires
Contamination Sample
John Scott-Virus-Inseminoid
Harry Bromley Davenport-Extra-Territorial-Xtro
Henry Mancini-The Vampire Lives-Lifeforce
Alan Silvestri-Swinging Rude Boys-Predator 2
Contamination Sample-Danny Zeitlin-Flight-Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
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Tristram Cary-Daleks Disintergrate-Doctor Who:The Devils Planets

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31 days of Horror: Day Twenty Four- Bloody Birthday

2011-10-24T09:12:00.000-07:00

Bloody Birthday (1981)

In 1970 3 children are born during a solar eclipse. As a character explains later this meant that the Sun was blocking Saturn which is responsible for the emotions, and that's why all three kids become murderous little fuckers. This is bad for their friends, and families, but great for us.

Someone is killing local teenagers while they make out in open graves. Who could it be? For some reason the sheriff thinks it's a good idea to ask a class of ten year olds. It wasn't a bad idea either, because all three killers were in the class. Don't think that this means the sheriff is hot on their trail though, he doesn't have a clue, and soon gets his head bashed in with a baseball bat. The older sister of one of the classmates of the kids thinks something is fishy is going on, but of course no one will listen to her, and soon she's a target as well.

This is a good, creepy slasher. The kids are all good actors, and carry out their murders with a childlike good humour. This is one of the best things about the movie. The kids aren't presented as "Evil Incarnate", they seem to think killing people is a pretty good joke. The result is unsettling. Also great is the dreary low budget look of the film. It's like the degrassi kids turned psycho.

31 days of Horror: Day Twenty Three - Minaccia d'amore (Dial: Help)

2011-10-24T00:45:00.000-07:00

Minaccia d'amore (Dial: Help) (1988)

Jenny Cooper is a British fashion model living in Italy. She's trying to get in contact with the dick head she's going out with, but he's not returning her phone calls. When she dials the wrong number and gets the office of an old dating agency, the magic/psychic phone at the agency falls in love, and begins stalking her. It phone's her up at home, or where ever else she is and plays strange noises and old recordings. At first Jenny thinks these are ordinary prank phone calls, but when the phone kills all her fish, and makes her neighbour take his shirt off and try to jump off her balcony, she knows it's serious. She gets her rock music playing, sports car driving friend who is also a telephone repairman, to look into things. He tells her "I've got a report that there's an energy that can't be explained in any way". She goes down to the subway looking for him, and finds him burned alive, then she's attacked by a maniac, but a payphone shoots coins at her attacker turning him into a bloody mess.

You get the picture. This is a nonsensical Italian horror movie that manages to be as constantly entertaining as it is confusing. Charlotte Lewis who plays Jenny, looks good, and does her best with the material. As is often the case with Italian genre films the cinematography is better than it has any right to be, and fans of hot 80's fashion phones will be delighted with what's on display. Director Ruggero Deodato is most famous for starting a cycle of hyper gory Cannibal films (he had to bring actors into court to prove he hadn't murdered them on camera) but he shows here, he can turn out an entertaining movie even if the blood is kept to a minimum, and nobody gets impaled.

Playlist and download link for October 29th 2008

2011-10-23T15:01:00.000-07:00

In honour of Halloween, I'm going to uploading some of my scarier episodes of Solamente Nero. This one was dedicated to Slashers.

Bernard Herrman-The Murder-Psycho
Segment From Friday the 13th PT 2
Harry Manfredini-Excerpts In Terror-Friday The 13th
Segment from Black Christmas
John Carpenter-The Shape Stalks-Halloween
Segment From My Bloody Valentine
Charles Bernstein-Rod Hanged/Night Stalking-Nightmare On Elm Street
Tobe Hopper-Opening Titles-Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Segment From Friday the 13th PT 2
Stelvio Cipriani-Ecologia Del Delitto-Bay Of Blood
Segment From My Bloody Valentine
Goblin-Waiting Death-Tenebrae
Carl Zittrer-Piano Recital-Black Christmas
Segment from Black Christmas
John Carpenter-Main Theme-Halloween
Segment From Halloween
Marco Beltrami-Altered Ego-Scream
Segment From Halloween
John Carpenter-Micheal Kills Judeth-Halloween
Segment From Friday the 13th PT 2
Philip Glass-Candyman Suite/Carbrini Green-Candyman
Segment from Black Christmas
Charles Bernstein-Pier Pressure-Nightmare On Elm Street
Segment From Friday the 13th PT 2
Fred Myrow-Phantasm Disco remix-Phantasm
Segment From Halloween
Frankie Vinci-Your Just What I've Been Looking For/Angela's Theme-Sleepaway Camp
Segment from Black Christmas

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31 days of Horror: Day Twenty Two - Yôkai daisensô (Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare)

2011-10-23T09:20:00.000-07:00

Yôkai daisensô (Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare) (1968)

Sorry for the delay, this should have gone up yesterday.

In 1968 and 69 the Daiei Motion Picture Company, the company responsible for the Gamera film series and the Daimajin Trilogy, released 3 children's films based on traditional Japanese monsters called Yôkai. Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare was the first of this trilogy, and it's as much fun as the poster suggests.

The movie begins as tomb raiders in what was Babylonia break into a tomb searching for treasure, and inadvertently release a powerful demon. The demon spares no time killing the two thieves, and heads out into the world to cause mischief. He causes a storm that sinks a ship, and then comes to Japan where he kills a local Lord, and takes his place. The formally good hearted Lord's newly malicious behaviour disturbs his daughter and the household. He kills his daughter's dog with his sword, when it barks at him, and immediately destroys the Shinto, and Buddhist altars in his house. When one of his servants questions his actions, he bites the servant's neck, drinking his blood, and taking control of him as well. The disturbance draws the attention of a Water Imp who can see the demon's true form, but is not powerful enough to defeat him. The Water Imp calls on the other Yôkai to go to war with the demon, lest he destroy the honour of Japanese spirits. Meanwhile the Lord begins taking local children prisoner, so he can drink their blood.

This is a fantastic movie. It moves along at a good pace, is chock full of bizarre creatures, and although it's a kids movie has some blood letting. The various monsters are amazing. They look like the bad guys from Power rangers. If you like this sort of thing, there are the two sequels, and Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition) made a remake of sorts in 2005 with The Great Yokai War.

One last thing to note is the possibility that the Babylonian demon bad guy could be the first film appearance of Pazuzu (pictured below). There is even a scene where a Buddhist monk is trying to use an exorcism spell to drive away the monster, and is burned alive for his trouble. If it is Pazuzu, than we could see the Exorcist as an unofficial sequel.

31 days of Horror: Day Twenty One - Vamp

2011-10-21T22:16:00.000-07:00

Vamp (1986)

The movie opens on a Satanic Cult in the middle of a sacrifice ritual. Oh, wait! That's not a Satanic Cult! That's a bunch of jerk off, frat boys. The two about to get sacrificed are just pledges. The pledges work out a deal, where instead of doing this mock Satanic shit, if they secure a stripper for the big party, then they get in. This leads to a 1980's style trip to the mean streets of the nearest city, and to a seedy strip joint called "The After Dark Club".

The city is full of mean movie Punks, and the strip club is run by sexy vampire Grace Jones. One look at Grace's bizarre twitchy dance routine, and the boys decide she's the one they want for their party. When one of the guys goes back stage to sign Grace up, she decides he'd make a tasty snack. Now it's up to the other guy, and the new-girl-stripper-good-girl-love-interest, and the tag-a-long-dork-comic-relief. to find out what happened to their friend, and avoid the vampire's deadly bite.

This neon coloured 80's Horror Comedy is good good fun, and the vampire make up is awesome.

31 days of Horror: Day Twenty - La main du diable (Carnival of Sinners)( The Devil's Hand)

2011-10-20T21:50:00.000-07:00

La main du diable (Carnival of Sinners)( The Devil's Hand) (1943)

Director Jacques Tourneur needs no introduction to fans of Horror cinema, his collaborations with producer Val Lewton in the 40'son films like Cat People, and I Walked With A Zombie, are seen as high points of the genre. Less well know, are his father, Maurice Tourneur 's entry's. This Faustian story of a painter who sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for success is full of atmosphere, and allegorical underpinnings, not the least of which was the fact that it was made in occupied France under the watchful eye of the Nazis.

An unsuccessful painter buys a talisman in the form of a severed left hand, that brings him wealth and fame, but as is often the case, not happiness. One of the catches is that he must sell the hand at a loss before he dies, or the Devil gets his soul. The Devil, in the form of a nondescript little man regularly shows up to taunt him with this fact, as well to point out that selling it is easier said than done. This leads the unfortunate painter on a quest to discover the source of the severed hand, and some way out of the curse.

This is a beautifully made film. A very different kind of French Horror than the one I highlighted yesterday. In this case the story is a highly moral one, where the horror comes across through symbolism, and suggestion, rather than through explicit violence. Many people have commented that this film was a major influence on Jacques Tourneur's 1957 masterpiece Night Of The Demon. If you appreciate the genius of the son, you'll find much to like in the work of the father as well.

31 days of Horror: Day nineteen - À l'intérieur (Inside)

2011-10-19T21:53:00.000-07:00

À l'intérieur (Inside) (2007)

For the past decade French Horror Cinema has become widely known for relentlessly brutal films. Well here it is, relentless brutality.

A pregnant woman (Sarah) is involved in a serious car crash which leaves her injured, and kills her husband. Four months later Sarah is still dealing with her loss while getting ready for the birth of her baby. The night before the birth, a mysterious woman comes abound Sarah's house, trying to gain entry. Sarah phones the police, but when they arrive, the woman has gone. Later that night the woman breaks into Sarah's house, and the terror begins.

This simple premise of the pregnant lady in peril, and furiously fighting for her life is then vigorously pursued. The shocking violence goes on and on reaching cartoon proportions. Each time we think we're numbed to what's going on, it ratchet's up to a new level, and we're horrified all over again. in a lot of ways this reminds me of the low budget Grind House films of the 70's, vicious and mean spirited. This is not the kind of Horror film that I really love, but it's hard not to be impressed by it's bloody single mindedness.

This is not going to satisfy those looking for a spooky story, or even those who loved the suspense of John Carpenter's Halloween, but gore hounds, and those who love to cringe will find a lot to like. One of the films more (unintentional?) campy elements is the CGI fetus who reacts to the various unfortunate situations the mother finds herself in. I bet John Waters, and his fans would like this movie too.

31 days of Horror: Day Eighteen - Yami no Teiô Kyûketsuki Dorakyura (Tomb Of Dracula)

2011-10-18T21:43:00.000-07:00

Yami no Teiô Kyûketsuki Dorakyura (Tomb Of Dracula) (1980)

In the 1970's Marvel comics excelled at combining superhero storytelling, and horror. The most successful result of this combination was Ghost Rider, but there were many more, including, Son Of Satan, Werewolf By Night, and Tomb Of Dracula. Tomb Of Dracula was a minor masterpiece by writer Marv Wolfman, and Artist Gene Colan, that ran for 70 issues, introduced the world to Blade, the vampire hunter, and in 1980 was the subject of an Anime by Toei.

The Anime, originally released in the United States as as Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned, was based directly on a storyline from the comic where Dracula decides to trick a group of Satanists into thinking that he is the Devil, so that he can use their cult to influence the world.. He accepts the bride that they have chosen for him, and with her has a son named Janus. Meanwhile a group of vampire hunters led by Dr. Quincy Harker (son of Jonathan and Mina Harker) and featuring Frank Drake (a descendant of Dracula himself) try to track down Dracula's location so they can kill him. It turns out the Janus is not Dracula's son after all, but an Angel sent by god (who fights the Silver Surfer in the comic version of the story) to thwart the Satanist plot(did I mention that Janus grows into an adult spandex wearer,with various super Powers when he's a few days old?).

In the comic, this storyline revels in it's own absurdity, and ends up being great fun. The movie is less successful, but is still well worth a watch for comic fans, Dracula fans, and fans of horror anime like Vampire Hunter D.

31 days of Horror: Day Seventeen - Frenzy

2011-10-17T21:12:00.001-07:00

Frenzy (1972)

In 1972 Alfred Hitchcock returned to the Psycho Killer genre he helped popularize. Frenzy is a murder thriller as much like an Italian Giallo as it like anything Hitchcock produced before. Shocking violence, and lurid sexuality is explicitly shown, as opposed to hinted at. Though Hitchcock's typically ghoulish sense of humour is well represented.

London is in the grip of a sex crazed killer, the Necktie Murderer. A woman's body is found in the Thames, and a group of onlookers push and shove for a better view. In a pub, an upper class gentleman jokes that he hopes the killer isn't caught too soon. It's good for tourism. we are introduced to Richard Blaney, a bitter divorcee, just as he's fired from his job as a barman. Richard drinks to much, and is prone to violent outbursts of self pity. Could he be the killer? No, but after his ex-wife is strangled, he's having a hard time convincing the police of that. That might look like a spoiler, but Frenzy isn't a murder mystery. We see the killer in action, and know his identity early on.

Frenzy doesn't rank up there with Psycho, but it's an interesting film, sure to please those who enjoy the Murder Thrillers that popped up world wide in Psycho's wake.

31 days of Horror: Day Sixteen - Strigoi

2011-10-16T14:44:00.001-07:00

Strigoi (2009)

Strigoi is black comedy about vampires (or strigoi) set in rural Romania. These are creatures of Romanian folklore, not the vampires we're used to seeing in movies, and things don't play out in the usual way.

The movie opens with the towns people of a small Romanian village dragging a rich man, and his wife from their house, and accusing them of the murder of another villager. The two plead their innocence, and ask to be brought before the police if there is any evidence. "We want real justice" says one of the villagers. "Not the kind you pay for". And then they kill them.

This all takes place with light hearted upbeat music playing in the background. The music suggests a comedy, but it's a very black one. As the song Spirit In The Sky plays we see the villagers ransacking, and looting the rich couples home. The next morning we meet the films main character Vlad, who has just returned to the village from working in Italy. Although Vlad finished medical school, he didn't pass his qualifying exam to practice medicine, and so has worked lousy low paying jobs.
He can't help but notice that everybody is acting strangely, and dedicates himself to finding out whats going on. Meanwhile the rich couple have returned from the dead, and are now Strigoi, a type of traditional Romanian restless spirit that drinks the blood of the living.

As the story plays out we see a whole range of Romanian resentments bubble to the surface, and the underlying corruption seems to taint everyone. This isn't that scary a movie, but vampire fans will likely find these more traditional blood suckers interesting. The film is darkly funny, and thoroughly entertaining.

31 days of Horror: Day Fifteen - Shakma

2011-10-15T14:20:00.000-07:00

Shakma (1990)

I love a good killer animal movie. The best ones are about killer fish, but killer monkeys are pretty good too.

A bunch of medical students who are also role playing game nerds, are getting ready for LARP session. The students include Christopher Atkins (from The Blue Lagoon), Ari Meyers (from Kate And Allie), and their dungeon master/teacher is Roddy McDowall (From The Planet Of The Apes). Besides being med students, the group is involved in animal research, including testing a drug that is supposed to inhibit aggressive behaviour, "but sometimes has the opposite effect". They give the drug to Shakma, a baboon at the lab, and when the monkey attacks one of the students, they decide to put him down. The movie would end right there except they mistakenly give Shakma more of the rage inducing drug by mistake, and then leave him on an examining table. Once the LARPing has started, Shakma wakes up and goes on a murderous rampage.

This is not the kind of movie to watch when you're in the mood for a masterpiece. It's just an old fashioned shitty horror movie, with slumming character actors, and TV personalities trying to break onto the big screen. The characters do stupid things to put themselves in peril, and Shakma flips the fuck out. There's not a lot of real tension, but there's plenty of monkey mayhem, and baboons are really scary. What more could you want.

31 days of Horror: Day Fourteen - Angst

2011-10-14T23:17:00.000-07:00

Angst (1983)

Most of the movies on this list are here because I think they're fun. Angst isn't fun. Except for the wiener dog.

This brutal Austrian film is loosely based on the serial killer Werner Kniesek. A disturbed man (Erwin Leder) leaves prison, and immediately begins looking for someone to kill. after a few unsuccessful attempts, he breaks into a house where he terrorises, and murders a family of three.

That's most of the plot right there, but what makes this a special film is how it plays out. We spend the entire film with the killer. A voice over narration brings us right inside his head as he explains his motivations, and tells stories of his childhood.
The fantastic cinematography by Oscar winner Zbigniew Rybczyński is another window into the killers distorted Psyche. Rybczyński uses extreme close ups, chaotic hand held movements, and some kind of harness mounted camera similar to the one used in the movie Pi to give us insight into how the killer sees the world. The effect is both disorienting, and disturbing. And when the violence starts the camera doesn't shy away. Add to this a brilliant pounding electronic score by German composer Klaus Schulze, and you have quite a potent stew.

As I said, Angst isn't a fun movie, and would likely kill the mood at your Halloween party. But it is a strikingly original, and powerful film. It's well worth tracking down.

31 days of Horror: Day Thirteen - The Loved Ones

2011-10-13T09:35:00.000-07:00

The Loved Ones (2009)

The Loved Ones is an appalling movie. I don't mean that as a insult, appalling is exactly what you want in a horror movie sometimes.

Brent is riddled with guilt after he gets in a car accident that kills his father. Six months has done little to heal his emotional wounds, and he seems intent on punishing him self. When Lola asks him to go prom, he politely lets her down, telling her he's going with his girlfriend Holly. Unfortunately Lola doesn't take rejection well. She has her psycho father chloroform Brent, and keeps him prisoner at her own private party.

What follows is a wonderfully entertaining hybrid. A little bit of Carrie here, a little bit of Texas Chainsaw Massacre there, and throw in some Misery for good measure. Which is not to suggest that this is a by the numbers horror flick. I was constantly surprised, and shocked as things progressed. The three main actors are phenomenal. Robin McLeavy is fantastic as Lola, in what could have easily been a one note character. John Brumpton as her father also delivers a super creepy performance, and Xavier Samuel (Brent) acts his heart out with barely any lines.

The violence is brutal, but sometimes it's also brutally funny. This is an excellent film to watch with friends.

31 days of Horror: Day Twelve: Aparecidos (The Appeared)

2011-10-12T23:06:00.000-07:00

Aparecidos (The Appeared) (2007)

Very nicely done political horror.

Malena and Pablo are in Argentina to deal with their father's estate, and sign the papers to remove him from life support. Malena wants to get it done, and return home to Spain, but Pablo didn't know his father well, and wants to learn a little more about him. He convinces Malena to come with him on a road trip to their fathers house. On the way Pablo discovers an diary that seems to describe a terrible crime that took place twenty years ago. Going to the places described in the diary, the two are confronted with the ghosts of the victims, as the crime seems to play out over and over again.

This is an interesting film. The ghost story allows the film makers to dredge up the recent history of Argentina. During the 70s and 80's thousands of people were "Disappeared" by the government. Taken to secret prisons, tortured, and murdered. This national history is closely tied to Malena and Pablo's personal, family history. The more the two learn, the more painful and dangerous the situation becomes.

If you're looking for something off the beaten track this film is well worth searching out. It works as a political thriller, but is also creepy, and frightening enough to satisfy horror fans.

31 days of Horror: Day Eleven:Two on a Guillotine

2011-10-11T22:55:00.000-07:00

Two on a Guillotine (1965)

Duke Duquesne (Cesar Romero) is a stage Magician, who specialises in setting up elaborate murders for his beautiful wife (and assistant) Melinda(Connie Stevens). His newest idea is to have Melinda take on the role of Marie Antoinette, and behead her on stage. Melinda seems less than thrilled.

We jump ahead twenty years to Duquesne's funeral. The tireless showman has publicly promised to try to return from the grave, and his estranged daughter Cassie (Connie Stevens again) is to play a role. As a part of his will he has left her 300 000 dollars, but only if can spend 7 nights in his creepy old mansion, the site of his resurrection. Melinda had disappeared twenty years before, and the sight of her physically identical daughter sends the local reporters into a feeding frenzy. Val Henderson (Dean Jones) befriends the young woman, at first looking for a story, but soon for more personal reasons.

The rest of the plot involves Cassie, and Val developing a relationship, while assorted strange happenings take place at the house. Can Duke Duquesne really return from the dead, or is the whole thing some elaborate hoax? And what really happened to Melinda Duquesne?

This is a charming haunted house/mystery, with a very strong cast. It's great fun Seeing Dean Jones(That Darn Cat, The Love Bug, etc.) in a non Disney role. On top of that it's gorgeously shot, full of atmosphere, and even provides a couple of good jump scares. Perfect light Halloween fare.

31 days of Horror: Day Ten-Spookies

2011-10-11T09:27:00.000-07:00

Spookies (1986)

Holy shit! We're Troll 2 territory here.

From what I can tell Spookies was pieced together from an earlier unfinished film called Twisted Souls. There wasn't enough usable footage for a feature length film, and the original actors wouldn't take part, so a new script involving new actors was shot, ant the two were spliced together. The results are nowhere near seamless.

Billy is running away from home, because his parents forgot his birthday. in the woods he meets some dude and explains his motivations for doing things. after he leaves the dude is killed by a monster cat creature dressed like a disco pirate. Meanwhile a group of not very young, young people are driving down a lonely road looking for a place to party. The leader of the group is wearing a leather jacket thing with a yellow stripe running diagonally across it, and leather pants. for some reason there's a guy wearing a suit following behind in another car going to the same party. At first I thought this was the dad of one of the characters. The comic relief character has a puppet he sometimes talks through. he's also wearing a t-shirt with his own face on it. One of the girls in the group has what sounds like a fake British accent. Her being British never comes up as a plot point so I'm not sure why they did that. Maybe it's because she's stuck up?

Billy goes in to an old mansion and finds a birthday party set up with balloons, and a cake. He assumes that his parents have thrown him a surprise party. when he opens a present there is a screaming head inside. He runs away and is killed by the cat creature. Meanwhile the party seekers find the mansion which is in the middle of a graveyard, and decide to party there. Also there's this evil pasty dude who hangs out with the cat creature and can see everything all the characters are doing and comments on it. Pretty soon a ouija board is found, and Demons are unleashed.

The acting is beyond terrible, and the story never approaches making sense, but things move along at a steady pace and the make up, and monster effects are fantastic. The monsters include the already mentioned cat creature, a spider woman, little gremlin like things, a skull faced grim reaper with red glowing eyes, a murderous little boy in a druid cloak, and zombies that could have walked right off an Iron Maiden album cover.

If you get some beer, and invite some friends over Spookies could be a hell of a time.

31 days of Horror: Day Nine-Somos Lo Que Hay (We Are What We Are)

2011-10-09T20:07:00.000-07:00

Somos Lo Que Hay (We Are What We Are) (2010)

We Are What We Are is a tasty mix of social/political satire, Art house sensibilities, and Exploitation style violence.

The movie opens with a shabby looking man stumbling through a busy shopping district. He stops to look at the manikins in a fashionable clothing store, before being shooed away. He suddenly falls to the ground, and begins throwing up blood. he convulses and dies. Within seconds his body is dragged away, a janitor mops up the blood, and disinterested shoppers stroll through, unaware that anything has happened.

Director Jorge Michel Grau introduces us to a world of invisible people. The main characters are the family of the dead man. They are a group of cannibals who hunt down, kill, and eat the disenfranchised. Well, they mostly did the eating. It was the father who was the hunter, and with him dead the family is thrown into crisis. The eldest son, Alfredo believes he should become the new provider, but his initial attempts don't work out very well. When he and his brother, Julián try to catch a homeless child, they are attacked and driven off by the other children. next they kidnap a prostitute, but their mother becomes enraged, claiming that the prostitute is not appropriate for their needs, which involves a ritual of some kind.

The film plays out slowly, spending more time on the internal dynamics of the family than it does on the plot movements we're used to in a genre flick. Eventually though, the pieces fall into place. Two cops begin investigating the murders because they hope the lurid nature of the crimes will attract the kind of attention that leads to promotions. The prostitutes band together for their own safety(they can't expect any help from the lazy, and corrupt cops), and go in search of revenge. All the while the family's internal struggles come to a head.

Don't come to We Are What We Are if you're looking for typical slasher stuff, but if you can handle a slow film with a lot of ambiguities, and moments of shocking violence, this film has much to offer. The acting is strong and naturalistic, with a lot of the movie playing out like a social drama. The cinematography is beautiful. And if you like your horror mixed up with social commentary in the George A. Romero style, you might end up loving this as much as I did.

31 days of Horror: Day Eight-Tourist trap

2011-10-08T20:57:00.000-07:00

Tourist Trap is an early and very effective entry in the cycle of Slasher films that arrived on the coat tails of Halloween.

A group of friends out for a good time go in search of a spare tire, and end up on the property of Mr. Slausen. Slausen owns a wax museum, and soon seems to be covering up for his brother, as young people go missing.

Tourist Trap is the rare example of a derivative movie, that nonetheless, goes off in it's own direction. in this case both Psycho, and The Texas chainsaw Massacre are obvious starting points, but director David Schmoeller adds both a supernatural element, and the natural creepiness of manikins to the mix. The first death scene is practically a "how to" in terms of combining visceral, and atmospheric horror. From there we're left in the capable hands of ethnic Newfoundlander Chuck Connors who shows what a good character actor can do with a generic genre premise.

If solid Slasher fun and killer puppet terror are what you're looking for, Tourist Trap delivers.

31 days of Horror: Day Seven- The Devil's Rain

2011-10-07T21:38:00.000-07:00

The Devil's Rain (1975)

It's hard to know were to start with The Devil's Rain. You might come for the goofy Satanists. Maybe the face melting is what really grabs you. Or it could be the combined gesticulating fury of Ernest Borgnine, and William Shatner hamming it the fuck up. Either way, you'll find much to enjoy in this mid seventies fright fest.

The movie begins with a showdown between Shatner, and Borgnine who is the High Priest of a group of Satanists. Shatner has a magic book that Borgnine wants. And what Borgnine wants, Borgnine gets, with the help of his Satanic minions.
Then Shatners brother Tom Skerritt (The guy from Picket Fences) shows up, and wants to fight Borgnine, who gets so mad that he turns into a Goat Man. Later during the climax, there is a lot of bad guy melting that happens, in what was undoubtedly the best bad guy melting scene ever in a movie till it was of course surpassed 6 years later by Raiders of the Lost Ark.

The whole thing is a silly as an episode of Scooby Doo, but a lot more fun. The director Robert Fuest, was no stranger to horror cinema, having directed the scary paranoid thriller And Soon the Darkness, as well as the two Dr. Phibes films. He brings a good mix of spookiness and glee to the film. It doesn't hurt that real life Satanic high priest Anton LaVey is on board as an adviser, revealing the Scooby Doo nature of his own little group.

The final reason to care about The Devil's Rain is because of it's connection to another movie: John Carpenter's 1978 Masterpiece Halloween. Carpenter's killer, Michael Myers mask was a slightly modified William Shatner Halloween mask based on The Devil's Rain. It all adds up to a kooky, spooky, and historically significant good time.

Roger Ebert hated this movie. What a dick smack!

31 days of Horror: Day Six-De dødes tjern (Lake Of The Dead)

2011-10-06T21:48:00.000-07:00

De dødes tjern (1958)

Lake Of The Dead is an atmospheric Norwegian murder mystery/ghost story.

A groups of friends head out to the Norwegian wilderness to spend some time at an isolated cabin. The cabin is owned by the brother of one of the women, but he's nowhere to be seen when they arrive. It turns out that there's a legend about the cabin, and a near by lake, involving the ghost of man who killed his sister, and her lover, before taking his own life. People who stay in the cabin are said to become possessed by the evil of the murderer.

When a midnight swim is organised, evidence is discovered that suggests that the missing brother drowned himself in the lake. His diary describes a deteriorating mental state, and a growing obsession with the local legend. Soon there are more deaths, and the group must figure out if they're dealing with the supernatural, or a flesh and blood killer.

This is a slow creepy thriller that makes great use of the haunting Norwegian forest.

31 days of Horror: Day five- Angustia

2011-10-05T20:07:00.000-07:00

Angustia (1987)

I have a real soft spot for unhinged European horror cinema. This Spanish exercise in eyeball injury from director Bigas Luna, is a great example, right down to the stilted English dub.

At first it seems that we're watching a movie about a murderous optometrist, and his creepy mother (Played by Zelda Rubinstein from Poltergeist) who can psychically hear those who slight her son using her magic seashell. But then it turns out that that was only a hypnotic movie being watched by another audience who are being stalked by a murderous dude, obsessed by the hypnotic movie.

The film jumps back and forth between the two realities, sometime showing both at the same time. If you have a taste for eyeball violence, and the absurd, Angustia (Anguish) is sure to satisfy.

31 days of Horror: Day four-The Eclipse

2011-10-04T13:19:00.001-07:00

The Eclipse (2009)

This just might be my pick of the month. I really enjoyed this slow, moody, romantic ghost story.

Ciarán Hinds plays a widower in a small Irish town, who meets a visiting novelist, and finds himself mixed up with grief, and attraction. He's also seeing ghosts. This charming little film explores life, and death, love, and loss with a quiet intensity. If you like good acting, and beautiful scenery, mixed in with a creepy atmosphere, and a couple of good scares, this should do the trick.

31 days of Horror: Day three-Blood Of The Vampire

2011-10-03T19:25:00.000-07:00

Blood Of The Vampire (1958)

Here's an interesting little movie. An early, and often effective Hammer Rip-off. It's a bit shocking actually just how much this film looks and feels like a Hammer picture. Not that's it's as great as Hammer's early triumphs, but it's easily as good as a mid-level Hammer. And that's not bad at all.

First of all, besides being made to cash in on Hammer's success, the title of the movie is more than a little misleading. I mean you could be forgiven for thinking a movie called Blood Of The Vampire will be about a Vampire, but you'd be wrong. Instead we have a Mad Scientist (Doctor Callistratus) who runs an Asylum For The Criminally Insane, who needs blood transfusions to stay alive. He also has a murderous hunchback for an assistant, and a basement full of scientific equipment, and shackles. Things are looking up when a young doctor is arrested for practising illegal medical procedures (that's right, blood transfusions). The young doctor tries to convince the court that although his patient died, it was not the blood transfusion that killed him, but Callistratus interferes with the case and the doctor is sent to the asylum. All the better to help the Mad doctor with his experiments. Unfortunately for Callistratus, the young man is decidedly of the "Hero" type.

The plot plays out by the numbers, but if you like these old chillers, there a lot of fun to be had.

Oh, and did I mention that it's shot in glorious Eastman Colour?

31 days of Horror: Day two-Sauna

2011-10-02T18:03:00.000-07:00

Sauna (2008)

Sauna is a beautifully made though sometimes incoherent Arthouse Horror.
In the late 1500's two brothers are involves in redrawing the border of Finland, and Russia following a long and bitter war. Although the war is over, one of the brothers seems unable to leave the brutality behind him, and awakens a dormant supernatural force.

31 days of Horror: Day One-The Guardian

2011-10-02T17:57:00.000-07:00

The Guardian (1990)

For the last couple of years I've done a horror movie blog during the month of October with my friend Adam, called Blogoween over at the Scope web page. Blogoween isn't happening this year, but I've decided to do a less involved list here on Solamente Nero.

I'm getting started a day late for my write ups, but I did watch this yesterday. The Exorcist is one of my favorite horror movies, so I came to Willian Friedkin's 1990 film The Guardian with high hopes. The bad news is that there is little evidence here of the master film maker who made, what I believe to be the scariest film ever made. The good news is that even when Friedkin goes off the rails(as he did in Cruising, for example) he can still deliver an entertaining movie.

The plot here involves a couple of yuppies, who want to hire a live in nanny to take care of their new baby, while they have fashionable careers. Unfortunately, instead of one of the underclass, they hire an ancient woodland spirit to do the job. This as you can imagine leads to trees murdering local toughs, and wolves attacking architects.

If you just go along for the ride, and don't think too much about the various kinds of nonsense being tossed your way, a good time can be had. Just don't expect to be scared.

Playlist And Download Link For may 7th 2008

2011-03-11T08:32:00.001-08:00

Listen to them - children of the night. What music they make.

Douglas Gamely-Main Title-The Beast Must Die
Leon Klimovski & Anton Garcia Abril-Segment From The Werewolf's Shadow
Pino Donaggio-Animal Magnatism-The Howling
Andrew Powell-Chase, Fall/Transformation-Ladyhawke
Leon Klimovski & Anton Garcia Abril-Segment From The Werewolf's Shadow
Benjamin Frankel-Baptism-The Curse Of the Werewolf
Mike Shields-Gingersnaps Theme-Gingersnaps
George Fenton-The Story Of the Bride And The Groom-Company Of Wolves
Elmer Bernstein-An American Werewolf In London Suite-An American Werewolf In London
Paul Annett-Segment From The Beast Must Die
Pino Donaggio-Fur From The Madding Crowd-The Howling
Mark Thomas-Clair De Lune-Dog Soldiers
Jay Chattaway-The Ballgame/The Chase-Silver Bullet
Leon Klimovski & Anton Garcia Abril-Segment From The Werewolf's Shadow
James Horner-Finale & End Credits-Wolfen
Jay Chattaway-Teamwork/Milt's Greenhouse-Silver Bullet
Joe Dante-Segment From The Howling
Hans J. Salter & Frank Skinner-Main Titles-The Wolf Man
George Fenton-The Message/Main Theme-Company Of Wolves
Mark Thomas-Full Moon-Dog Soldiers
Leon Klimovski & Anton Garcia Abril-Segment From The Werewolf's Shadow
Douglas Gamley-End Credits-The Beast Must Die

http://www.mediafire.com/?nrdweu6o4dfaz19

Playlist And Download Link For July 2nd 2008

2011-03-02T07:20:00.000-08:00

Lots of weird and interesting shit here.

Piero Umiliani-Nell Cosmo-Sweden heaven Or Hell
John Zorn-A Lot Of fun For The Evil One-A Lot Of fun For The Evil One
David Snell-Crab Apple Jam-Cinemaphonic:Soul Punch
Stellar Workshop-Angnoisse-Conection
Kiril Dzajkovski-Dust To Dust-Dust
Brenda Hutchingson-Wordplay-Liquid Sky
Alain Goroguer-Au Dela De La Peur-Beyond Fear
Cicil Leuter-Pop Electronique No 14-Pop Electronique
Geinoh Yamashirogumi-Tenshoo-Ecophony Rinne
Miles Davis-Final(Take 3)Chez Le Photographe Du Motel-Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud

http://www.mediafire.com/?5g52og5i3bez48e

Playlist And Download Link For May 21st 2008

2011-02-18T09:23:00.000-08:00

I'm not producing new shows at the moment, but here's a show I did in 2008 focusing on the Phenomenal soundtrack work of Stelvio Cipriani. The music featured here covers genres from Sci-Fi to Westerns, and from Giallo to Poliziotteschi.
Enjoy.

Stelvio Cipriani-Eden E Il Killer-The Bounty Killer
Stelvio Cipriani-La Polizia Ha Le Mani Legate-La Polizia Ha Le Mani Legate
Stelvio Cipriani-Teenagers Cha Cha Cha-Bay Of Blood
Stelvio Cipriani-Sono Stato Un Agente Della C.I.A.-Sono Stato Un Agente Della C.I.A.
Stelvio Cipriani-Anonimo Veneziano-Anonimo Veneziano
Stelvio Cipriani-Incubi Ricorrenti (opening)-Solamente Nero
Stelvio Cipriani-La Polizia Chiede Aiuto-What Have They Done To Our Daughters
Stelvio Cipriani-Mary's Theme-Femina Ridens
Stelvio Cipriani-Fuga Nel Campo Di Grano-Rabid Dogs
Stelvio Cipriani-Papaya Island-Papaya Dei Caraibi
Stelvio Cipriani-Profondo Sinfonico-Piranha II The Spawning
Stelvio Cipriani-L'Attesa-Nightmare City
Stelvio Cipriani-Realta' No 5-Dead End
Stelvio Cipriani-Gli Orrori Del Catello Di Norimberga-Baron Blood
Stelvio Cipriani-Face To Face-Lispettire Anticrime
Stelvio Cipriani-Attraverso La Frontiera-Mark Il Polizotto Spara Per Primo
Stelvio Cipriani-L'Ossessione-Solamente Nero
Stelvio Cipriani-The Hour Of The Infernal Game Pt 2-Ring Of Dakness
Stelvio Cipriani-Femina Ridens-Femina Ridens
Stelvio Cipriani-Viaggio Nella Praterna The Stranger Returns

http://www.mediafire.com/?j2wbzs93ivy7hw1

Playlist And Download Link For Apr 14th 2010

2010-04-22T16:17:00.000-07:00

Ryuchi Sakamoto-Harry To Hospital-Wild Palms
Coil-Enochian Calling-The Angelic Conversation
Michael Galasso-Blue-Mood For Love
Ryuchi Sakamoto-Main Theme-Aile De Honneamise
Ernst Reijseger-Libera Me, Domine-Requiem For A Dying Planet
Coil-Escalation-The Angelic Conversation
Ernst Reijseger-A Una Rosa-Requiem For A Dying Planet
Lustmord-Amalgamated Man-Zoetrope

http://www.mediafire.com/?vcy2jnmmgwt

Playlist And Download Link For Apr 7th 2010

2010-04-09T11:25:00.000-07:00

No film music this week, instead we get a mixed bag of Electronic Ambient, Minimalist Piano, and Psychedelic trance inducing guitar.

Sister Loolomie-About Corpuscles-Signals
Gunter Maas-Prototypen/Gestaltereignis-Klangbilder
Lubomyr Melnyk-The Song Of Galdariel-The Song Of Galdariel
Kim Cascone-Nulldrift-Cathodeflower
Master Wilburn Burchette-Psychic Fire-Music Of The Godhead

http://www.mediafire.com/?wygohjfjnnz

Playlist And Download Link For Mar 31st 2010

2010-04-02T09:18:00.001-07:00

Music from the films of Jess Franco.
I haven't watched much Franco, but the soundtracks are fantastic.

Bruno Nicolia-The Day I Was Born-99 Donne
Sample-The Girl From Rio
The Vampire Sound Incorperation-There Is No Satisfaction-3 Films By Jess Franco
Gerhard Heinz-Autofahrt-Historia De Una Perversion
Bruno Nicolia-Eugenie-Desade 70
Bruno Nicolia-Magia-Jess Franco's Count Dracula
The Vampire Sound Incorperation-The Ballad Of A Fair Singer-3 Films By Jess Franco
Gerhard Heinz-Die Madchen Im Kloster-Linda
Bruno Nicolia-Sky Scapers(Alt Version)-Desade 70
Jerry Van Rooyan-Flamingo Strip Club-Two Undercover Angels
Bruno Nicolia-Seq 2-99 Donne
Bruno Nicolia-Main Titles-Agente Speciale LK
Bruno Nicolia-Amazzoni-Justine
Gerhard Heinz-Verschung Auf Der Terrase-Eugenie
Jerry Van Rooyan-Death Walks On High Heels-Succubus
Bruno Nicolia-Drug Party-Desade 70
Bruno Nicolia-Concerto Vagiato-Jess Franco's Count Dracula
The Vampire Sound Incorperation-Countdown To Nowhere-3 Films By Jess Franco
Gerhard Heinz-Disko Alternative-Bloody Moon
Sample-The Girl From Rio
Danel White-Main Title-The Girl From Rio

http://www.mediafire.com/?aj2ozkdtnyk

Playlist And Download Link For Feb 24th 2010

2010-03-30T11:48:00.000-07:00

Hammer, Hammer, and more Hammer.
This show is best enjoyed while wearing a smoking jacket, and drinking blood from a skull.

Tristram Cary-Quatermass And The Pit
Sample Vampire Circus
Laurie Johnson-Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter
Mario Nascimbene-Creatures The World Forgot
Sample The Devil Rides Out
James Bernard-Burning Castle Dracula-The Scars Of Dracula
Don Banks-The Reptile
Don Banks-Hysteria
Sample Plague Of The Zombies
John McCabe-Guardians Of The Abyss-Hammer House Of Horror
Ivor Slaney-Spaceways
Don Ellis-Moon Zero Two
Sample To The Devil A Daughter
Edwin T Astley-The Phantom Of The Opera
Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde
Humphrey Searle-The Abominable Snowman
Sample Dracula
James Bernard-Flesh & Blood-The Heritage of Hammer Horror
David Lindup-Shatter
Mario Nascimbene-One Million Years B.C.
Roy Phillips-The Lost Continent
Sample Plague Of The Zombies
James Bernard-Legend Of Seven Golden Vampires
Sample The Devil Rides Out
Malcolm Williamson-Crescendo
Sample The Vampire Circus
Benjamin Frankel-Finale-The Curse Of The Werewolf
Sample Dracula Prince Of Darkness
Don Banks-The Mummy's Shroud

http://www.mediafire.com/?zwr4ynwnyzr

Playlist And Download Link For Feb 3rd 2010

2010-03-30T11:20:00.000-07:00

One of these days I'll get the hang of regular updates. Untill then here's a show from last month.

Ennio Morricone-Sola Grida-Who Saw Her Die?
Ingfried Hoffman-Bossa Robbi-Robbi, Tobbi Und Der Fliewatuut
Sven Libaek-Sounds Of The Deep-Inner Space
Jerry Fielding-Tip Top Inn/More Tip Top Inn-The Super Cops
Berto Pisano-Senza Tregu-Kill!
Pierre Bachelet-A Pikao-Gwendoline
Francois De Roubaix-Indecatifs Tele Zaire-Le Monde Electronique De Francois De Roubaix
Don Ellis-Vito & Moon/Scream-The Seven Ups
Ennio Morricone-La Spiaggia-Veruschka
Kenji Kawai-Battle In The Labyrinth-Stray Dogs
Ennio Morricone-Veruschka-Veruschka

http://www.mediafire.com/?d1ozy2n1hjx

Playlist And Download Link For Jan 27th 2010

2010-01-28T21:16:00.001-08:00

This week is music from Coen Brothers movies.

Carter Burwell-Blood Simple-Blood Simple
Carter Burwell-Way Out There-Raising Arizona
Segment from The Big Lebowski
Carter Burwell-Nirdlinger's Swing-The Man Who Wasn't There
Che Soave Zeffiretto The Marrige Of Figaro-The Man Who Wasn't There
Carter Burwell-The Hula Hoop-The Hudsucker Proxy
Carter Burwell-Chain Gang-Blood Simple
Teo Usuelle-Piacere Sequence-The Big Lebowski
Sample From The Big Lebowski
Merdith Monk-The Walking Song-The Big Lebowski
Carter Burwell-Baroque Troubles-Ladykillers
Carter Burwell-Delivery-Fargo
Carter Burwell-Blood Trail-No Country For Old Men
Carter Burwell-Raising Ukeleles-Raising Arizona
Nina Simone-I Got It Bad And That ain't Good-The Big Lebowski
Carter Burwell-Norvill's End-The Hudsucker Proxy
Segment From The Big Lebowski
Carter Burwell-Wie Glauben-The Big Lebowski
Carter Burwell-Fargo North Dakota-Fargo

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Playlist And Download Link For Dec 23rd 2009

2010-01-19T09:23:00.000-08:00

Off to a shaky start as far as updating every week goes.
I just started a new job, and moved into a new house last week and so I didn't get a chance to do a show.
Luckily I have that ton of old shows I mentioned last post, so here's my show from December 23rd.
It's almost all Eduard Artemyev, who did the soundtracks for some of Andrei Tarkovsky's most well known films (Stalker, Solyaris). The only piece that isn't Artemyev, is from the soundtrack of a film that he did score. I included Isaac Dunayevski's "Hello Country Of Heroes" from The Inner Circle because it's so big and dramatic and Russian sounding.
The Artemyev stuff is beautiful, and dramatic and spacey.
Enjoy.

Eduard Artemyev-Urga Theme-Urga
Eduard Artemyev-Behind Of Wings-Shadows Of A Theater
Eduard Artemyev-Pohod-Sibiriada
Eduard Artemyev-Returns To Moscow-The Inner Circle
Eduard Artemyev-Meditation-Stalker
Eduard Artemyev-Station-Solyaris
Eduard Artemyev-Ogonj-Sibiriada
Eduard Artemyev-Metamorphoses
Eduard Artemyev-La Constuction Du Zepplin-Burnt By The Sun
Isaac Dunayevski-Hello Country Of Heroes-The Inner Circle
Eduard Artemyev-Gorod-Gorod Zero
Eduard Artemyev-The Prisoners March-The Barber Of Siberia
Eduard Artemyev-Temple Of The Dead-The Odyssey
Eduard Artemyev-Epilogue-Burnt By The Sun

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Playlist And Download Link For Dec 30th 2009

2010-01-08T14:56:00.000-08:00

I've got a ton of shows recorded that I've never made available for download, so my plan right now is to post two shows a week until I get caught up.

Here's my show from last week.
You may find it similar to this weeks show in that it's built around two long tracks. The Citizens For Interplanetary Activity piece is from an experimental Japanese film from the late Sixties called "Self Obliteration", and is a cosmic Hippie freakout. The other two tracks are pretty awesome early electronic noodling.

Citizens For Interplanetary Activity-Untitled-Self Obliteration
Takehisa Kosugi-Mano Dharma-Catch Wave
Sesselberg-Phonix

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Playlist And Download Link For Jan 6th 2010

2010-01-08T14:44:00.000-08:00

It's a new year and a new decade, this time I will update every week.
I swear.

This week I played some longer experimental tracks by Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks), and Sally Timms (The Mekons), as well as some of Ulver's excellent score for Lyckantropen. It's pretty good.

Pete Shelley-Sky Yen pt1-Sky Yen
Ulver-Theme9-Lyckantropen
Kaada-Molly-O'Horton
Sally Smmit & Her Musicians-Soundtrack Of The Film Hangahar-Hangahar
A. Perry & L. Delacour-New Life-Space Oddities vol2

And here is the download link.

Playlist And Download link For Apr 4th 2008

2008-04-07T12:17:00.000-07:00

Back after a long absence.
No particular theme this week except that it tends to be funky.

Mellow-CQ Theme-CQ
Roy Budd-Bayou Blues-Fear Is The Key
Bill Geldard-Flute Salad-Cinemaphonic Vol 2 Soul Punch
Emmanuel Vardi & Lenny Hambro-Hot Line-Cinemaphonic: Electro Soul
Stelvio Cipriani-The Wreck-Piranha 2
Gianni Ferrio-Quando Mi Dici Cosi-Big Guns
Piero Umiliani-Streghe A Convegno-Angeli Bianchi Angeli Neri
Paul Piot-Tous En Scene-CQ
Gert Wilden-I Told You Not To Cry-I Told You Not To Cry
Ennio Morricone-Prima Della Rivelazione-Il Diavolo Nel Cervello
Chritian Bruhn-Neve Erfahrugen Im Cyber Space-Captain Future
Gianni Ferrio-Concerto Blues (extended takes)-The Bloodstained Butterfly
The Vampires' Sound Incorporation-Droge CX 9-Las Vampiras
Michel Magne-Grand Theme Malko-S.A.S. San Salvador
Mellow-Take Me Higher-CQ

Here's the link

Playlist And Download link For Dec 12th 2007

2007-12-15T19:02:00.000-08:00

This week I'm focusing on the work of Chu Ishikawa.
He's best known for doing the soundtrack to Tetsuo: The Iron Man.
Ishikawa has almost exclusivly worked on the films of Shinya Tsukamoto, with the exception of two films he's done with Takashi Miike.
I'm also featuring some tracks by Ishikawa's band's, Zeitlich Vergelter, and Der Eisenrost.

Chu Ishikawa-Lost-Tetsuo:The Iron Man
Der Eisenrost-Over Crowd-Tokyo Fist
Zeitlich Vergelter-Schlagen-Schlagen 7"
Shinya Tsukamoto-Segment from Haze
Chu Ishikawa-Hydra/Film-Snake Of June
Chu Ishikawa-Cont/Rain-Gemini
Chu Ishikawa-Four Reeds-Bullet Ballet
Chu Ishikawa-Birds-Dead Or Alive 2
Der Eisenrost-White Way Of Delight-Armored Weapon
Chu Ishikawa-One Summer Day-A Snake Of June
Chu Ishikawa-Charming-Gemini
Shinya Tsukamoto-Segment from Haze
Chu Ishikawa-Genensatz-Gemini
Chu Ishikawa-Gryphis Glaucus-Tokyo Fist
Chu Ishikawa-A Burning Figure-Tetsuo 2:Body Hammer

And the link.

Playlist And Download link For Dec 5th 2007

2007-12-07T10:43:00.001-08:00

This weeks show focuses on Cars, Trucks, And Motorcycles.
This is music for speeding, cruising, and kicking ass.

Resonnance-Ok Chicago-Shake sauvage:French Soundtracks 1968-1973
Richard C Sarafian-segment from Vanishing Point
Steve Allen-The Car Chas-A Man Called Dagger
David Arnold-Car Chase-Shaft(remake)
Les Baxter-Wheels-Hell's Bells
Richard C Sarafian-segment from Vanishing Point
CW MaCall-Convoy-Convoy
Jack Nitzsche-The Last Race-Death Proof
Russ Meyer/Igo Kantor/Bert Shefter/Paul Sawtell-The Race-Faster Pussycat Kill kill
Herschell Goron Lewis-Get Off The Road-She Devils On Wheels
Jack Elliot-Car Chase-Starsky And Hutch
Richard C Sarafian-segment from Vanishing Point featuring the song Freedom Of Expression by The JB Pickers
Claude Bolling-Full Speed-Il Cadavere Dagil Artigi D'Acciaio
Richard C Sarafian-segment from Vanishing Point
Alan Tew/Bullet-Road Runner-The Hanged Man
Roy Budd-The Car Chase-Fear Is The Key
Richard C Sarafian-segment from Vanishing Point
John Barry-Car chase_Beat Girl
Stelvio Cipriani-La Fine Di Cobb-Mark Il Poliziotto Spara Per Primo
Richard C Sarafian-segment from Vanishing Point featuring the songs Over Me by Segarini & Bishop, And Nobody Knows by Kim & Dave

And the link.

Playlist And Downlod Link For Nov28th 2007

2007-12-02T09:42:00.000-08:00

This week I'm back to 60's/70's Crime, and Spy music, with a particular focus on the Seijun Suzuki film, Tokyo Drifter.

Seijun Suzuki/Kaburagi Hajime-Nikkatsu Theme/Drifter Theme Instrumental-Tokyo Drifter
Seijun Suzuki-Segment from Tokyo Drifter
Seijun Suzuki/Kaburagi Hajime-Tokyo Drifter Main Theme-Tokyo Drifter
Nico Fidenco-London Streets-Supercolpo Da 7 Milardi
Roy Budd-Crown Jewels-Diamonds
Riz Ortolani_The Roaring Twenties-Una Sull'Atra
Quincy Jones-postcard Signed "S"-The Deadly Affair
Seijun Suzuki-Segment From Tokyo Drifter
Berto Pisano-Kill Them All-Kill
John Barry-Ipcress File Main Theme-The Ipcress File
Seijun Suzuki/Kaburagi Hajime-Hard Boiled Cue-Tokyo Drifter
Quincy Jones-Blondie Tails-The Deadly Affair
Ennio Morricone-Giu La Testa-Giu La Testa
Piero Umiliani-Elzeviro-Piero Umiliani's Musica Ellectronica
Seijun Suzuki/Kaburagi Hajime-Segment From Tokyo Drifter
Piero Piccioni-Traffic boom-Tutto A Posto E Niente In Ordine
Ennio Morricone-Labbraccio Caldo Della Tarantola-The Black Belly Of The Tarantula
Roger Davy-Control Department-Musique Pour L'Image N 33
Manfred Hubar/Sigfried Schwab-Shindai Lovers-Vampyros Lesbos
Seijun Suzuki/Kaburagi Hajime-Segment from Tokyo Drifter
Seijun Suzuki/Kaburagi Hajime-Drifting Drifter(A Drifter Needs No Woman)-Tokyo Drifter

And the download link.
enjoy.

Playlist And Download Link For Nov 21st 2007

2007-11-24T10:41:00.001-08:00

This week is mostly stuff from Italian Cop films.
That shit is Funky!

The Playlist.
Franco Micalizzi-Opening Credits-Rome Armed To The Teeth
Stelvio Cipriani-Attraverso La Frontiera-Mark Il Poliziotto
Ennio Morricone-Svolta Definitive-Violent City
Gabriel Yared & Underworld-Monkey Two-Breaking & Entering
Umberto Lenzi-Sample from Rome Armed To The Teeth
Ennio Morricone-Ho Messo Gli Occhi Su Di Te-Menage All'Italiana
RZA-Opening Theme(Raise Your Sword Instrumental)-Ghost Dog
Franco Bixio-A pugi Nudi-A Pugi Nudi
Umberto Lenzi-Sample from Rome Armed To The Teeth
Guido & Maurizio De Angelis-Gangster Story-Roma Violenta
Umberto Smaila-Beast With A Gun-Beast With a Gun
Alexandewr Blonksteiner-Jane-Apocalypse Domani
RZA-Funky Theme-Ghost Dog
Marino Girolami-Sample from Special Cop In Action
Melvin Van Peebles & Earth Wind And Fire-Sweetback's Theme-Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Guido & Maurizio De Angelis-Punitive Justice-Roma Violenta

And the link.

Also, as an added bonus, here's the Japanese version of the Ghost Dog soundtrack that features the RZA score from the film (as apposed to the American version that's mostly Rap songs).

Playlist For Nov 14th 2007

2007-11-16T11:05:00.001-08:00

This week I focus on the soundtrack work of Philip Glass.
I find his stuff, other worldly and beautiful.

Philip Glass-Sand Mandala-Kundun
Philip Glass-Serra Pelada-Powaqqatsi
Philip Glass-Anthem pt1-Powaqqatsi
Philip Glass-Secret Agent-Secret Agent
Philip Glass-Or A Wolf-Dracula
Philip Glass-The Slave Quarters-Candyman 2
Philip Glass-Opening Credits-The Thin Blue Line
Philip Glass-Naqoyqatsi-Naqoyqatsi
Philip Glass-Dead Things-The Hours
Philip Glass-Train To Sao Paulo-Powaqqatsi
Philip Glass-It Was Always You Helen-Candyman
Philip Glass-Pruit Igoe-Koyaanisqatsi

Here's the download link.

Playlist and Download link For Nov 7th 2007

2007-11-09T12:11:00.000-08:00

Bruno Nicolai-Main Theme-Eyeball
Il Real Impero Britannico(Goblin)-Kalu-Perche Si Uccidono
Sergio Martino/Luciano Michellini-Segments from Suspected Death Of A Minor
Luigi Bazzoni/Mario Fanelli/Nicola Pivoani-segments from Le Orme aka Footprints On The Moon
Il Real Impero Britannico(Goblin)-R.I.B.-Perche Si Uccidono
Meiko Kaji-Track 1-Lady Snowblood(I've got the soundtrack but not the track listings, and can't find it anywhere)
Ennio Morricone-Slaughter In The Village-Hundra
Michel Legrand-Entr' Acte/Crewman falls into crevasse-Ice Station Zebra
Simon Boswell-Heart-Santa Sangre
Alexander Blonksteiner-Target Firing-Apocalypse Domani
Gianni Ferrio-Solilquio-The Bloodstained Butterfly

And here's the download link.

Playlist and Download link For Oct 24th 2007

2007-10-26T15:51:00.000-07:00

Here's this weeks playlist.

Mussorgsky/the Philadelphia Orchestra-A night on bald mountain-Fantasia
Terence Fisher-Sample from The Devil Rides Out
George Fenton-All The Better to Eat You With My Dear-Company Of Wolves
Marcello Giombini-Erotic Nights Of The Living Dead-Erotic Nights Of The Living Dead
Robert Douglas-Sample from The Alfred Hitchcock Hour-The Sign Of Satan
James Bernard-Overture/Omens For Nosferatu-Nosferatu:Channel 4 Silents
Les Baxter-Segment From Black Sunday Suite-Black Sunday
Peter Hammond-Sample from Sapphire And Steel
Goblin-Ghost Vest-Buio Omega
Mike Oldfield-Georgetown/Tubular Bells-The Exorcist
Kevin Conner-Sample from From Beyond The Grave
James Horner-The Storm Approaches-Something Wicked This Way Comes
Kevin Conner-Sample from From Beyond The Grave
Riz Ortolani-Zeder-Zeder
Jerry Goldsmith-The Fall-The Omen
Richard Band-Graveyard Encounter-The Alchemist
Guido & Maurizio De Angelis-Main Title-Slave Of the Cannibal God
Riccardo Freda/Mario Bava-Sample from I Vampiri
James Bernard-Main Title/Finale-Dracula(1958)

And here's the download link.

Playlist and Download link For Oct 17 2007

2007-10-24T21:13:00.001-07:00

Sample-Night of the Living Dead
Goblin-L'alba Die Morti Viventi- Zombi
Sample-Night Of The Living Dead
John Murphy-Welcome To Britain-28 Weeks Later
Sample-The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue
Modern Man-The Dead Walk-Day Of The Dead
Fabio Frizzi-Sequence 2-Zombi 2
Sample-Night Of The Living Dead
Goblin & G. Dell 'Orso-Opening Titles-Hell Of The Living Dead
Sample-Burial Ground
Anton Garcia Abril-Main Theme-Tombs Of The Blind Dead
Sample-Night Of The Living Dead
Brad Fiedel-Revolution-The Serpent And The Rainbow
Goblin-Zombi-Zombi
Sample-Dawn Of The Dead
John Murphy-Night Watch-28 Weeks Later
Sample-Zombi 2
Roger Davy-Zombie-Son Nouveaux Pour Images Contemporaines
Fabio Frizzi-Suoni Dissonanti-City Of The Living Dead
Godspeed You Black Emperor-East Hastings(edit)-28 Days Later
Stefono Mainetti-Sequence 1-Zombi 3
John Murphy-Helicopter Chase-28 Weeks Later
Sample-The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue
John Harrison-Escape Invasion-Day Of The Dead
Sample-Dawn Of The Dead
J. Peter Robinson-The Dead Return-Return Of The Living Dead Part 2

You can download my playlist here.

Playlist And Download Link For Oct 10th 2007

2007-10-15T06:38:00.000-07:00

John Carpenter-Prologue-The Fog
John Carpenter-Theme From The Fog-The Fog
Johnathan Elias-The Vampire Covens-Vamp
Mario Bava/Carlo Rustichelli-Segment From Kill,Baby Kill
C. Vasori-Vulcain-Rabid
James Horner-Main Title/A rare Day For Boys-Something Wicked This Way Comes
The Bavarian radio Orchestra-Requium For Soprano, Two Mixe4d Choir & Orchestra-2001 A Space Odessy
Mario Bava/Carlo Rustichelli-Segment From Kill,Baby Kill
Giorgio Gaslini-La Notte Dei Diavoli-Night of The Devils
William Penn-Daniels Arrest/End credits-Confession Of A Serial Killer
C. Vasori-Electrolyse-Energie
Riz Ortocani-Passi Di Mort Perduti Nel Buio-Death Steps In The Dark
Simon Boswell-Hitch-Brivido Giallo
Less Baxter-The Consummation-The Dunwich Horror
John Carpenter-The fog Roles In-The Fog

Link.

My recording difficulty continued this week, so the download link is for a play list of MP3s again rather than my actual show, but you should still grab it because I played some good stuff.

Playlist For Oct 3rd 2007

2007-10-06T18:49:00.000-07:00

The Supremes-Dr. Goldfoot & The Bikini Machine-Dr. Goldfoot & The Bikini Machine
Nick Nostro-Segment from Superargo Contro Diabolikus
Burt Bacharach/Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass-Casino Royale Theme-Casino Royale
Ennio Morricone-Into the cave-Danger Diabolik
Roberto Pregadio & Romano Mussolini-Satanik seq 15-Satanik
Nick Nostro-Segment from Superargo Contro Diabolikus
Gianni Ferrio-Laberinto-Big Guns
Nick Nostro-Segment from Superargo Contro Diabolikus
Roy Budd-Love is a four letter word-Get Carter
Michel Magne-Ma chere Helene-Fantomas
Egisto Macchi-Main theme-LSD
Bixio, Frizzi, Tempera-With You-7 black notes
Ken Russel-Segment from The Billion Dollar Brain
Sandro Brugnolini-Fantabulous-Fantabulous Inc.
John Barry-My love has two faces-Dead Fall
Ennio Morricone-The return/On the name of bach-Le Professionel
Luis Enriquez Bacalov-Samba-We Still Kill The Old Way
Ennio Morricone-Under wawa-Danger Diabolik
Roy Budd-Party piece-Diamonds
Nick Nostro-Segment from Superargo Contro Diabolikus
David Shire-Dolowitz takes a look/gets killed-The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Eddie Warner-Chief inspector-Cops, Cooks, & Spies

And the download link.

Because of a computer fuck up, I couldn't record my show this week, so this weeks download is mp3s of all the songs played on my show.
Just unzip it and you'll have my play list.
Sorry, I should have the problem fixed for next week.

Playlist For Sept 26th 2007

2007-10-01T04:32:00.000-07:00

This week there's no over arching theme, but I've got some good stuff to play.
Awesome tracks by Ennio Morricone, Quincy Jones, Roy Budd, and Goblin sounding their most Kraut rock like.

Here's the full list.
Nozomu Aoki-Glittering Galaxy/Bound For Andromeda-Galaxy Express 999
Ennio Morricone & Bruno Nicolia-Main Theme-La Casse
Umberto Lenzi-Segment from The Cynic The Rat And The Fist
Theodore Shapiro-Splattercell Remix-The Heist
Quincy Jones-Theme From The Anderson Tapes-The Anderson Tapes
Henri Verneuil-Segment From La Casse
Fedrico Zanni & Umberto Lenzi-Segment from The Cynic The Rat And The Fist
Roy Budd-Tel Aviv-Diamonds
Gil Melle-Desert Trip-The Andromeda Strain
Henri Verneuil-Segment From La Casse
nnio Morricone & Bruno Nicolia-Argomenti-La Casse
Gianni Ferrio-Sarah-Un Farfalla Con Le Ali Insanguinate
Stellar Workshop-Aerius-Connection
enri Verneuil-Segment From La Casse
Giergio Farina & Goblin-Farina's Suite

And here's the download link.

Playlist For Sept 19 2007

2007-09-19T20:01:00.000-07:00

Tune in to CHMR(93.5 fm) Wednesdays from 12-1am for Solamente Nero. A blend of music and sound taken from film, as well as music that just sounds cinematic.

This week is all about Cyber-Punk.
I'm playing stuff from Tetsuo The Iron Man, Perfect Blue, Electric Dragon 80,000 V, THX 1138, Koyaanisqatsi, Akira, Two Schwarzenegger movies, and more.
There's a running theme of technological discordance that plays out in the films, and is mirrored in the music.

Here's the full list.
Vangelis-Sushi bar/Damask rose-Blade Runner
Philip Glass-Vessels-Koyaanisqatsi
Chu ishikawa & Shinya Tsukamoto-Segment form Tetsuo The Iron Man
Chu ishikawa-Megatron-Tetsuo The Iron Man
Brad Fiedel-Alley Chase-The Terminator
Chu ishikawa & Shinya Tsukamoto-Segment form Tetsuo The Iron Man
Geino Yamashirogumi-Tetsuo-Akira
Clint Mansell-2 pi r
Chu ishikawa & Shinya Tsukamoto-Segment form Tetsuo The Iron Man
Hiroyuki Onogawa-Concrete music-Electric Dragon 80,000 V
The Stellar Workshop-Blablatron-Connection
Chu ishikawa & Shinya Tsukamoto-Segment form Tetsuo The Iron Man
Masahiro Ikumi-Akumu(Nightmare)-Perfect Blue
Lalo Schifrin-Torture sequence-THX 1138
Harold Faltermeyer-Main theme/Flight escape-The Running Man
Chu ishikawa & Shinya Tsukamoto-Segment form Tetsuo The Iron Man
Mach 1.67-Mix-Electric Dragon 80,000 V
Lalo Schifrin-Be happy again(Jingle of the future)-THX 1138

Download the show here.

And go here to listen to CHMR online
http://www.mun.ca/chmr

Tune the fuck in!!!

Playlist and download link For Sept 12 2007

2007-09-12T19:41:00.000-07:00

Tune in to CHMR(93.5 fm) Wednesdays from 12-1am for Solamente Nero. A blend of music and sound taken from film, as well as music that just sounds cinematic.

This weeks show had a running Satanic/Cult theme.
I made a lot of use of the Sergio Martino Giallo "All The Color Of the dark" (aka They're Coming To Get You, or Tutti I Colori Del Buio), which is a lot of fun.
I also used a few bits of dialogue from "Equinox" (aka The Beast), a great 70's monster movie that lays down the basic template that Sam Rami later used for his "Evil Dead" movies. Other than that I'm all over the place.
Jacula are a Satanic Prog Rock band from Italy. They've never done any soundtrack work that I'm aware of, though they easily could have. They remind me of Goblin in places, but the main reason I played them was so I could start the show with church organ, and then return to it at the end of the show with the long passage from "L'Anticristo".
"L'Anticristo" is an Italian Exorcist rip off, that has style to spare, though a story that lags. The ending is great though, and it seemed the perfect thing to cap the show with.

Play List:

Jacula-Ritus-In Cauda Semper Stat Venenum
Bruno Nicolai/Sergio Martino-Segment from All The Colors Of The Dark
Bixio,Frizzi,Tempera-Allucinazioni-Sette Note In Nero
Bruno Nicolai/Sergio Martino-Segment from All The Colors Of The Dark
Bobby Beausoleil-Lucifer Rising pt1-Lucifer Rising
Popol Vuh-Die Nacht Der Himmel-Nosferatu The Vampire
Jack Woods & Dennis Murin-Segment From Eqinox(AKA The Beast)
James Horner-Something Wicked This Way Comes-Something Wicked This Way Comes
Don Cherry-Opening Titles-The Holy Mountain
Bruno Nicolai/Sergio Martino-Segment from All The Colors Of The Dark
Bruno Nicolai/Sergio Martino-Segment from All The Colors Of The Dark
Les Baxter-Black Mass-The Dunwich Horror
Bruno Nicolai/Sergio Martino-Segment from All The Colors Of The Dark
Jerry Goldsmith-The Dogs Attack-The Omen
Jack Woods & Dennis Murin-Segment From Eqinox(AKA The Beast)
Ennio Morricone & Bruno Nicolia/Alberto De Martino-Segment From L'Anticristo

If you would like to hear this show, you can download it using bittorrent.
Just click here.

Feedback is most welcome.

2007-08-22T17:22:00.000-07:00

2007-05-16T19:39:00.000-07:00