The forbidden-love story THE DEBUT (1977) was the first full-length feature from pioneering filmmaker Nouchka van Brakel. Following the theme of Stanley Kubrick's LOLITA (1962) and Michael Powe...Read More
The first entry in the Decline series sheds a light on Los Angeles’ punk scene of the late 1970s. Featuring interviews and performances by some of the most seminal acts of the era like Black Fl...Read More
Decline of Western Civilization III, the final entry in Spheeris’ influential documentary series, follows the lives of the homeless teenagers that made up the Los Angeles gutter punk scene. The...Read More
Decline of Western Civilization Part Two: The Metal Years was Penelope Spheeris’ followup to the original Decline. Shifting her focus to Los Angeles’ metal scene and the clubs and bands that su...Read More
In 1981, RAI-TV presented six hour-long films based on stories by 19th century horror/fantasy authors from such directors as Giulio Questi (Django, Kill!), Marcello Aliprandi (A Whisper In The ...Read More
The final work of legendary director Mario Bava and the debut of his son Lamberto Bava as co-director. Daria Nicolodi and Marc Porel star in this elegant and haunting tale of supernatural love ...Read More
In this third episode, the vengeful spirit of a jilted groom curses the affair between an English author and his beautiful young lover. William Berger, Rada Rassimov and Franco Ressel star in t...Read More
In this fourth episode, directed by Marcello Aliprandi: In an age of rogues, gallows and spellcasters, the hand of a cuckolded young husband takes on a murderous life of its own. Veronica Lario...Read More
This fifth episode, adapted and directed by Tomaso Sherman: On the island of Samoa, a writer shares the account of a young sailor who acquires a mysterious bottle containing a demon that will g...Read More
In the final episode a destitute medical student agrees to become the sole heir to a wealthy old man's sizable fortune only to discover that his inheritance may come at the ultimate price. Alfr...Read More
In perhaps his most rarely seen film, Godfather Of Gore Lucio Fulci takes on the erotic thriller genre and unleashes the ultimate onslaught of glossy depravity: Brett Halsey (DEMONIA, THE RETUR...Read More
Not a lot is known about this exploitation clip-collage which examines the classic marijuana scare-films of the 1920s through the 1940s. However, the year of release, tone of the narration, and...Read More
Previously available only in edited versions and poor-quality transfers, it remains one of the most obscure and bizarre Italian gothics of the '70s: When a trio of free-spirited young women - l...Read More
Newspaper headlines denounce a rash epidemic of barbiturate overdoses. Even more shocking is that the abusers are juveniles out for cheap kicks.
Responding to the rising public outrage, a pr...Read More
The Dicks started out as an Austin, Texas poster band in 1979 and once formed, took off like a hardcore rocket. The Dicks only released one 45 and two LP's and were the house band at legendary ...Read More
A bebop session staged by its creator Dizzy Gillespie, backed by his early mate Milton ''Bags'' Jackson on vibes and the famous rough duo tenorists Eddie ''Lockjaw'' Davis and Johnny Griffin wi...Read More
From their eponymous album The Doors to the seminal Waiting for The Sun, this documentary explores the birth of one of the most creative synergies of modern times. The film draws on interviews ...Read More
Bruce Li (BRUCE AND THE IRON FINGER) gives the performance of his career in this "realistic and hard-hitting" (City On Fire) Bruce Lee biopic that goes where few other Bruceploitation movies da...Read More
In "the most bizarre kung fu movie you'll ever see" (Rare Cult Cinema), Bruce Lee (Bruce Liang) is sent to Hell where he enlists Popeye The Sailor Man and The One-Armed Swordsman to battle Jame...Read More
The incredible Dragon Lee (The Clones of Bruce Lee) teams with high-kicking John Liu (Snuff Bottle Connection) in this over-the-top Bruceploitation classic: The only two masters of Strike Rock ...Read More