Italy Archives

The House with Laughing Windows / Arrow Video (2025)

The House with Laughing Windows (4K Ultra HD Limited Edition Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 3, 2025

While American Horror films like The Omen and Carrie were major hits in 1976, select others arrived in theaters to thrill fans’ delight, such as Burnt Offerings and Alice, Sweet Alice. Then, across the Atlantic and down by the Mediterranean Sea, Italy was still in ... Read More

The Barbarians (Special Edition Blu-ray Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 19, 2025

Forever associated with the controversial 1980 film Cannibal Holocaust, the name Ruggero Deodato should resonate for so much more than that. The director of this infamous feature film, which was widely banned across the globe, Italy’s Deodato, is arguably underappreciated. With a wide-open lens that ... Read More

SS Experiment Love Camp / 88 Films (2025)

SS Experiment Love Camp (4K Ultra HD Edition Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 11, 2025

Looking back, the 1970s were quite a wild decade. A period, some might say, was one of excess and decadence; it has also been described as the ‘me decade,’ which, ironically, appeared to be the beginning of a future societal outlook. An era where cocaine ... Read More

The Monster of Florence / Netflix (2025)

The Monster of Florence (Mini Series Review)

Diana FitzgibbonDiana FitzgibbonNovember 6, 2025

Stefano Sollima’s The Monster of Florence is a four-part deep-dive into one of Italy’s darkest unsolved serial killer cases. Premiering on Netflix on October 22, 2025, as an original limited series, by the final frame, you are left where you began: drowning in speculation, surrounded ... Read More

The Killer Must Kill Again / Rustblade (2025)

The Killer Must Kill Again (50th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockOctober 21, 2025

In the world of Horror cinema, perhaps no other was a closer-knit community than Italy during the 1970s and 1980s. During a golden era of Horror in the region, many of Italy’s most talented filmmakers collaborated and served as mentors to future creators. In fact, ... Read More

Nothing Underneath soundtrack / Rustblade (2025)

Nothing Underneath (Limited Edition Soundtrack Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockSeptember 26, 2025

Themes that comprise a Giallo film center on mysterious murders, often amplified by a shocking, unexpected conclusion. With the counterparts of violence, underlined sexuality, and some other bizarre elements coming into play, Giallo is an artistic, stylized form of filmmaking like no other. Feeding off ... Read More

Italy

The House with Laughing Windows (4K Ultra HD Limited Edition Review)

The Barbarians (Special Edition Blu-ray Review)

SS Experiment Love Camp (4K Ultra HD Edition Review)

The Monster of Florence (Mini Series Review)

The Killer Must Kill Again (50th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition Review)

Nothing Underneath (Limited Edition Soundtrack Review)

The House with Laughing Windows (4K Ultra HD Limited Edition Review)

The Barbarians (Special Edition Blu-ray Review)

SS Experiment Love Camp (4K Ultra HD Edition Review)

The Monster of Florence (Mini Series Review)

The Killer Must Kill Again (50th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition Review)

Nothing Underneath (Limited Edition Soundtrack Review)

This Month in Horror Movie History – Terror Train (1980)

This Month in Horror Movie History – The Prophecy (1995)

This Month in Horror Movie History – The Abyss (1989)

Developing Artist Showcase – Red Voodoo

Developing Artist Showcase – Glitterfox

Developing Artist Showcase – Deadcode

Interview – Ms. Toi

Interview – Craig R. Baxley

Interview – Drop & Ben Nominet of Sybreed

Police Academy 3: Back in Training – Still Laughing 40 Years Later

Blackwater Holylight – Not Here Not Gone (Album Review)

Harry Styles – Aperture (Single Review)

Favorite Horror Movies Revealed: Mackenzie Donaldson

Favorite Horror Movies Revealed: Frater Orion of Deathless Legacy

Favorite Horror Movies Revealed: Lena Scissorhands of Infected Rain