More sweet Eurocult goodness on the way from 88 FILMS in the UK with the announcements of NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS, BLOODSTAINED SHADOW and SPASMO following recent announcements of shockers ZOMBIE HOLOCAUST and BURIAL GROUND!
THREE TASTY ITALIAN TERROR TREATS
THE 88 ITALIAN LINE SERVES UP MORE SPAGHETTI CINEMA
SICKIES!
AN EX-VIDEO NASTY AND TWO GIALLO GEMS MAKE THEIR UK
HD BOW!
Horror
has a home at 88 Films.
This is
why we launched our ‘Slasher Classics Collection’ and our ’88 Italian’ lines –
to make sure that shock-cinema buffs could anticipate some masterfully macabre motion
picture pot-boilers filleting their way onto UK Blu-ray in genre-specific
packaging. And we are thrilled, following our announcement of ZOMBI HOLOCAUST
and BURIAL GROUND, to confirm that 88 Italian just gets bigger and better with
the acquisition of a trio of fresh fear-flick favourites!
First
up is NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS!
Originally
banned in the UK as a 'video nasty', under its VHS-era title of DON'T RIDE ON
LATE NIGHT TRAINS, this tense thriller is a malevolent mix of hair-raising
Hitchcockian suspense and contemporary splatter movie shocks. Released in 1975
to a suitably disorientated audience, NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS tells of two young
female travellers, including Irene Miracle from INFERNO, who are kidnapped and
tormented by a gang of thugs (led by an older matriarch with murderous desires).
Indeed, the horror and humiliation which takes place during their journey is the
stuff of nightmares... but a final twist leads the criminals into the hands of
one girl's pistol-packing parents! Also inspired by Wes Craven's legendary masterpiece,
THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, and directed by giallo expert Aldo Lado (THE SHORT
NIGHT OF THE GLASS DOLLS), this gritty and garish stomach-churner - which
includes an iconic Ennio Morricone soundtrack - is finally unleashed in the UK in
all of its HD gory glory!
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Also
debuting on 88 Italian is an
underrated outing from the ever-stylish Antonio Bido (WATCH ME WHEN I KILL) -
with 1978's BLOODSTAINED SHADOW making its worldwide BluRay debut courtesy of
88 Films. Never before released in the UK, this magnificent mystery-horror
stars SUSPIRIA's Stefania Casini as an unassuming, and alluring, antiques
dealer who gets caught up in a series of slasher-killings that may or may not
point a finger towards someone she already knows. Beautifully shot, and as
colourfully produced as any of the finest examples of the genre, this
cat-and-mouse creeper is an underrated Italian classic that is packed full of
inventive splatter set pieces, erotic allure and atmospheric intensity. Zip up
your black gloves and groove to this prime HD presentation of a seventies Euro-shock
sizzler!
Finally,
we give you… SPASMO! Only the legendary Umberto Lenzi (CANNIBAL FEROX/ THE MAN
FROM DEEP RIVER) could have made a giallo as intriguing, and esoteric, as this mind-boggling, avant-garde, continental curio! With a cast
bursting at the seams with genre legends - including Suzy Kendall (THIS
BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE/ TORSO) and the late, great Ivan Rassimov (LAST
CANNIBAL WORLD) - SPASMO is an unfortunately under-seen, but nonetheless highly
regarded, giallo jaunt that cranks up the psychological terror and aims for a
more sophisticated arthouse vibe. More akin to the early work of Dario Argento and
Mario Bava, than Lenzi's later gut-crunching gore-fests, SPASMO contains one of
Ennio Morricone's most menacing soundtrack scores, whilst its plot - of sex, corpses
and a surreal mystery involving a killer with a fetish for mannequin dolls - is
the sort of trippy-hippy brilliance that only ‘alternative’ Italian cinema in the seventies
could achieve!
Making
its UK bow, in a stunning BluRay remaster, SPASMO is a must-have for fans
of Italian cult, and Lenzi's vast cinematic CV, alike!
All three new additions to the 88
Films family will come with their original Italian language track, English
subtitles, and – of course – English language versions too! Thrilled by the new
88 Italian announcements? Spread the word and support our love for classic
grindhouse greats!
