Italy has had a significant impact on the horror movie genre with directors such as Lucio Fulci and Dario Argento becoming cult figures in the horror world, famous for long drawn out death scenes, slow detailed gore and excessive bloodletting rather than quick shocks and splatter.
Italian Horror Movies tend to be extremely gory and quite brutal with an insensitivity towards controversial issues unlike their conscience hollywood counterparts, defensless women and cute childern are often the victims of violent deaths and Italian zombies are often more decayed and deformed than the zombies you may be used to.
Not sure where to start with Italian horror? Horror Extreme highly recommends Suspiria and The Beyond or click our Italian horror reviews on the left.
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The windows look out onto hell... a view that will take your breath away... permanently!
Posted on 03/15/2011 by Hellbound Heart
I have to say that about halfway through this film I was ready dismiss it as rather longwinded and aimless: not only does Night Train Murders (aka Don't Ride on Late Night Trains or L'ultimo treno della notte) manage to claw its way back, but I ended up being rather impressed by this low-key example...
Read More "Night Train Murders (L'ultimo Treno Della Notte)""The duck became a sort of outside avenger..."
Posted on 09/11/2010 by Hellbound Heart
Ah, Lucio Fulci. He stopped making sex comedies just in time for his now-legendary forays into horror to get him banned in the UK. Mr. Fulci has the dubious honour of three of his films - The Beyond, The House by the Cemetery and Zombie - appearing on the infamous video nasties list of '84, a list d...
Read More "New York Ripper"Once she kept a lover on the side. But that's nothing compared to what she's keeping in the freezer.
Posted on 08/15/2010 by Pazuzu Iscariot
Lamberto Bava's directorial debut, Macabre (Macabro) AKA Frozen Terror, is a beautiful romance story about illicit love affairs, unrequited devotion, tragedy, child murder, child murderers, necrophilia, and blind people dropping the soap. It would be impossible to do this work of perverse sinister a...
Read More "Macabre (Macabro) AKA Frozen Terror"Grisly and Claustrophobic... and made for TV
Posted on 07/21/2010 by Pazuzu Iscariot
It may well be maybe a possibly well know fact that when Lucio Fulci made non-zombie films he was out of his nut on various psychotropic drugs. A huge chunk of apparent evidence is in The Sweet House of Horrors (La dolce casa degli orrori). As the infamous master of gore, Fulci manages to take poten...
Read More "The Sweet House Of Horrors (La Dolce Casa Degli Orrori)""A terrifying story of violence and madness", or "How I shagged a midget monkey mingle muncher"
Posted on 03/31/2010 by Miss Lipstattoo
Any sane person with taste really has to start to worry when the epitome of sleaze Ilsa is held up as a cinematic goddess, so much so that she inspired a slew of copycat Nazi exploitation flicks with stern bitches with Swastikas on their arms. I am, however, not a sane person and have no taste so it...
Read More "SS Hell Camp Aka The Beast In Heat (La Beastia In Calore)"Latest Italian Horror Movie Features
Dario Argento's Three Mothers Trilogy
Dario Argento (born September 17, 1940) is an Italian movie producer, director and screenwriter famous (among other things) for his graphic horror movies and is considered a great influence on the horror and slasher movies that have followed his work.His distinct style of directing stands out due to...
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