EURO-TRASH CINEMA TRIPLE FEATURE:
I’LL SEE YOU IN HELL
(Ti aspetterò all'inferno)Walter and Al are not only jewel thieves and killers, they're also good at math! While hiding in a swamp from authorities, they conclude that a two-way split beats a three-way as they watch their partner-in-crime, Sam, disappear into quicksand. But is he really dead? In a remote farmhouse they hide out, strange things begin to indicate that Sam may have escaped oozing death...or is he diabolically haunting them from beyond?
Italy; 1960; 73 mins.; Director: Pierre King (Piero Regnoli); Cast: John Drew Barrymore, Eva Bartok, Max Knight, Anthony Fredericks, Ronald Singer
PASSPORT FOR A CORPSE
(Lasciapassare per il morto)The sole-surviving member of a payroll heist gang, Marco attempts to escape into France on foot--until he happens upon an unattended hearse and takes the dear departed's place in the coffin. But his luck remains par for the corpse! Now he must struggle to survive, first in the coffin and next in a frigid morgue! Passport for a Corpse morbidly mixes crime thriller, noir, horror and even fantasy, with a mystical Laughing Woman (representing Destiny) materializing everywhere the desperate Marco's misfortunes take him.
Italy;1962; 74 mins.; Director: Mario Gariazzo; Cast: Albert Lupin, Helene Chanel, Ernest Crisp, Pierre Lulli, Guest Star: Linda Christian
DEATH ON THE FOUR POSTER
(Delitto allo specchio)A group of swinging young singles are living la dolce vita until their weekend excursion to a countryside castle (complete with spooky housekeeper and secret passageways), where fun and games are set aside in favor of a séance and other weird goings-on. The cool cats and their canaries soon learn that murder stalks the castle halls in this pioneering thriller in the Italian giallo (mystery-horror) genre!
Italy; 1964; 92 mins.; Director: Joe Josipovici, Ambroglio Molteni; Cast: John Drew Barrymore, Gloria Milland, Luisa Rivelli, José Greci
DVD | 1 DISC | 260 minutes | 1960, 1962, 1964 | B&W | PG, Not Rated | English language | 1.37:1 | Dolby Digital 2.0 | All
EURO-TRASH CINEMA DOUBLE FEATURE:
NYLON NOOSE
(Die Nylonschlinge)Stockbrokers get necks broken in an Edgar Wallace Krimi-style crime thriller complete with old-dark-house setting, fiendish serial killer and intrepid Scotland Yard sleuth. A shadow-strewn mansion is the backdrop for macabre melodrama with blackmail leading to murder, plus a hulking man-monster (Ady Berber of Dark Eyes of London infamy) haunts the dank caves below the house!
West Germany; 1963; 71 mins.; Director: Rolf Gruber (Rudolf Zehetgruber); Cast: Richard Goodman, Olga Summerfield, Ernest Shroeder, George Knuth, Laya Racki
ESCAPE FROM SAHARA
(Madeleine und der Legionär)It's a nightmare at 20,000 feet when three French Foreign Legion paratroopers decide to desert, and force their plane's pilot to take them to Spain. Following a fight and a desert crash-landing, they meet a nurse (Hildegard Neff) who offers help. There are run-ins with military patrols, a trip on a merchant ship--and romance--until the deserters find themselves in the country they fear more than any other--France!
West Germany; 1958; 100 mins.; Director: Wolfgang Staudte; Cast: Hildegard Neff, Hans Messmer, Bernhard Vicki, Helmut Schmitt, Jack Hansen
DVD | 1 DISC | 171 minutes | 1963, 1958 | B&W | Not Rated | English language | 1.37:1 | Dolby Digital 2.0 | All
