Re-up Anyone..?

Okay, long time no post. About time to get things moving again...

To kick things off again, I'm going to re-up one of the old, dead links.

Requests..?

Phantasm - The Pinball Game

Some films just seem to work out well as videogames while others really struggle to make the transition. One title that would have been an ideal conversion back in the day has finally received the homebrew treatment. Really now - the silver sphere + Phantasm? Why didn't anyone think of this earlier..?

Anyway, it's a terrific conversion, featuring lots of samples and characters from the original film and plays like a treat!

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/578563/display/popup/sid/4fc40173f3823

Change is gonna come...

As anyone out there reading will be aware, I haven't uploaded anything on this blog since the death of Megaupload. This situation isn't go to change anytime soon since who knows which service provider is next? To be honest, I don't have a lot more to offer in the way of tunes either...

So, I'm thinking to shifting the focus away from soundtracks and more along the lines of cult DVD and VHS reviews. I'm still a soundtrack junkie and need to update my request list but thank you to any readers who dropped me a line and offered a soundtrack or two.

Back with a new look soon...

Full Movies On Youtube!

Since Youtube have abandoned their ridiculous 10 minute restrictions, their have been some terrific uploads of full movies:

Nightmare (1981) Romano Scavolini's gory slasher

The Ninth Configuration

Madman (1982) Early slasher

The Cannibal Man (1973) Spanish psycho sickie!

The Blue Eyes Of The Broken Dolls (1976)

The House With The Laughing Windows (1976)

Tales That Witness Madness (1973) Classic Brit horror anthology

Raw Force - Kung-Fu Zombie Exploitation!

In The Folds Of The Flesh (1970) Sleazy giallo

Spectres (1987) Supernatural Italo horror with Donald Pleasance

Island Of The Living Dead (2008) One of Bruno Mattei's last films

The Devil Hunter (1980) Jess Franco shocker

Bloody Moon (1980) Jess Franco gory slasher

Ilsa - She Wolf Of The SS - The notorious nazisploitation!

Hands Of Steel (1986) Sergio Martino Terminator rip-off

Death Walks On High Heels (1971) giallo with class

Without Warning (1980) Stellar B cast in gory Alien / Predator hybrid

Seytan (1976) The notorious Turkish Exorcist rip-off

Leatherface: Texas Chainsa Massacre 3 - Workprint with lots of extra footage

Behind the scenes of Creepshow (1982) rare TV clip

The Incredible Melting Man - a 70s grindhouse classic

The Puma Man (1980) Utterly terrible yet fun Superman rip-off

The Supersonic Man (1979) Spanish Superman rip-off with Cameron Mitchell, Spanish language only

Star Odyssey (1979) Cheap Italo Star Wars knock-off

Anthropophagus (1980) Joe D'amato psycho cannibal slasher

Absurd (1981) More gory D'amato / Eastman mayhem

So, not just dancing kittens then...

A bounty of Goblin goodies...

Since the closure of Megaupload, I've been reluctant to upload anything new so since stumbling across this site hosting a series of great Goblin & Claudio Simonetti rarities, I thought I'd share the link here:

http://verso-la-stratosfera.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/collection-45-giri-rari-prog-rock_23.html

Go get 'em before Big Brother returns his boot to the neck of the internet...

Megaupload = Kaput!

Damn, not a great way to start the new year... just like everyone else, this has taken me by surprise. Megaupload was the last of the original great filesharing servers; never had any complaints from me...

Look out for more restrictions to hit the 'net soon - big brother wants to keep his beady eyes all over you...

Anyone recommended any other sites..?

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Have a happy & safe New Year...

Red Light Movies - Nico Fidenco

A kind soul has uploaded the Nico Fidenco rarity 'Red Light Movies' onto Youtube & I've taken the liberty of downloading the tracks, tagging & converting them to mp3 at the highest possible settings and then compiling them as they originally appeared on this rare & long out of print LP.

(Original Youtube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o48r9M3MM2o )

The original LP featured a compilation of themes from the trio of obscure Italo sexy comedies Benevenuto Sesso, Labbra Bagnate & Le Ereditere Superporno. The album is mostly Fidenco compositions, however the Benevenuto Sesso tracks were actually composed by While you could easily be mistaken for expecting hip-grinding synths & wacka-wacka fuzz guitars, it's actually nothing of the sort. It's a far more restrained collection in tone than you might expect; it's almost "respectful" at times... A welcome release nonetheless - feel the love!

More details about the original LP can be had over here:

http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/title/11068/Ereditiere+Superporno%2C+Le

Nico Fidenco

"Red Light Movies"

Beat LPF 054 (1981)

1 - Away

2 - Small Fawn Clawn

3 - Red Sound

4 - Emotional Service

5 - Black Soft

6 - Dutch Poppy

7 - Helen's Love

8 - Fly, Oh, Fly!

9 - Romantic July I

10 - Romantic July II

11 - Rectangle

12 - Solitude Love

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UMPYK33A

Orgasmo!

Just a small share this time around but it's a little gem. A little aural treat in the Otis Redding / James Brown vein, courtesy of Wess & The Airedales. These funky soul tunes were originally released on a rare 45 that was issued by Durium in Italy way back in 1969. "Just Tell Me" is from the Umberto Lenzi giallo Orgasmo while "Crazy" hails from the Vedo Nudo soundtrack (although I've noticed this single mix is a little different to the version included on the complete soundtrack).

No complete album for Piero Umiliani's score to Orgasmo was ever issued but another 45 was released (this time by CAM) which contains the title vocal theme "Fate Had It Planned So", backed with Angelo Lavagnino's title theme to Un Corpo Caldo Per L'Inferno. You can check it out on Youtube over here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpiVuFBq_BM) but the quality is pretty rough. If anyone has it in better quality, please drop me a line.

Not a great deal seems to be known about the mysterious Wess but he (and unnamed session musicians) sounds in fine form here. From the Wiki entry:

"Wesley Johnson aka Wess (August 13, 1945 - September 21, 2009) was an American born Italian singer perhaps mostly known for representing Italy along with Dori Ghezzi in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1975 in Stockholm, Sweden, placing third. He Formed a successful duo with Ghezzi achieving some big hits in Italy, such as "Voglio Stare Con Te", "Come Stai? Con Chi Sei?" and "Un Corpo E Un'Anima". Originally from North Carolina, Wess moved to Italy in the '60s to pursue a musical career. Wess died in New York during his US tour when a breathing crisis lead to his death. Wess also played in the funk-soul band Wess & The Airedales in the mid '60s to early '70s"

Orgasmo (45 RPM)

Durium CN A 9297

Italy / 1969

1 - Just Tell Me

2 - Crazy

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=27GXGP1Q

Everything's Got To Go!

Well, maybe not exactly but almost. After a long break from posting around here, I'm hoping to get some new shares up here shortly. In the meantime, I've made the big decision (for various reasons) to strip back my soundtrack collection via Ebay. I've been collecting soundtracks for 20 years now, so it's a painful process but must be done. All original CDs (other than "official" bootleg releases) that have only been played a handful of times before being kept in secure storage. A lot of these titles are long out of print & I'm starting with a low reserve, so grab yourself a bargain before these titles vanish forever! I will be selling more titles over the next few weeks, although if you have requests or further questions, feel free to drop me a line. Meanwhile, happy bidding!

http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/schtoffer/m.html?item=120793528670&viewitem=&_trksid=p4340.l2562

Snail Panic

Well, what's a blog without a few shameless plugs, eh? Presenting my 3rd game, Snail Panic:

"A fun retro arcade stlye platform puzzle game. Help SK Snail find all of the fruit in the garden while avoiding crazed garden critters!!

Famicom / Nintendo 8 bit style visuals with gameplay inspired by Donkey Kong, Bubble Bobble, Snow Bros, Mario Bros & others.

Joypad support / 40 levels"

http://www.yoyogames.com/games/169615-snail-panic#

It's a small file, clocking in at under 2 MB and pretty straightforward to play. I'd love to hear any comments/thoughts/feedback/whatever...

Time to Panic

While browsing through the usual Euro schlock trailers, I noticed that a gracious soul has uploaded Tonino Ricci's inept monster mash Panic (1981) in it's entirety.

It's not a bad looking print either. Just don't ask for those 90 minutes of your life back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyE3SXdpMYg&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com.au%2Fsearch%3Fhl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GGLL_enAU377AU377%26q%3Dyoutube%2Bpanic%2Btonino%2Bricci%26aq%3Df%26aqi%3D%26aql%3D%26oq%3D&has_verified=1

Delirium: Le Foto Di Gioia - Simon Boswell (Soundtrack)

Presenting today is the hard to find soundtrack to Lamberto Bava's 1988 giallo Delirium: Le Foto Di Gioia by Simon Boswell. English musician Boswell was no stranger to the Italian Schlock scene, having already contributed works to Phenomena, Demons 2, Stagefright and would go on to be Bava's 'composer of choice' for almost all of his efforts from around this period. The film is a fairly standard latter day giallo which serves more as a vehicle for the ample charms of Serena Grandi. There are a couple of minor points of interest: Italo pop princess Sabrina (anyone recall "Boys, boys, boys"?) and loveable George Eastman have sizeable roles, the killer has a demented point of view where he views his victims with insect heads and it's all backed with a punchy little score by Simon Boswell.

Way back in the day, when I was buying and selling rare soundtracks on actual, physical vinyl (remember that?), I was offered this soundtrack, almost apologetically, by an Italian dealer. It's sourced from the original Cinevox audiocassette release which I then converted to CD. I'm guessing it's a pretty obscure release (the Soundtrack Collector website doesn't offer any info) which was released to limited quantities of vinyl and audiocassette. A few of the tracks have sultry spoken word by Serena Grandi and that's part of the official release. Seems like an odd choice perhaps Grandi was attempting to launch a recording career at the same time? In any case, I've included a rip of the title theme as it appears in the film as a bonus track.

Now if only I could get my hands on Simon Boswell's Brivido Giallo...

Simon Boswell - Delirium: Le Foto Di Gioia (OST)

1 - Sete

2 - Le Foto Di Gioia

3 - Chase

4 - Climax (Instrumental)

5 - Delirio

6 - Window

7 - Air Fix

8 - Climax

9 - Adolf's Birthday

10 - Clean Sweep

11 - Moving Right Along

12 - Holding Perfectly Still

13 - Cemetery 1 & 2

14 - Il Sogno Di Serena

15 - Le Foto Di Gioia (Film Version)

LINK IN THE COMMENTS

UNHINGED EP by LIMINAL

One of the best things about running a blog is that you never quite know what goodies are going to turn up in your inbox. This was a nice little surprise: "Unhinged", the debut EP from Indy soundscape artist Liminal. If you like creepy, minimal synths ala early John Carpenter & Angelo Badalamenti, then you're really going to enjoy this.

Along with a free download, you can also get your hands on a limited edition CDR. Support a great cause and check it out:

http://www.thefear.ie/releases.html

http://soundcloud.com/liminalsounds

Mardi Gras Massacre - Soundtrack

Over at the fantastic Temple Of Schlock blog, some fiendish detective work has resulted in a track listing for the soundtrack to the "video nasty" slasher "Mardi Gras Massacre". As anyone who has seen the film can attest, this low budget schlocker (a loose remake of "Blood Feast") was graced by an incredibly funky disco score.

Since they did such a great job in describing it, here's a direct link:

http://templeofschlock.blogspot.com/2008/11/mardi-gras-massacre-soundtrack.html

Minus a couple of tracks that couldn't be located (any help out there?), here is the soundtrack to "Mardi Gras Massacre" - enjoy!

And Seasons Greetings to everyone!!!

1 - High On Love

2 - Cosmic Wind

3 - Funk Connection

4 - Ain't Nothing To It

5 - The Bull

6 - Belly Boogie

7 - Free Spirit

8 - Boogie Magic

9 - Big City Sidewalk

10 - Brazilian Butterfly

11 - Wings Of Fire

12 - Mardi Gras Massacre (TV Spot)

LINK IN THE COMMENTS SECTION

A Variety Of Curios...

Ever since seeing early sale advertisments for films like "Zombi 2" & other Italo classics (in ye olde back issues of fanzines like European Trash Cinema, Absurd, Spaghetti Cinema and others), I'd always wanted to see more. Many years ago, I even scoured the city library in an effort to see more of these type of advertisments, but to little avail. I soon realized that these ads originally appeared in the weekly US film trade newspaper Variety, but finding genre-related product was a strictly hit & miss affair. Then I kinda forget about them for a while...

Cut to over 10 years later and that beautiful thing we know as the 'net has delivered the goods once again. Stumbling across a horror film related forum, I found this wonderful thread devoted to just these images. Some many fascinating images to enjoy here:

http://z8.invisionfree.com/MHVF/index.php?showtopic=10379&st=0

Anyway, I just wanted to share some of these "Spasmo Approved" selections for you to enjoy! Thank you to the fine folks who went to the effort of getting scans/photos.

A couple of early posters (with unused titles and artwork) for "Zombi 2" and "Zombie Holocaust/Dr Butcher M.D."

An unmade Italian Amityville rip-off - or did it eventually become Amityville 2 anyways???

One of several announced yet unmade Wes Craven productions, this would eventually become Ruggero Deodato's "Cut & Run"!

A couple of high profile genre directors attempt (unsuccessfully) to launch another Frankenstein remake.

A couple from Antonio Margheriti: "Hunter Of The Apocalypse" become "The Last Hunter", while "The Final Executor" wasn't made (although it may have become Enzo Castellari's "1990: Bronx Warriors").

An unmade Italian killer snake production that had Ruggero Deodato attached at one point.

A pair of unrealized "Superman" rip-offs, one from the guy behind "Dawn Of The Mummy" and the other from the creative team that brought you "Pieces"!

Announced several times over the years, this belated sequel to "Last House On The Left" was to feature teens stumbling onto an island where Krug still resided!

Very early artwork for the Bava/Argento collaboration "Demons".

A couple of unmade Lucio Fulci films and an interesting ad for "The Beyond".

Early ad for Joe Spinell's "Maniac", back when Daria Niclodi was still going to play a part.

Another title that was announced for years, Ruggero Deodato's unmade "Cannibal Fury", the follow-up to his notorious "Cannibal Holocaust".

And it doesn't get any better than this: the unmade "Ilsa Meets Bruce Lee In The Devil's Triangle" - brilliant!