DVD Review: A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)

A film that's notorious for one particular scene, but if mad dreams, mad hippies, a psych-inspired Ennio Morricone soundtrack, a late 60s London setting and a good old whodunnit story appeal to you, you'll find much to enjoy in the remastered DVD version of A Lizard in a Woman's Skin.

Mad dreams? That's where we come in. The daughter of a respected politician by the name of Carol Hammond (Florinda Bolkan) is having some, involving walking through a train of nude hippies in a fur coat and a romantic tangle with her female next door neighbour Julia Durer (Anita Strindberg), a hellraiser who loves to throw a psych-soundtracked party for the local hippy community. She's so disturbed by the vivid dreams, she's been seeing a local shrink to talk them through, as well as writing them down. All of that will come in useful soon.

DVD Review: Take An Easy Ride (1974)

When a DVD pops up claiming to be the most notorious British exploitaiton film ever, well you just know we're going to chasing up a copy. So here we are with a review of Kenneth Rowles' Take An Easy Ride.

Its controversial nature isn't particularly its content, but in the movie's history and execution. Let me explain. Originally, Take An Easy Ride was going to be a public information film. Motorways were big business in the UK, as was hitchhiking, so Mr Rowles decided to pitch the idea of a public safery film about the perils of hitchhiking in light of newspaper reports of girls being raped and murdered on the open road. Makes sense - and one commercial station had shown an interest in it. But so had someone else.

Cult Clip: Frightmare (1974) trailer

Ok, we've done the review, here's the trailer of Pete Walker's Frightmare.

Enjoy!

DVD Review: Frightmare (1974)

We have raved about Pete Walker and indeed Frightmare before (via a big screen showing), so excuse is if we repeat ourselves with the review of this newly-reissued DVD.

As you'll no doubt be aware, Pete Walker is a British exploitation director whose work has really started to be given the appreciation it deserves in recent years and if we're looking for his most famous/infamous movie, Frightmare is it. It's a British film about cannibalism. But a very British kind of cannibalism.

Cult Clip: Die Screaming Marianne (1970)

We've just reviewed the movie, so it seems like a good time to show the much talked-about opening titles for the film Die Screaming Marianne. According to the director, she was dancing to nothing, the music was added in to fit the dancing later!