Deadly Manor

Deadly Manor (aka Savage Lust) (1990)

Deadly Manor (aka Savage Lust) first published by Little White Lies, as the 97th instalment in my Cinema Psychotronicum column After a prologue showing woods at night, and a car driving away from a pair of bloody, naked bodies lying besides a fallen motorcycle, Deadly Manor (aka Savage Lust) cuts to a truck driving in…

Edge of the Axe

Edge of the Axe (Al filo del hacha) (1988)

Edge of the Axe (Al filo del hacha) first published by Little White Lies, as the 96th instalment in my Cinema Psychotronicum column In the ‘quiet little town’ of Paddock and its bigger, more urbanised neighbour Patterson, a masked figure is taking an axe to the female populace. First, a woman is attacked and killed…

Symptoms

Symptoms (1974)

Symptoms first published by Little White Lies, as the seventh part of my Cinema Psychotronicum column Though directing under many names (J. R. Larrath, Joseph Larraz, Joseph L. Bronstein, Joseph Braunstein) and working in many genres (horror, thriller, sex comedy, action, drama), Barcelona-born José Ramón Larraz was consistently a purveyor of what might be called Eurosleaze….