Italy Challenge (Official, December 2019)

[psychotronicbeatnik]

68. Il Posto (1961 / Ermanno Olmi) FTV 8/10

I tally

1. Fellini Satyricon (1969 / Federico Fellini) FTV 7/10
2. Ercole contro Moloch (1963 / Giorgio Ferroni) FTV 6+/10
3. Il Leone di Tebe (1964 / Giorgio Ferroni) FTV 6+/10
4. Il grande silenzio (1968 / Sergio Corbucci) FTV 8+/10
5. Caltiki il mostro immortale (1959 / Riccardo Freda, Mario Bava) 8/10
6. La maschera del demonio (1960 / Mario Bava) 9/10
7. Accattone (1961 / Pier Paolo Pasolini) FTV 8/10
8. Sci-Real (2014 / Varo Venturi) FTV 2/10
9. Conquest (1983 / Lucio Fulci) 7+/10
10. Autostop rosso sangue (1977 / Pasquale Festa Campanile) FTV 7+/10
11. La siciliana ribelle (2008 / Marco Armenta) FTV 7+/10
12. Riso amaro (1949 / Giuseppe De Santis) FTV 8/10
13. Giuseppe De Santis (2008 / Carlo Lizzani) FTV 7/10
14. Nero Wolfe: La traccia del serpente (2012 / Riccardo Donna) FTV 8/10
15. Incubo sulla citta contaminate; aka Nightmare City (1980 / Umberto Lenzi) 4+/10
16. Miami Golem (1985 / Alberto De Martino) 7+/10
17. Top Line (1988 / Nello Rossati) FTV 7/10
18. Occhi dale stele; aka: Eyes Behind the Stars (1978 / Mario Gariazzo) FTV 4/10
19. Giochi erotici nella terza galassia; aka: Escape from Galaxy 3; aka: Starcrash II (1981 / Bitto Albertini) FTV 2/10
20. Vendetta dal future; aka: Hands of Steel (1986 / Sergio Martino) 7/10
21. La Guerra dei robot; aka: War of the Robots (1978 / Alfonso Brescia) 6/10
22. L’albero degli zoccoli; aka: The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978 / Ermanno Olmi) 9/10
23. Il mostro di Venezia; aka: The Embalmer (1965 / Dino Tavella) FTV 7/10
24. Nero Wolfe: Champagne per uno (2012 / Riccardo Donna) FTV 8/10
25. La note che Evelyn usci dalla tomba; aka: The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971 / Emilio Miraglia) FTV 7+/10
26. Frankenstein ‘80 (1972 / Mario Mancini) FTV 4+/10
27. Uccellacci e uccellini (1966 / Pier Paolo Pasolini) FTV 7+/10
28. Nero Wolfe: Principessa Orchidea (2012 / Riccardo Donna) FTV 8/10
29. La belva col mitra; aka: Beast With a Gun (1977 / Sergio Grieco) FTV 7+/10
30. I vampiri (1957 / Riccardo Freda, Mario Bava) 8/10
31. Schock; aka: Beyond the Door II (1977 / Mario Bava, Lamberto Bava) 8/10
32. Nero Wolfe: Il patto dei sei (2012 / Riccardo Donna) FTV 8/10
33. Il diavolo a sette face; aka: The Devil with Seven Faces (1971 / Osvaldo Civirani) FTV 7/10
34. Perche quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer?; aka: The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972 / Giuliano Carnimeo) 7+/10
35. Django (1966 / Sergio Corbucci) 9/10
36. I giganti della Tessaglia; aka: The Giants of Thessaly (1960 / Riccardo Freda) FTV 7+/10
37. Maciste e la regina di Samar; aka: Hercules against the Moonmen (1964 / Giacomo Gentilomo) 8/10
38. La battaglia di Maratona; aka: The Giant of Marathon (1959 / Bruno Vailati, Mario Bava, Jacques Tourneur) 8/10
39. Il caso Amicizia; aka: The Friendship Case – The Extraordinary Story of Mass Alien Contact (2008 / Luca Trovellesi Cesana) FTV 5/10
40. La tigre e la neve; aka: The Tiger and the Snow (2005 / Roberto Benigni) FTV 1/10
41. Stridulum; aka: The Visitor (1979 / Giulio Paradisi) 7/10
42. The House of Exorcism (1975 / Mario Bava, Alfredo Leone) FTV 4/10
43. La migliore offerta; aka: the Best Offer (2013 / Giuseppe Tornatore) FTV 8/10
44. Baaria (2009 / Giuseppe Tornatore) FTV 8/10
45. La leggenda del pianist sull’oceano; aka: The Legend of 1900 (1998 / Giuseppe Tornatore) FTV 8/10
46. Black Cat (Gatto nero) (1981 / Lucio Fulci) 8+/10
47. La morte ha fatto l’uovo; aka: Death Laid an Egg (1968 / Giulio Questi) FTV 6/10
48. Nero Wolfe: Scacco al re (2012 / Riccardo Donna) FTV 7+/10
49. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988 / Giuseppe Tornatore) 8/10
50. I pugni in tasca; aka: Fists in the Pocket (1965 / Marco Bellochio) FTV 9/10
51. La casa con la scala nel buio; aka: A Blade in the Dark (1983 / Lamberto Bava) FTV 7/10
52. …E tu vivrai nel terrore! L’aldila; aka: The Beyond (1981 / Lucio Fulci) 9+/10
53. Paura nella citta dei morti viventi; aka: City of the Living Dead (1980 / Lucio Fulci) 8+/10
54. Quella villa accanto al cimitero; aka: The House By the Cemetery (1981 / Lucio Fulci) 7+/10
55. La notte (1961 / Michelangelo Antonioni) FTV 9/10
56. L’uccello dale piume di cristallo; aka: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970 / Dario Argento) 9/10
57. Il gatto a nove code; aka: The Cat o’ Nine Tails (1971 / Dario Argento) 7+/10
58. Profondo rosso; aka: Deep Red (1975 / Dario Argento) 9/10
59. Suspiria (1977 / Dario Argento) 9/10
60. Inferno (1980 / Dario Argento) 7+/10
61. Tenebre (1982 / Dario Argento) 8/10
62. Phenomena (1985 / Dario Argento) 8+/10
63. Opera (1987 / Dario Argento) 8+/10
64. Trauma (1993 / Dario Argento) 7/10
65-66. Jesus of Nazareth (1977 / Franco Zeffirelli) 8+/10
67. La collina degli stivali; aka: Boot Hill (1969 / Giuseppe Colizzi) FTV 7/10

68. Il Posto (1961 / Ermanno Olmi) FTV 8/10

[maxwelldeux]

My Italian consists of weird swearing/slang

1. Caesar Must Die (2012)
2. Get Big (2018)
3. The Devil and Father Amorth (2017)

4. Fire at Sea (2016)
This a doc about life on a small Italian island that sees more than its fair share of immigrants on the migrant crisis. Shot in a Wiseman-esque style, it's slow and contemplative, and gives you a very personal feel to it. Which works, but I seem to see not a lot of focus on the migrants per se. Nice enough, but I wanted to learn a bit more from this.

[peeptoad]

14. I ragazzi del massacro (1969) Naked Violence 7+

lunga vita all'italia

1. Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975) Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom 7
2. L'Avventura (1960) 7
3. Un tranquillo posto di campagna (1968) A Quiet Place in the Country 8
4. Concerto per pistola solista (1970) The Weekend Murders 6
5. L’assassino (1961) The assassin 7
6. A ciascuno il suo (1967) We Still Kill the Old Way 7
7. Il diavolo nel cervello (1972) Devil in the Brain 6
8. La decima vittima(1965) The 10th Victim 7+
9. Il coltello di ghiaccio (1972) Knife of Ice 6
10. Assassinio al cimitero etrusco (1982) The Scorpion with Two Tails 3
11. La vittima designata (1971)The Designated Victim 7
12. Col cuore in gola (1967) Deadly Sweet 6
13. Estate violenta (1959) Violent Summer 7

[sebby]

01 Divorce Italian Style (1961)
02 Shoeshine (1946)

[peeptoad]

15. ...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà (1981) The Beyond 8*

lunga vita all'italia

*rewatch

1. Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975) Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom 7
2. L'Avventura (1960) 7
3. Un tranquillo posto di campagna (1968) A Quiet Place in the Country 8
4. Concerto per pistola solista (1970) The Weekend Murders 6
5. L’assassino (1961) The assassin 7
6. A ciascuno il suo (1967) We Still Kill the Old Way 7
7. Il diavolo nel cervello (1972) Devil in the Brain 6
8. La decima vittima(1965) The 10th Victim 7+
9. Il coltello di ghiaccio (1972) Knife of Ice 6
10. Assassinio al cimitero etrusco (1982) The Scorpion with Two Tails 3
11. La vittima designata (1971)The Designated Victim 7
12. Col cuore in gola (1967) Deadly Sweet 6
13. Estate violenta (1959) Violent Summer 7
14. I ragazzi del massacro (1969) Naked Violence 7+

[Lonewolf2003]

27. La rivolta degli schiavi [The Revolt of the Slaves] (1960, Nunzio Malasomma): 4.5

Visto prima

1. La signora senza camelie [The Lady Without Camelias] (1953, Michelangelo Antonioni): 8.2
2. La Notte (1961, Michelangelo Antonioni) (rewatch): 6.8 > 8.8
3. L'assassino [The Assassin] (1961, Elio Petri): 7.2
4. Prima della rivoluzione [Before the Revolution] (1964, Bernardo Bertolucci): 7.5
5. Ercole al centro della terra [Hercules in the Haunted World] (1961, Mario Bava): 6.8
6. Viva l'Italia [Garibaldi] (1961, Roberto Rossellini): 5.5
7. Svegliati e uccidi [Wake Up and Kill/Too Soon to Die] (1966, Carlo Lizzani): 5.5
8. La ciociara [Two Women] (1960, Vittorio De Sica): 7.8
9. La frusta e il corpo [The Whip and the Body] (1963, Mario Bava): 6.0
10. Boccaccio '70 (1962, Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti & Mario Monicelli): 7.2 - Sica < Fellini < Visconti < Monicelli, all parts are good, but over stay there welcome.
11. A doppia faccia [Double Face] (1969, Riccardo Freda): 6.8
12. Le foto proibite di una signora per bene [Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion] (1970, Luciano Ercoli): 7.0
13. I clowns (1971, Federico Fellini): 7.2
14. Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh [The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh] (1971, Sergio Martino): 7.0
15. L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco [The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire] (1971, Riccardo Freda): 5.8
16. Il colosso di Rodi [The Colossus of Rhodes] (1961, Sergio Leone): 6.5
17. La proprietà non è più un furto [Property Is No Longer a Theft] (1973, Elio Petri): 4.8
18. Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga [Baron Blood] (1972, Mario Bava): 7.8
19. La grande bouffe (1973, Marco Ferreri): 7.5
20. L'ambizioso [The Climber] (1975, Pasquale Squitieri): 7.2
21. Gruppo di famiglia in un interno [Conversation Piece] (1974, Luchino Visconti): 7.8
22. Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore [Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man] (1976, Ruggero Deodato): 7.2
23. Autostop rosso sangue [Hitch-Hike] (1977, Pasquale Festa Campanile): 6.8
24. La belva col mitra [Mad Dog Killer/Beast with a Gun] (1977, Sergio Grieco): 6.5
25. Il cinico, l'infame, il violento [The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist] (1977, Umberto Lenzi): 6.8
26. Milano rovente [Gang War in Milan] (1973, Umberto Lenzi): 6.0

[peeptoad]

Last update before the New Year...

...welcome to allisoncm, connordenney, and sebby!
Psychotronicbeatnik and Traveller are still holding the top two placings, but Lonewolf2003 has made a huge, sweeping run on the far turn to put himself into the contention entering the home stretch. Jeroeno is still hanging onto the third spot, but Lonewolf is threatening and the former appears to be idling a bit late in the race. Tarris1 and sol have also moved up gradually, but are probably not a threat to the top two at this late stage, however anything can happen in a horse race, as the video below exemplifies (go get em Spicer Cub!):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbH3N5VJzBE

Rank	Participant	Count
1	psychotronicbeatnik	68
2	Traveller	51
3	jeroeno	36
4	Lonewolf2003	27
5	Tarris1	24
6	sol	18
7	jdidaco	16
8	peeptoad	15
9	blueboybob	14
10	AB537	13
11	morrison-dylan-fan	9
11	RogertheMovieManiac88	9
12	cinephage	7
12	hurluberlu	7
12	ororama	7
13	albajos	5
14	maxwelldeux	4
15	blocho	3
16	sebby	2
16	shugs	2
17	allisoncm	1
17	Cinepolis	1
17	connordenney	1
17	Coryn	1
17	weirdboy	1
17	zzzorf	1

[Traveller]

52. Kill Baby, Kill (1966) - 6/10
53. Danger: Diabolik (1968) - 7/10

[psychotronicbeatnik]

Amazing video, peeps. Especially the second one in the set which gives an even better view of Spicer Cub's erratic course. The jockey showed real nerve.
Now, I just hope I don't get the Spicer Cub jinx!

[peeptoad]

Amazing video, peeps. Especially the second one in the set which gives an even better view of Spicer Cub's erratic course. The jockey showed real nerve.
Now, I just hope I don't get the Spicer Cub jinx!

Yeah, the jock must have been hanging on for dear life through that narrow gap (and going about 40 mph). I've seen the crew pull the starting gate to a similar spot at other tracks and the space between the gate and the outer rail is like 5-6 feet across... tight squeeze. Amazing the horse came back and almost won.

[psychotronicbeatnik]

Amazing video, peeps. Especially the second one in the set which gives an even better view of Spicer Cub's erratic course. The jockey showed real nerve.
Now, I just hope I don't get the Spicer Cub jinx!

Yeah, the jock must have been hanging on for dear life through that narrow gap (and going about 40 mph). I've seen the crew pull the starting gate to a similar spot at other tracks and the space between the gate and the outer rail is like 5-6 feet across... tight squeeze. Amazing the horse came back and almost won.

I had to look Spicer Cub up after watching that. He placed 2nd at Pimlico about a month later and 1st in a 1 mile at Delaware Park about 3 months later - with the same jockey riding! What a team.

[psychotronicbeatnik]

69. Umberto D. (1952 / Vittorio De Sica) 9/10

I'll be back with my final post on the 31st.

Happy New Years!

I tally

1. Fellini Satyricon (1969 / Federico Fellini) FTV 7/10
2. Ercole contro Moloch (1963 / Giorgio Ferroni) FTV 6+/10
3. Il Leone di Tebe (1964 / Giorgio Ferroni) FTV 6+/10
4. Il grande silenzio (1968 / Sergio Corbucci) FTV 8+/10
5. Caltiki il mostro immortale (1959 / Riccardo Freda, Mario Bava) 8/10
6. La maschera del demonio (1960 / Mario Bava) 9/10
7. Accattone (1961 / Pier Paolo Pasolini) FTV 8/10
8. Sci-Real (2014 / Varo Venturi) FTV 2/10
9. Conquest (1983 / Lucio Fulci) 7+/10
10. Autostop rosso sangue (1977 / Pasquale Festa Campanile) FTV 7+/10
11. La siciliana ribelle (2008 / Marco Armenta) FTV 7+/10
12. Riso amaro (1949 / Giuseppe De Santis) FTV 8/10
13. Giuseppe De Santis (2008 / Carlo Lizzani) FTV 7/10
14. Nero Wolfe: La traccia del serpente (2012 / Riccardo Donna) FTV 8/10
15. Incubo sulla citta contaminate; aka Nightmare City (1980 / Umberto Lenzi) 4+/10
16. Miami Golem (1985 / Alberto De Martino) 7+/10
17. Top Line (1988 / Nello Rossati) FTV 7/10
18. Occhi dale stele; aka: Eyes Behind the Stars (1978 / Mario Gariazzo) FTV 4/10
19. Giochi erotici nella terza galassia; aka: Escape from Galaxy 3; aka: Starcrash II (1981 / Bitto Albertini) FTV 2/10
20. Vendetta dal future; aka: Hands of Steel (1986 / Sergio Martino) 7/10
21. La Guerra dei robot; aka: War of the Robots (1978 / Alfonso Brescia) 6/10
22. L’albero degli zoccoli; aka: The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978 / Ermanno Olmi) 9/10
23. Il mostro di Venezia; aka: The Embalmer (1965 / Dino Tavella) FTV 7/10
24. Nero Wolfe: Champagne per uno (2012 / Riccardo Donna) FTV 8/10
25. La note che Evelyn usci dalla tomba; aka: The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971 / Emilio Miraglia) FTV 7+/10
26. Frankenstein ‘80 (1972 / Mario Mancini) FTV 4+/10
27. Uccellacci e uccellini (1966 / Pier Paolo Pasolini) FTV 7+/10
28. Nero Wolfe: Principessa Orchidea (2012 / Riccardo Donna) FTV 8/10
29. La belva col mitra; aka: Beast With a Gun (1977 / Sergio Grieco) FTV 7+/10
30. I vampiri (1957 / Riccardo Freda, Mario Bava) 8/10
31. Schock; aka: Beyond the Door II (1977 / Mario Bava, Lamberto Bava) 8/10
32. Nero Wolfe: Il patto dei sei (2012 / Riccardo Donna) FTV 8/10
33. Il diavolo a sette face; aka: The Devil with Seven Faces (1971 / Osvaldo Civirani) FTV 7/10
34. Perche quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer?; aka: The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972 / Giuliano Carnimeo) 7+/10
35. Django (1966 / Sergio Corbucci) 9/10
36. I giganti della Tessaglia; aka: The Giants of Thessaly (1960 / Riccardo Freda) FTV 7+/10
37. Maciste e la regina di Samar; aka: Hercules against the Moonmen (1964 / Giacomo Gentilomo) 8/10
38. La battaglia di Maratona; aka: The Giant of Marathon (1959 / Bruno Vailati, Mario Bava, Jacques Tourneur) 8/10
39. Il caso Amicizia; aka: The Friendship Case – The Extraordinary Story of Mass Alien Contact (2008 / Luca Trovellesi Cesana) FTV 5/10
40. La tigre e la neve; aka: The Tiger and the Snow (2005 / Roberto Benigni) FTV 1/10
41. Stridulum; aka: The Visitor (1979 / Giulio Paradisi) 7/10
42. The House of Exorcism (1975 / Mario Bava, Alfredo Leone) FTV 4/10
43. La migliore offerta; aka: the Best Offer (2013 / Giuseppe Tornatore) FTV 8/10
44. Baaria (2009 / Giuseppe Tornatore) FTV 8/10
45. La leggenda del pianist sull’oceano; aka: The Legend of 1900 (1998 / Giuseppe Tornatore) FTV 8/10
46. Black Cat (Gatto nero) (1981 / Lucio Fulci) 8+/10
47. La morte ha fatto l’uovo; aka: Death Laid an Egg (1968 / Giulio Questi) FTV 6/10
48. Nero Wolfe: Scacco al re (2012 / Riccardo Donna) FTV 7+/10
49. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988 / Giuseppe Tornatore) 8/10
50. I pugni in tasca; aka: Fists in the Pocket (1965 / Marco Bellochio) FTV 9/10
51. La casa con la scala nel buio; aka: A Blade in the Dark (1983 / Lamberto Bava) FTV 7/10
52. …E tu vivrai nel terrore! L’aldila; aka: The Beyond (1981 / Lucio Fulci) 9+/10
53. Paura nella citta dei morti viventi; aka: City of the Living Dead (1980 / Lucio Fulci) 8+/10
54. Quella villa accanto al cimitero; aka: The House By the Cemetery (1981 / Lucio Fulci) 7+/10
55. La notte (1961 / Michelangelo Antonioni) FTV 9/10
56. L’uccello dale piume di cristallo; aka: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970 / Dario Argento) 9/10
57. Il gatto a nove code; aka: The Cat o’ Nine Tails (1971 / Dario Argento) 7+/10
58. Profondo rosso; aka: Deep Red (1975 / Dario Argento) 9/10
59. Suspiria (1977 / Dario Argento) 9/10
60. Inferno (1980 / Dario Argento) 7+/10
61. Tenebre (1982 / Dario Argento) 8/10
62. Phenomena (1985 / Dario Argento) 8+/10
63. Opera (1987 / Dario Argento) 8+/10
64. Trauma (1993 / Dario Argento) 7/10
65-66. Jesus of Nazareth (1977 / Franco Zeffirelli) 8+/10
67. La collina degli stivali; aka: Boot Hill (1969 / Giuseppe Colizzi) FTV 7/10
68. Il Posto (1961 / Ermanno Olmi) FTV 8/10

69. Umberto D. (1952 / Vittorio De Sica) 9/10

[sol]

The Italian Job

1. The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)
2. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
3. Brother Sun Sister Moon (1972)
4. Death Laid an Egg (1968)
5. The Psychic (1977)
6. Bodycount (1986)
7. Suspiria (1977) REVISION
8. Suspiria (2018)
9. Maciste in Hell (1925)
10. Profondo Rosso (1975) REVISION
11. Il Boss (1973)
12. Orca (1977)
13. Opera (1987)
14. Inferno (1980)
15. The Church (1989)
16. The Visitor. (1979)
17. Baron Blood (1972)
18. A Bay of Blood (1971)

19. The Two Popes (2019)



With diverse opinions, the dialogue exchanges between the pair are more heated than they might sound here, and César Charlone's camera nicely becomes more frantic (handheld) during the pair's more argumentative moments. Alas, the two most interesting topics upon which the pair do not see eye-to-eye (covering up child abuse in the Church; gay marriage) are largely ignored, with the film mostly spent on Francis reflecting on his youth.

[sol]

Tarris1 and sol have also moved up gradually, but are probably not a threat to the top two at this late stage, however anything can happen in a horse race, as the video below exemplifies (go get em Spicer Cub!):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbH3N5VJzBE

Rank	Participant	Count
1	psychotronicbeatnik	68
2	Traveller	51
3	jeroeno	36
4	Lonewolf2003	27
5	Tarris1	24
6	sol	18

Not a threat to the top two? Mm. I wonder how many Italian films I could squeeze in over the next 48 hours if I forwent sleeping?

[shugs]

3. Cannibal Holocaust (Ruggero Deodato, 1980) - 7/10

Spoiler

1. Paura nella città dei morti viventi [City of the Living Dead] (Lucio Fulci, 1980) - 6/10
2. La battaglia di Algeri [The Battle of Algiers] (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) - 9/10

[peeptoad]

Tarris1 and sol have also moved up gradually, but are probably not a threat to the top two at this late stage, however anything can happen in a horse race, as the video below exemplifies (go get em Spicer Cub!):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbH3N5VJzBE

Rank	Participant	Count
1	psychotronicbeatnik	68
2	Traveller	51
3	jeroeno	36
4	Lonewolf2003	27
5	Tarris1	24
6	sol	18

Not a threat to the top two? Mm. I wonder how many Italian films I could squeeze in over the next 48 hours if I forwent sleeping?

Not enough to overtake beatnik... he's doing the same thing right as we speak only he's already 50 films ahead of you. I expect another round of 10-20 films the next time he posts.

[flavo5000]

1. The Spaghetti West (2005)
While not funded as an Italian production, it is focused entirely on Italian westerns from the 60's and 70's and includes interviews with the Sergios (Leone, Corbucci and Sollima), Franco Nero, Ferdinando Baldi, Tomas Milan, Ennio Morricone and many more in the Italian film industry. If this still doesn't count for some reason, let me know and I'll remove it.

2. Il pianeta azzurro (1982)

[sol]

The Italian Job

1. The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)
2. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
3. Brother Sun Sister Moon (1972)
4. Death Laid an Egg (1968)
5. The Psychic (1977)
6. Bodycount (1986)
7. Suspiria (1977) REVISION
8. Suspiria (2018)
9. Maciste in Hell (1925)
10. Profondo Rosso (1975) REVISION
11. Il Boss (1973)
12. Orca (1977)
13. Opera (1987)
14. Inferno (1980)
15. The Church (1989)
16. The Visitor. (1979)
17. Baron Blood (1972)
18. A Bay of Blood (1971)
19. The Two Popes (2019)

20. Antropophagus (1980)



The premise here came with potential as a group of vacationers find themselves stranded on a small Greek island whose inhabitants have mysteriously disappeared - except for one who begins to terrorise them. There are some well done shots of the friends scouring the dark crevasses of the island, but this soon becomes repetitive with little in the way of gore or explicit horror (after a decent opening) until the extremely gory final twenty minutes.

[sol]

Not a threat to the top two? Mm. I wonder how many Italian films I could squeeze in over the next 48 hours if I forwent sleeping?

Not enough to overtake beatnik... he's doing the same thing right as we speak only he's already 50 films ahead of you. I expect another round of 10-20 films the next time he posts.

Oh, good point. Anyway, I just counted and I have 24 Italian films still lined up to watch this month. That's not going to happen.

[mjf314]

I'm too lazy to count the number of entries, but I recently watched the mini-series Le avventure di Pinocchio (1972). I'd recommend it to anyone who likes Pinocchio. It follows the book fairly closely, although there are some minor differences.

[Traveller]

54. The White Sheik (1952) - 6/10
55. Tenebre (1982) - 7/10

[AB537]

14. Io sono l'amore - I Am Love (Luca Guadagnino, 2009) 7/10 - Not bad, but I prefer the later parts of his non-sequential trilogy: A Better Splash and Call Me by Your Name
15. Umberto D (Vittorio de Sica, 1952) 7/10

[sol]

The Italian Job

1. The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)
2. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
3. Brother Sun Sister Moon (1972)
4. Death Laid an Egg (1968)
5. The Psychic (1977)
6. Bodycount (1986)
7. Suspiria (1977) REVISION
8. Suspiria (2018)
9. Maciste in Hell (1925)
10. Profondo Rosso (1975) REVISION
11. Il Boss (1973)
12. Orca (1977)
13. Opera (1987)
14. Inferno (1980)
15. The Church (1989)
16. The Visitor. (1979)
17. Baron Blood (1972)
18. A Bay of Blood (1971)
19. The Two Popes (2019)
20. Antropophagus (1980)

21. Castle of Blood (1964)



Contrary to what one might expect from here, the film has very few boo-moments and overt scares. Our hero's arrival at the castle is magnificently long and drawn out as he wanders darkened corridors in silence and mere candlelight with an increasing sense of dread. He then has hallucinations in which he sees the deaths of the haunted castle's previous victims. He also has a spooky encounter in which he is shown how things can live on after death.

[Traveller]

56. Respiro (2002) - 6/10

[jdidaco]

17. Umano non umano (Human Not Human, Mario Schifano, 1972) 7.5/10
18. Ghiro ghiro tondo (Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi, 2007) 8/10
19. Stop the Pounding Heart (Roberto Minervini, 2013) 7.5/10
20. Orlando Ferito - Roland blessé (Roland Wounded, Vincent Dieutre, 2013) 10/10



That's it for me! Thanks again for hosting, peeptoad!

!seen 20

Spoiler

1. Lo scapolo (The Bachelor, Antonio Pietrangeli, 1955) 7/10
2. Le ragazze di San Frediano (The Girls of San Frediano, Valerio Zurlini, 1955) 8/10
3. La vena d'oro (Golden Vein, Mauro Bolognini, 1955) 8.5/10
4. Gli sbandati (Abandoned, Francesco Maselli, 1955) 8.5/10
5. Agi Murad il diavolo bianco (The White Warrior, Riccardo Freda, 1959) 7/10
6. Il colosso di Rodi (The Colossus of Rhodes, Sergio Leone, 1961) 7/10
7. Gli arcangeli (The Archangels, Enzo Battaglia, 1963) 8/10
8. Il vangelo secondo Matteo (The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1964) 10/10 (RV)
9. Sopralluoghi in Palestina per il vangelo secondo Matteo (Location Hunting in Palestine, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1965) 9/10
10. Come, quando, perché (How, When and with Whom, Antonio Pietrangeli & Valerio Zurlini, 1969) 8/10
11. Capricci (Carmelo Bene, 1969) 9/10
12. The Assassination of Trotsky (Joseph Losey, 1972) 7.5/10
13. Fratello mare (Brother Sea, Folco Quilici, 1975) 7.5/10
14. Phenomena (Dario Argento, 1985) 8/10 (RV)
15. Mamba (Fair Game, Mario Orfini, 1988) 6.5/10
16. Aral, Fishing in an Invisible Sea (Carlos Casas & Saodat Ismailova, 2004) 9/10

[maxwelldeux]

My Italian consists of weird swearing/slang

1. Caesar Must Die (2012)
2. Get Big (2018)
3. The Devil and Father Amorth (2017)
4. Fire at Sea (2016)

5. Respiro (2002)
More comments to come in the WC thread, but Valeria Golino acted the shit out of this film. Also, junior high maxwelldeux would like to thank hurluberlu.

[AB537]

16. La battaglia di Algeri - The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) 10/10

[RogerTheMovieManiac88]

(Screenshots from 'Inginocchiati straniero... I cadaveri non fanno ombra!' and 'Sicilia!')



10. 'Inginocchiati straniero... I cadaveri non fanno ombra!' / 'Dead Men Don't Make Shadows' / 1970, Demofilo Fidani / 7/10
11. 'Take a Hard Ride' / 1975, Antonio Margheriti / 6.5 or 7/10
12. 'The Squeeze' / 1978, Antonio Margheriti / 6/10
13. 'Sicilia!' / 1999, Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub / 8.5 or 9/10

[nimimerkillinen]

1. Sacro GZA (2013)
2. Dillinger è morto (1969)
3. Fuocoammare (2016)

[sol]

No more for me this year, but great job hosting, peeps. I had planned to see a lot, lot more, but real life and the other two Challenges got in the way. And yes, I do plan to one day complete an Italian Challenge without totally focusing on horror. One of these days, one of these days...

[hurluberlu]

8. The Other Side (Roberto Minervini, 2015) 6+
9. Selfie (Agostino Ferrente, 2019) 6+

[Traveller]

57. Nostos: The Return (1989) - 6/10

That’s it for me. Thanks for hosting, peeptoad, and happy new to year everyone. Also congrats to psychotronicbeatnik for being the fastest horse this race.

[peeptoad]

16. La donna del lago (1965) The Possessed 8

lunga vita all'italia

*rewatch

1. Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975) Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom 7
2. L'Avventura (1960) 7
3. Un tranquillo posto di campagna (1968) A Quiet Place in the Country 8
4. Concerto per pistola solista (1970) The Weekend Murders 6
5. L’assassino (1961) The assassin 7
6. A ciascuno il suo (1967) We Still Kill the Old Way 7
7. Il diavolo nel cervello (1972) Devil in the Brain 6
8. La decima vittima(1965) The 10th Victim 7+
9. Il coltello di ghiaccio (1972) Knife of Ice 6
10. Assassinio al cimitero etrusco (1982) The Scorpion with Two Tails 3
11. La vittima designata (1971)The Designated Victim 7
12. Col cuore in gola (1967) Deadly Sweet 6
13. Estate violenta (1959) Violent Summer 7
14. I ragazzi del massacro (1969) Naked Violence 7+
15. ...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà (1981) The Beyond 8*

[Tarris1]

Spoiler

1. Il Posto (1961) 8/10
2. La stanza del figlio (2001) 7.5/10
3. Respiro (2002) 7/10
4. Il Postino (1994) 6/10
5. I fidanzati (1963) 8/10
6. Una giornata particolare (1977) 8.5/10
7. Bianca (1984) 6/10
8. La meglio gioventù (2003) 7/10
9. A ciascuno il suo (1967) 6/10
10. Francesco, giullare di Dio (1950) 7/10
11. La notte (1961) 8.5/10
12. Caro diario (1993) 7/10
13. Uccellacci e uccellini (1966) 6/10
14. Divorzio all'italiana (1961) 8/10
15. La grande guerra (1959) 7/10
16. La donna scimmia (1964) 6/10
17. Gli uomini, che mascalzoni... (1932) 7.5/10
18. Le mani sulla città (1963) 7/10
19. Una vita difficile (1961) 7/10
20. La messa è finita (1985) 7/10
21. Senso (1954) 8.5/10
22. I pugni in tasca (1965) 7/10
23. La maschera del demonio (1960) 6/10
24. Adua e le compagne (1960) 8/10

25. La ciociara (1960) 8/10
26. Guardie e ladri (1951) 8/10
27. San Michele aveva un gallo (1972) 6/10
28. Il vangelo secondo Matteo (1964) 7/10
29. Mamma Roma (1962) 6/10

That's it for me this month. Almost got bronze on the top 100 list (46/100) which is way more than I expected when I started the challenge. Main highlights this month were La Notte, Una Giornata Particulare and Senso (8.5/10s), but I discovered plenty of 8/10s as well. Thanks for hosting peeptoad!

[hurluberlu]

My Italian consists of weird swearing/slang

1. Caesar Must Die (2012)
2. Get Big (2018)
3. The Devil and Father Amorth (2017)
4. Fire at Sea (2016)

5. Respiro (2002)
More comments to come in the WC thread, but Valeria Golino acted the shit out of this film. Also, junior high maxwelldeux would like to thank hurluberlu.

Aow
Glad you liked it. Valeria Golino is quite something in it, is she ? I like the film exudes Italy’s sensuality so much while still being a modern story about a woman living in a men’s world. Pretty sure it won’t appeal to all but there will be some of us.

[maxwelldeux]

My Italian consists of weird swearing/slang

1. Caesar Must Die (2012)
2. Get Big (2018)
3. The Devil and Father Amorth (2017)
4. Fire at Sea (2016)

5. Respiro (2002)
More comments to come in the WC thread, but Valeria Golino acted the shit out of this film. Also, junior high maxwelldeux would like to thank hurluberlu.

Aow
Glad you liked it. Valeria Golino is quite something in it, is she ? I like the film exudes Italy’s sensuality so much while still being a modern story about a woman living in a men’s world. Pretty sure it won’t appeal to all but there will be some of us.

This was the first time I've seen her in an Italian film and it was something else entirely. She was crush-worthy in Hot Shots! & Deux, and OK in Rain Man, but I'd never seen her actually act. She definitely carried the film.

[psychotronicbeatnik]

70. Cobra nero; aka: Black Cobra (1987 / Stelvio Massi) FTV 4/10
71. The Black Cobra 2 (1989 / Edoardo Margheriti) FTV 4/10
72. The Black Cobra 3 (1990 / Edoardo Margheriti) FTV 4/10

I had a lot more viewings planned, but that's it for me. Actually, I would not have watched this many if not for the fierce competition from Traveler. Big to peeps for a flawless first hosting and entertaining "racing" news! Hopefully, I'll see you all in the future - which begins tomorrow with the sci/fi challenge, natch!

Happy New Year!

I tally

1. Fellini Satyricon (1969 / Federico Fellini) FTV 7/10
2. Ercole contro Moloch (1963 / Giorgio Ferroni) FTV 6+/10
3. Il Leone di Tebe (1964 / Giorgio Ferroni) FTV 6+/10
4. Il grande silenzio (1968 / Sergio Corbucci) FTV 8+/10
5. Caltiki il mostro immortale (1959 / Riccardo Freda, Mario Bava) 8/10
6. La maschera del demonio (1960 / Mario Bava) 9/10
7. Accattone (1961 / Pier Paolo Pasolini) FTV 8/10
8. Sci-Real (2014 / Varo Venturi) FTV 2/10
9. Conquest (1983 / Lucio Fulci) 7+/10
10. Autostop rosso sangue (1977 / Pasquale Festa Campanile) FTV 7+/10
11. La siciliana ribelle (2008 / Marco Armenta) FTV 7+/10
12. Riso amaro (1949 / Giuseppe De Santis) FTV 8/10
13. Giuseppe De Santis (2008 / Carlo Lizzani) FTV 7/10
14. Nero Wolfe: La traccia del serpente (2012 / Riccardo Donna) FTV 8/10
15. Incubo sulla citta contaminate; aka Nightmare City (1980 / Umberto Lenzi) 4+/10
16. Miami Golem (1985 / Alberto De Martino) 7+/10
17. Top Line (1988 / Nello Rossati) FTV 7/10
18. Occhi dale stele; aka: Eyes Behind the Stars (1978 / Mario Gariazzo) FTV 4/10
19. Giochi erotici nella terza galassia; aka: Escape from Galaxy 3; aka: Starcrash II (1981 / Bitto Albertini) FTV 2/10
20. Vendetta dal future; aka: Hands of Steel (1986 / Sergio Martino) 7/10
21. La Guerra dei robot; aka: War of the Robots (1978 / Alfonso Brescia) 6/10
22. L’albero degli zoccoli; aka: The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978 / Ermanno Olmi) 9/10
23. Il mostro di Venezia; aka: The Embalmer (1965 / Dino Tavella) FTV 7/10
24. Nero Wolfe: Champagne per uno (2012 / Riccardo Donna) FTV 8/10
25. La note che Evelyn usci dalla tomba; aka: The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971 / Emilio Miraglia) FTV 7+/10
26. Frankenstein ‘80 (1972 / Mario Mancini) FTV 4+/10
27. Uccellacci e uccellini (1966 / Pier Paolo Pasolini) FTV 7+/10
28. Nero Wolfe: Principessa Orchidea (2012 / Riccardo Donna) FTV 8/10
29. La belva col mitra; aka: Beast With a Gun (1977 / Sergio Grieco) FTV 7+/10
30. I vampiri (1957 / Riccardo Freda, Mario Bava) 8/10
31. Schock; aka: Beyond the Door II (1977 / Mario Bava, Lamberto Bava) 8/10
32. Nero Wolfe: Il patto dei sei (2012 / Riccardo Donna) FTV 8/10
33. Il diavolo a sette face; aka: The Devil with Seven Faces (1971 / Osvaldo Civirani) FTV 7/10
34. Perche quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer?; aka: The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972 / Giuliano Carnimeo) 7+/10
35. Django (1966 / Sergio Corbucci) 9/10
36. I giganti della Tessaglia; aka: The Giants of Thessaly (1960 / Riccardo Freda) FTV 7+/10
37. Maciste e la regina di Samar; aka: Hercules against the Moonmen (1964 / Giacomo Gentilomo) 8/10
38. La battaglia di Maratona; aka: The Giant of Marathon (1959 / Bruno Vailati, Mario Bava, Jacques Tourneur) 8/10
39. Il caso Amicizia; aka: The Friendship Case – The Extraordinary Story of Mass Alien Contact (2008 / Luca Trovellesi Cesana) FTV 5/10
40. La tigre e la neve; aka: The Tiger and the Snow (2005 / Roberto Benigni) FTV 1/10
41. Stridulum; aka: The Visitor (1979 / Giulio Paradisi) 7/10
42. The House of Exorcism (1975 / Mario Bava, Alfredo Leone) FTV 4/10
43. La migliore offerta; aka: the Best Offer (2013 / Giuseppe Tornatore) FTV 8/10
44. Baaria (2009 / Giuseppe Tornatore) FTV 8/10
45. La leggenda del pianist sull’oceano; aka: The Legend of 1900 (1998 / Giuseppe Tornatore) FTV 8/10
46. Black Cat (Gatto nero) (1981 / Lucio Fulci) 8+/10
47. La morte ha fatto l’uovo; aka: Death Laid an Egg (1968 / Giulio Questi) FTV 6/10
48. Nero Wolfe: Scacco al re (2012 / Riccardo Donna) FTV 7+/10
49. Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988 / Giuseppe Tornatore) 8/10
50. I pugni in tasca; aka: Fists in the Pocket (1965 / Marco Bellochio) FTV 9/10
51. La casa con la scala nel buio; aka: A Blade in the Dark (1983 / Lamberto Bava) FTV 7/10
52. …E tu vivrai nel terrore! L’aldila; aka: The Beyond (1981 / Lucio Fulci) 9+/10
53. Paura nella citta dei morti viventi; aka: City of the Living Dead (1980 / Lucio Fulci) 8+/10
54. Quella villa accanto al cimitero; aka: The House By the Cemetery (1981 / Lucio Fulci) 7+/10
55. La notte (1961 / Michelangelo Antonioni) FTV 9/10
56. L’uccello dale piume di cristallo; aka: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970 / Dario Argento) 9/10
57. Il gatto a nove code; aka: The Cat o’ Nine Tails (1971 / Dario Argento) 7+/10
58. Profondo rosso; aka: Deep Red (1975 / Dario Argento) 9/10
59. Suspiria (1977 / Dario Argento) 9/10
60. Inferno (1980 / Dario Argento) 7+/10
61. Tenebre (1982 / Dario Argento) 8/10
62. Phenomena (1985 / Dario Argento) 8+/10
63. Opera (1987 / Dario Argento) 8+/10
64. Trauma (1993 / Dario Argento) 7/10
65-66. Jesus of Nazareth (1977 / Franco Zeffirelli) 8+/10
67. La collina degli stivali; aka: Boot Hill (1969 / Giuseppe Colizzi) FTV 7/10
68. Il Posto (1961 / Ermanno Olmi) FTV 8/10
69. Umberto D. (1952 / Vittorio De Sica) 9/10

70. Cobra nero; aka: Black Cobra (1987 / Stelvio Massi) FTV 4/10
71. The Black Cobra 2 (1989 / Edoardo Margheriti) FTV 4/10
72. The Black Cobra 3 (1990 / Edoardo Margheriti) FTV 4/10

[maxwelldeux]

@psycho:

I JUST noticed your spoiler tag... that's hilarious!

[psychotronicbeatnik]

@psycho:

I JUST noticed your spoiler tag... that's hilarious!

[AB537]

17. Salvatore Giuliano (Francesco Rosi, 1962) 7.5/10 ... This has been fun, knocked off quite a few from my watch list and revisited a couple of favourites