Spanish and Italian Horror

[samurainoir]

Any fan of Italian Gorror Movies needs to own this book...
Spaghetti Nightmares.

I have a soft spot for the films of Joe D'amato. He's not really the best film maker of the lot, but certainly the one who pushed it passed the edge.

[samurainoir]

In terms of the more contemporary Spanish horror auteurs, I'm quite fond of Guillermo del Toro. The stuff he does outside of the Hollywood system is brilliant. Chronos, Pan's Labyrinth, and the Devil's Backbone are incredibly brilliant films. Hellboy of course is good fun.

Michele Soavi's Dellamorte Dellamore AKA Cemetary Man was pretty excellent as well.

[EMCEtoys]

Hey, what if we made a few custom Blind Dead MEGOs? I know I'd love 'em, but would it be worth doing 'em for real? Would anyone actually buy them?

[Meule]

Hey, what if we made a few custom Blind Dead MEGOs? I know I'd love 'em, but would it be worth doing 'em for real? Would anyone actually buy them?

Are you kidding me? You go right ahead and make 'em, I'll be buying

[Tothiro]

In terms of the more contemporary Spanish horror auteurs, I'm quite fond of Guillermo del Toro. The stuff he does outside of the Hollywood system is brilliant. Chronos, Pan's Labyrinth, and the Devil's Backbone are incredibly brilliant films. Hellboy of course is good fun.

Michele Soavi's Dellamorte Dellamore AKA Cemetary Man was pretty excellent as well.

I agree, I really enjoyed Dellamorte, and re: Guillermo, I'm not 100% sold on his directorial style (I liked Pan's a lot as well as Chronos, but I'm a Hellboy fan with wild fan ideas). I really like the stuff he's pushing right now too (IE *The Orphanage)

[MysteryWho]

Wow, Emce Blind Dead?! That would be amazing! I had intended to cobble together something with bits from CTVT but I'd rather not have to 'cause I'm lazy.
Love the Blind Dead films but I haven't seen Ossorio's other stuff.
Fulci and Ossorio actually seem to share that dreamlike quality where "anything goes" as long as it is terrifying. They both have such a unique approach. Horror fantasy content is often better when presented in a completely non-linear, non-realist fashion. Their movies sometimes remind me of Bergman and Godard, but without the intellectual content. I don't mean that as a criticism, sometimes intellectual exercises are the last thing you want out of a movie.
And Naschy rules.

[MysteryWho]

Here's one of my favorite Italian/Spanish Horror Features. Be prepared for some medium level horror/zombie violence. Nothing really bad.
YouTube - NIGHTMARE CITY

[mazinz]

Here's one of my favorite Italian/Spanish Horror Features. Be prepared for some medium level horror/zombie violence. Nothing really bad.
YouTube - NIGHTMARE CITY

always a guitly favorite of mine

[wilbs518]

Argento, Fulci, and Bava are some of my favorites!