Symphony in Blood Red

Symphony in Blood Red - Luigi Pastore (2010)

A madman who is obsessed with death regain his obsession to kill again when a psychologist wants to put him in a clinic for treatment of his for his psychotic behavior. He kills the psychologist and begins a journey into the shadow of death in the depths of his inner delirium.

This is Luigi Pastores first movie and what a movie he have created. A fantastic, creepy tale of a man who is obsessed of death and want to copy it. On writing credits we also see Antonio Tentori who have been working with Sergio Stivaletti, Bruno Mattei and now on the upcoming Dracula 3D with Dario Argento. Behind effects, we have the legendary Sergio Stivaletti once again and as usual he does an excellent job but unfortunately it's quite a bit of blood in the film. It is not the most important thing in the movie but fills an important role, especially the scene where the madman kills a reporter is pretty gruesome and brutal. I should also want to mention and praise the music in the film that is absolutely incredible mixed with hardrock to classical music. If you get the possibility to watch the movie pay attention to scene where a man have bought a whore and get killed the way the music is woven into the various images in the sequence. Absolutely fantastic.

If we go back to the movie again we can say that the story is mainly focused on the killer and his thoughts and reflection on what he is doing. You simply follow the murderer where he talks about his inner thoughts about death and it leads to the inevitable end. It´s said to be a Giallo and I must agree on that an say that Luigi have created a modern Giallo. The only bad to say about the movie is it´s too short and the end comes a bit of a suprise.

I would like to thank Marco Magni at EuroObscura for providing me a screener of this masterpiece and as Bloodline it will be released on DVD later this year in US.

It´s an exclusive interview with Luigi Pastore in Horrophobic issue #2. Do not miss that...

Links: EuroObscura, Trailer

Sloppy the Psychotic

Sloppy the Psychotic - Mike O'Mahony (2012) 

Sloppy is a clown who works for a company there you can rent clown for your party. After a little misunderstanding at a birthday party makes him fired from his job as a clown. Sad and desperate, he takes his Sloppy car home and get drunk. He wakes the next morning with a dead woman beside him in bed as he press down in a chest. This scene is quite fun and I get a smile on my lips as the chest seems to be too small for holding a mature woman, but Sloppy have no problem with this. Sloppy is getting more and more psychotic and starts killing everyone around him and soon a growing pile of corpses in the small town Flodaville.

This is Mike O'Mahony second film and this time he also takes over the responsibility and acting the lead role as the psychotic Sloppy. It takes a while before the movie kicks off with all bizarre madness properly just as Deadly Detour, but once it does it put us in an entertaining way of killing in the obscure forbidden zone. Mike is not afraid to provoke the audience with what he kills and how. He killed a bunch of blind people in DD but this time he goes a step further and run over some retarded and slaughter an entire children's birthday party. I asked Mike if there is anything he can´t kill end he answered “There is nothing that I can't kill. I think I have already picked the most taboo victims to kill but I am beginning production on a new film now that I believe can out do both Deadly Detour and Sloppy the Psychotic. We shall see. The absurdity has definitely been stepped up on the one that we're doing now”. This sounds promising in my ears.

Sloppy the Psychotic & Deadly Detour have a lot in common although they are two completely different movies. It's a little sleazy, a bit poop humor, weird killings and an end-slaughter out of the ordinary. Special effects have been slightly better than his previous movie, but it’s the way he kills that provides the greatest benefit of the film. Take the scene where Sloppy takes a boy and pushing him into a grill, close lid and start grilling. No blood but damned funny in an obscure manner and very surprising.

In Horrophobic Issue #2 I examine with Mike O´Mahony the weird killings of Sloppy and Deadly Detour, so don´t miss it.

Links: Trailer, Facebook

Horrophobic #1

First Bloody Issue of this NEW Swedish Horror fanzine. A fanzine who want to push for the independent market of movie making.

In this issue

German Splatter Frenzy Part 1: A first look on the Independent craziness from the Land of Gore. German independent horror is characterized by lots of gore and violence in all its glory. In this first part of a bloody series we take a look at Marc Rohnstock, Marcel Walz, Michael Donner, Heiko Fipper, Andreas Schnaas & Olaf Ittenbach.

 

Two exclusive interviews: The new German splatter maestro Marc Rohnstock who release his new gore-drenched two hour splatter fest NECRONOS this year and an interview with the beautiful actress Magdalèna Alina Kalley from La Petite Mort, Game Over & Karl the Butcher Vs. The Axe.

Zombies: A horror fanzine without zombie feels impossible. A short refection of todays zombies. Can they stand up against the classics? Reviews of The Dead, Silent Night, Zombie Night & I Am Omega.

Horror Collector Special: Take a look and see what this collector from Denmark have to say about his awsome collection of horror movies. He have a fantastic story to tell.

Tomb of Terrors: I take a look of what this 50 movie pack have to offer.

I take a look at what happens when someone angers crocodiles in Killer Crocodiles. First part of Animal Horrors...

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