26.12.25

arabian nights (1974)

AKA The Flower of 1001 Nights. Il fiore delle mille e una notte.
"Oh My!"
Set in ancient Arabia, the main story follows Nur Ed Din (Franco Merli) as he tries to find the beautiful slave girl Zumurrud (Ines Pellegrini).
Filmed on location and featuring many local actors this is an episodic and sexually explicit retelling of a handful of Oriental tales.

red sonja (2025)

"She is stronger than any of us."
Red Sonja (Matilda Lutz) is a warrior in search for her tribe, having watched them being butchered as a child. But then she is captured by the maniacal Draygan (Robert Sheehan) and sent to fight as a gladiator...
If you come to this with no knowledge of its comic-book back story you will probably still be disapointed as it unravels its predictable story. But it could have been worse.

24.12.25

ilsa, harem keeper of the oil sheiks (1976)

"The man that comes to me will not have to be dragged."
Ilsa (Dyanne Thorne) has moved on from the third reich, and is now head of a sex-trafficking ring for a middle eastern sheikh (Jerry Delony). But trouble comes in the form of American diplomat (Max Thayer), who is intent on overthrowing the sheik's corrupt government
The second installment of the Ilsa series, ups the campy dialogue to the sleaze.

vampire ecstacy (1974)

AKA Der Fluch der schwarzen Schwestern. The Devil's Plaything.
"Perhaps we should leave this place."
Dr Julia Malenkow () and her brother are studying the local superstitions of the area when invited to stay at Varga castle and find it to be the centre the worship of Dania Varga (Nadia Henkowa), an ancient vampire.
Sophorific acting and film pacing do nothing to add to the field of entertainment in this film.