morgana (1995)

AKA Blonde Heaven.
"I want immortality."
An ambitious would be actress moves to LA to get famous. Angie (Raelyn Saalman) is followed by her old boyfriend Kyle (Alton Butler), who wants to convice her to return to little town america. Unfortunately she falls in with Illyana (Julie Strain) and her coven of vampires.
Merely a lame excuse to show lots of slo-mo softcore sex and a couple of fangs.

my name is nobody (1973)

AKA Il mio nome è Nessuno. Lonesome Gun.
"The secret of a long life is to try not to shorten it."
Once the greatest gunslinger in the West, Jack Beauregard (Henry Fonda) now dreams of leaving it all behind and moving to retire. Annoyingly for him Nobody (Terence Hill), a young gunfighter idolizes and wants him to become a legend by going out in a blaze of glory. To do so Nobody tries to engineer a confrontation between Jack and The Wild Bunch, all 150 of them!
An interesting mix of comedy and myth making which has a charm all of its own, features the flawless Henry Fonda, and a great Ennio Morricone soundtrack.

sex kittens go to college (1960)

"I'm so far out already, I'm on another planet."
The new science department head for Collins College arrives and immediately causes consternation as its a well stacked blond! Whilst Dr Mathilda West (Mamie Van Doren) causes much distraction, two thugs search for Sam Thinko a super-brained robot, whom they want to use to predict horse races.
This has a love/hate reaction on people. Maybe its the good looking dames, Mamie, Tuesday Weld and Bridget's younger sister Mijanou, added to a script that satiries the teen comedy stereotypes, but I'm in the camp classic group. Not the best of anything, but it entertains me at least.

onibaba (1964)

"When the war ends the men will come back."
14th century Japan is being ripped apart by feudal wars and in a remote swamp area Kichi has been conscripted, leaving his mother (Nobuko Otowa) and wife (Jitsuko Yoshimura) awaiting his return. They survive by killing unsuspecting samurai and selling their armour for food. Then Hachi (Kei Satô) a friend of Kichi's turns up and tells them he's dead. Tensions build as the young widow turns her affections to him, and the older woman fearing abandonment, plots to keep them apart.
Classic Japanese period drama that shifts into claustrophobic and atmospheric horror mode with the arrival of Hachi.

assassination (1964)

AKA Ansatsu.
"What kind of man swings so easily from Emperor to Shogun?"
Its 1853 and the arrival of American ships breaking Japans traditional isolation throwns Japan into political turmoil. Hachiro Kiyokawa (Tetsurô Tanba) is an ambitious ronin who tries to use this tumult to further his own ends and shifts between political factions attempting to prevent the outbreak of civil war.
A strongly nihilistic film, exploring the concepts of honour, betrayal and how the previously honourable samurai have decended into political assassins.

watch me when i kill (1977)

AKA The Cat's Victims. Il gatto dagli occhi di giada. The Cat with the Jade Eyes. Revenge Of The Cat.
"You need to kill them, they know too much."
Mara (Paola Tedesco) witnesses the murder of a pharmacist and finds herself being stalked by the killer. When a friend Lukas (Corrado Pani) tries to stop the madman, he uncovers a revenge story that goes back to WWII and a dark secret.
An interesting and likable Giallo, solid if not spectacular.

shock (1977)

AKA Beyond The Door II. Schock.
"Mama, I have to kill you."
Dora (Daria Nicolodi) is emotionally unstable, after the apparent suicide of her first husband and years of abuse at his hands. Newly re-married to Bruno (John Steiner), he insists they move back to the home she once shared with husband number one. But she is uneasy about it, especially when her son Marco (David Colin Jr.) starts talking to an imaginary friend, a friend that seems to have a malevolent agenda.
Bava's last film isn't his best, but is still an entertaining suspense filled horror with some interesting plot twists to keep you guessing. Unfortunately much of the movie centres on the child, who is more than annoying and difficult to ignore.