Category Archives: Exploitation films

City of the Living Dead

In Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead, a strung out Margaret Atwood-looking medium (pictured, right) is operating a séance in New York City. It’s a scene made all the more otherworldly by both the ADR not matching the moving mouths (Italian style) and when one of the attendees, Mary, experiences a hellish vision: a priest swinging fromContinue reading “City of the Living Dead”

Found

Evil brothers abound whether it’s Claudius in Hamlet, Egyptian mythology’s evil usurper Set, killer of brother Osiris, and of course Cain from Genesis. Similarly, Found (2012) explores a dangerous abusive psycho-sexual sibling relationship between Indiana fifth-grader Marty and 18-year old Steve. Mop-topped Marty likes graphic novels (Found even begins with a stunning graphic title sequence), and of course,Continue reading “Found”