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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 6, 2018 19:46:29 GMT
I've watched a few Santo and Blue Demon films.
There's even a Turkish "evil Spider-man" movie. Been meaning to watch it for a while.
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Post by petrolino on Jan 6, 2018 21:42:04 GMT
I've watched a few Santo and Blue Demon films. There's even a Turkish "evil Spider-man" movie. Been meaning to watch it for a while. Right, the Mexican film industry has fully embraced wrestling heroes over the years. In America, WWE Studios have been regularly involved in the production of movies this century, typically crime, fantasy and horror, but specifically action-orientated films as this plays to the obvious strengths of many wrestlers who are trained stunt performers in and around the squared circle. I think the Turkish superhero movie might be '3 Dev Adam' (1973). If so, I've seen clips only. Am I right in thinking Peter Parker in the comic needed his outfit to enter a wrestling contest? Think I read that online but I've not read the original Marvel comics.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 6, 2018 22:34:14 GMT
Yes that's the title and Peter Parker needed a disguise to enter a wrestling content (though his motive was fear of failure, not a necessity of the contest--in fact the wrestler made fun of him being disguised--I assume US wrestling did not have disguises as much as Mexico did).
Mexican horror films of the early 60s are weird but interesting.
I think they made a vampire film in the late 50s which was a possible inspiration for a new Dracula being made through Hammer, which in turn was an influence on AIP.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 7, 2018 3:35:12 GMT
I took note of your giallo list so I can start to watch the ones I missed (though tonight I think I am watching How To Kill a Judge). I noticed in a link that Barbara Bouchet was considered the second best looker in giallos (according to someone on the youtbe link). They said a "Susan Scott" was number one. I couldnt find her on IMDB. Know what movies she did?
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Post by petrolino on Jan 7, 2018 3:43:20 GMT
I took note of your giallo list so I can start to watch the ones I missed (though tonight I think I am watching How To Kill a Judge). I noticed in a link that Barbara Bouchet was considered the second best looker in giallos (according to someone on the youtbe link). They said a "Susan Scott" was number one. I couldnt find her on IMDB. Know what movies she did? Try searching by her real name, Nieves Navarro.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jan 7, 2018 4:19:48 GMT
I took note of your giallo list so I can start to watch the ones I missed (though tonight I think I am watching How To Kill a Judge). I noticed in a link that Barbara Bouchet was considered the second best looker in giallos (according to someone on the youtbe link). They said a "Susan Scott" was number one. I couldnt find her on IMDB. Know what movies she did? Try searching by her real name, Nieves Navarro. nieves is gorgeous. jeez! some of the women who acted in giallos were unbelievably beautiful.
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Post by petrolino on Jan 7, 2018 4:32:50 GMT
Try searching by her real name, Nieves Navarro. nieves is gorgeous. jeez! some of the women who acted in giallos were unbelievably beautiful. I think the giallo starlets I know you like were all ex-models, pimpin. Edwige Fenech and Nieves Navarro were fashion models. Barbara Bouchet was a figure model. Not sure about Rosalba Neri but she was a beauty contest winner. It makes casting sense because the most famous of the giallo templates is the fashion house mystery, in which models are usually being targeted by a gloved killer.
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Post by petrolino on Jan 7, 2018 4:43:37 GMT
Yes that's the title and Peter Parker needed a disguise to enter a wrestling content (though his motive was fear of failure, not a necessity of the contest--in fact the wrestler made fun of him being disguised--I assume US wrestling did not have disguises as much as Mexico did). Mexican horror films of the early 60s are weird but interesting. I think they made a vampire film in the late 50s which was a possible inspiration for a new Dracula being made through Hammer, which in turn was an influence on AIP. You're absolutely right. 'El Vampiro' (1957) is an influential entry in the vampire cannon with German Robles, released around the same time as Riccardo Freda & Mario Bava's 'I Vampiri' (1957). Shortly after came Terence Fisher's 'Horror Of Dracula' (1958) and Henry Cass' 'Blood Of The Vampire' (1958).
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 7, 2018 8:23:33 GMT
Try searching by her real name, Nieves Navarro. Thanks that does make it easier. I already stalked Bouchet (first time I noticed her was in Death Rage) from one of her first roles in a 60s tv movie in the US. She has a strong accent-can see why she went to Europe. Rosalba Neri did Lady Frankenstein. That is quite an interesting version of Frankenstein. Another one I watch for is Rosita Torosh (she turns up in Lenzi Tomas Milian films). Helga Line`. Another one I have taken notice of is Blanca Estrada though I dont know if she did any giallos. She turns up in a Blind Dead film..
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Post by petrolino on Jan 7, 2018 21:01:17 GMT
Thanks that does make it easier. I already stalked Bouchet (first time I noticed her was in Death Rage) from one of her first roles in a 60s tv movie in the US. She has a strong accent-can see why she went to Europe. Rosalba Neri did Lady Frankenstein. That is quite an interesting version of Frankenstein. Another one I watch for is Rosita Torosh (she turns up in Lenzi Tomas Milian films). Helga Line`. Another one I have taken notice of is Blanca Estrada though I dont know if she did any giallos. She turns up in a Blind Dead film. Rosalba Neri is a little older than Barbara Bouchet and Edwige Fenech, a strong performer who became a genre star in the 1960s. German actress Helga Line is older than them all and a major international star. She worked as a circus acrobat, a dancer and a model before really establishing herself in cinema in the 1950s. In the 1980s, Line was still headlining features made in Spain. Blanca Estrada worked with Line in Spain under the direction of English filmmaker Peter Collinson. She appeared in films for Carlos Aured, Eugenio Martin, German Lorente, Amando De Ossorio and Argentine director Leon Klimovsky, key figures in Spain's genre filmmaking scene of the 1970s. Striking character player Rosita Torosh had icy features, arresting movement and impeccable manner. The last movie I saw her in was Fabio De Agostino's war picture 'The Red Nights Of The Gestapo' (1977).
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 7, 2018 21:07:32 GMT
Another is Graziella Granata. Only seen her in Slaughter of the Vampires and a western (though I forgot she was in it so maybe she didnt look so good there). She doesn't appear to have made any giallos.
My current all time 60s favorite is Olga Schoberova. I dont know if Hollywood would have taken them on but I assume a thick accent was a negative career-wise and Hollywood didnt do much dubbing.
I was watching Basil Rathbone's last film-a weird awful Mexican film-and they had a real stunner named Amadee Chabot (I think American). There's no one in Hollywood film today who looks as good as her, and she only did really cheap films mostly in Mexico from what I see on IMDB.
She probably couldnt act-hard to tell since she spent most of the movie in a bikini, but who cares? They could dub a good acting voice over her. I am not against dubbing.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 7, 2018 21:14:53 GMT
Striking character player Rosita Torosh had icy features, arresting movement and impeccable manner. The last movie I saw her in was Fabio De Agostino's war picture 'The Red Nights Of The Gestapo' (1977). Haha yes, agreed-- arresting movement and impeccable manner are on full display in Almost Human when she is hanging from the chandelier and Tomas Milian is licking her leg. . Did I mention Maria Rohm--think she must have been married to Harry Alan Towers. The German version of the Bloody Judge has her licking the naked body of a torture victim. European cinema is so much more interesting than Hollywood during this time.
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Post by petrolino on Jan 7, 2018 21:36:35 GMT
Another is Graziella Granata. Only seen her in Slaughter of the Vampires and a western (though I forgot she was in it so maybe she didnt look so good there). She doesn't appear to have made any giallos. My current all time 60s favorite is Olga Schoberova. I dont know if Hollywood would have taken them on but I assume a thick accent was a negative career-wise and Hollywood didnt do much dubbing. I was watching Basil Rathbone's last film-a weird awful Mexican film-and they had a real stunner named Amadee Chabot (I think American). There's no one in Hollywood film today who looks as good as her, and she only did really cheap films mostly in Mexico from what I see on IMDB. She probably couldnt act-hard to tell since she spent most of the movie in a bikini, but who cares? They could dub a good acting voice over her. I am not against dubbing. Graziella Granata worked with some of Italy's great filmmakers. I'm not sure why she walked away from film in the early 1970s. I enjoy Olga Schoberova's work in Oldrich Lipsky's 'Lemonade Joe' (1964) and Vaclav Vorlicek's 'Who Wants To Kill Jessie?' (1966). I'm used to dubbing because it became the nature of the film industry when international co-productions became common. If an actor or actress can't act, the filmmakers should cast someone who can. I don't care how they look as long as I feel they fit the role they're playing. There's no shortage of talent around, it's such a competitive field. I think there were some terrific actresses active in Spain and Italy in the 1960s & 1970s so no reason to cast a stunt model.
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Post by petrolino on Jan 7, 2018 21:39:03 GMT
Striking character player Rosita Torosh had icy features, arresting movement and impeccable manner. The last movie I saw her in was Fabio De Agostino's war picture 'The Red Nights Of The Gestapo' (1977). Haha yes, agreed-- arresting movement and impeccable manner are on full display in Almost Human when she is hanging from the chandelier and Tomas Milian is licking her leg. . Did I mention Maria Rohm--think she must have been married to Harry Alan Towers. The German version of the Bloody Judge has her licking the naked body of a torture victim. European cinema is so much more interesting than Hollywood during this time. Hope you enjoy 'Gestapo'. It's available on dvd through Excalibur.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 7, 2018 21:43:27 GMT
Susana Estrada is another.
Saw her in a minor role in a Blind Dead film "Girl sacrificed at the beginning" but she only did a few films (mostly sex comedies) and not my genre preference.
Mostly I am horror and sci-fi but been expanding into other genres like crime and eurospy.
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Post by petrolino on Jan 7, 2018 21:51:02 GMT
Susana Estrada is another. Saw her in a minor role in a Blind Dead film "Girl sacrificed at the beginning" but she only did a few films (mostly sex comedies) and not my genre preference. Mostly I am horror and sci-fi but been expanding into other genres like crime and eurospy. imdb2 user pimpinainteasy currently has a thread going on the Classic Film board centred around five-star looks and the beauty high-stakes. Check it out (topic : Rosalba Neri & Edwige Fenech), he can probably thrown some strong recommendations your way.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jan 8, 2018 9:42:39 GMT
i watched this today, petrolino. loved BARBABRA BOUCHET and SYBIL DANNING. the story was preposterous. the resolution at the end was utterly banal. but bruno nicolai's awesome background score, the beautiful locales and the sexy women kept me going. its great to watch on blu ray.
(6/10)
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