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26 March 2012 8:35 AM, PDT | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »

Originally titled La Casa Della Paura/The House of Fear, The Girl in Room 2A is American director William Rose’s 1974 giallo. Produced by Dick Randall, the man behind the infamous Pieces and Don’t Open‘Til Christmas, it’s his entry into the Italian thriller boom of the 1970’s that was spearheaded by Dario Argento with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage.

Beautiful Margaret Bradley (Daniela Giordano) has just been released from jail on a trumped-up drug charge and is sent to live at a boarding house run by a mysterious woman named Mrs. Grant (Giovanna Galetti). Mrs. Grant has a middle-aged son, Frank (Angelo Infanti) who has taken a shine to the new boarder. Settling into her new life, it isn’t long before this peaceful new home becomes a nightmare of hallucinations and nefarious goings on.

In one genuinely creepy scene, Margaret imagines being back in jail »

- Derek Botelho

14 February 2012 4:05 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

The folks at Mondo Macabro dropped us a line to let us know that the 1973 film The Girl in Room 2A is finally getting an official DVD release on March 27th. If giallo is your thing, you won't want to miss this one!

From the Press Release:

Mondo Macabro is proud to present the official DVD release of The Girl in Room 2A, scrubbed and freshened up, with a sparkling anamorphic transfer from the film negative, new subtitles, and presented completely Uncut and Unedited. This special release of the 1973 giallo classic also includes special extras to entice genre film lovers to add this special treat to their collections.

The Girl in Room 2A (1973, Italy, 84 min.), directed by American filmmaker William Rose (Rent-a-Girl), stars 1966's Miss Italy winner and popular genre actress Daniela Giordano (Evil Eye) as Margaret Bradley, a recently paroled young girl who moves into a boarding house run by a kindly older woman. »

- The Woman In Black

13 January 2012 2:16 AM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »

Another awards season approaches, and as The Iron Lady’s tipped to win multiple gongs, James wonders, are biopics bad for us?

By the silky lingerie of J Edgar Hoover! Is this the multiplex or Madame Tussaud’s? Are we at the movies here or experiencing some kind of projected animatronic waxwork museum project? I feel like I’m in Westworld, except instead of an android version of Yul Brynner’s gunslinger from The Magnificent Seven I’m being attacked by Margaret Thatcher’s fleshy doppelgänger.

I really do wonder sometimes when I gaze over the releases list. In today’s movie marketplace, big-screen biopics are standing out, claiming attention and casting shadows over festival circuits and awards ceremonies.

There have, of course, always been fact-based flicks that focus on real people from history. Charlton Heston, for example, managed to be Moses, Cardinal Richelieu, Mark Anthony, President Andrew Jackson, Michelangelo »

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