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Body of the Prey (1967)

The Thing meets Frankenstein

[30 September 2000]

Sometimes you have to see a movie to believe it. This mad scientist tries to create a man eating plant to prove that the origin of the human race comes from the sea. " The earth is your mother, lightning is you father, rain is your blood" says the madman who creates the thing as the Baron Frankenstein, with a Japanese hunchback. The non stop music is hilarious, as is the fake volcano. In a strange world, this movie could have spawned a sequel.

Incredibly corny, but so much fun !

I giochi del diavolo: La Venere d'Ille (1979) Season 1, Episode 2

sophisticated story of beauty and the bronze

[8/10 · 2 July 1999]

The big question of the story is wether or not a beautiful bronze discovered while uprooting trees is cursed, or worse, alive. As directed by Mario Bava, with the charming Daria Nicolodi, the movie becomes a study about love and what are you prepared to do for it. The camera turns around Daria and the Bronze like the soft touch of a lover. In that day of computer animated objects and incredible special effects, it is good to see a director who then relied on clever editing and camera movement and sound to make us believe.