Sunday, March 31, 2013

Blind Woman's Curse

Kaidan nobori ryu
aka The Tattooed Swordswoman

Japan, 1970
Director: Teruo Ishii
Starring: Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Makoto Sato

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Halloween

USA, 1978
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran

Great illustrated poster unique to Japan.

Friday, March 22, 2013

Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead - Parts 2 & 3

Japan, 2013
Director: Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Starring: Yui Aikawa, Maki Aoyama, Asami, Saya Kobayashi

B-grade exploitation at its finest :)

Zombi 2

aka Zombie Flesh Eaters
Italy, 1979
Director: Lucio Fulci
Starring: Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson


Thursday, March 21, 2013

Don't Deliver Us from Evil

Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal
France, 1971
Director: Joel Seria
Starring: Jeanne Goupil, Catherine Wagener, Bernard Dheran

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Pixote

Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco
Brazil, 1981
Director: Hector Babenco
Starring: Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Juliao, Gilberto Moura

Artwork by Akira Mouri

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

The Neptune Factor

Canada, 1973
Director: Daniel Petrie
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Walter Pidgeon, Ernest Borgnine, Yvette Mimieux

Amazing illustration by John Berkey

Monday, March 18, 2013

Surf Nazis Must Die

USA, 1987
Director: Peter George
Starring: Gail Neely, Robert Harden, Barry Brenner

Illustration by Tricia Zimic

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Hitch-Hike

Autostop rosso sangue
Italy, 1977
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile
Starring: Franco Nero, Corinne Clery, David Hess

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Time

Shi gan
South Korea, 2006
Director: Ki-duk Kim
Starring: Jung-woo Ha, Ji-Yeon Park, Jun-yeong Jang

Friday, March 15, 2013

Vampire Hunter D

Kyûketsuki hantâ D
Japan, 1985
Director: Toyoo Ashida
Starring: Seizo Kato, Satoko Kifuji, Motomu Kiyokawa

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Hazard

Japan, 2005
Director: Sion Sono
Starring: Jo Odagiri, Jai West, Motoki Fukami

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

A Slit-Mouthed Woman

Kuchisake-onna
Japan, 2007
Director: Koji Shiraishi
Starring: Eriko Sato, Haruhiko Kato, Chiharu Kawai

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

The Grudge: Girl in Black

Ju-on: Kuroi shojo
Japan, 2009
Director: Mari Asato
Starring: Koji Seto, Kuniteru Shigeyama, Kana Tsugihara

Monday, March 11, 2013

Scarecrow

Kakashi
Japan, 2001
Director: Norio Tsuruta
Starring: Maho Nonami, Ko Shibasaki, Grace Yip

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Space Monster Gamera

Uchu kaijû Gamera
Japan, 1980
Director: Noriaki Yuasa
Starring: Mach Fumiake, Yaeko Kojima, Yoko Komatsu

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Real

Riaru: Kanzen naru kubinagaryû no hi
Japan, 2013
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring: Takeru Sato, Haruka Ayase, Jo Odagiri, Kyoko Koizumi, Miki Nakatani, Shota Sometani, Keisuke Horibe

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Karate-Robo Zaborgar

Denjin Zabôgâ
Japan, 2011
Director: Noboru Iguchi
Starring: Itsuji Itao, Asami, Akira Emoto, Naoto Takenaka, Cay Izumi

Monday, March 4, 2013

Gekijô-ban: Harapeko Yamagami-kun

Japan, 2012
Director: Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Jun Shiozaki
Starring: Keisuke Horibe, Marin, Maki Mizui, Takashi Shimizu

More wacky shit from Iguchi and Nishimura!

Friday, March 1, 2013

Amazoness in White

Japan, 1995
Director: Mitsunori Hattori
Starring: Yuko Fujimori, Asami Katsuragi, Nodoka Kawai

Rare gatefold chirashi with Prisoner Maria on the reverse