Death Smiles at Murder (1973)
A man discovers an ancient Incan formula for raising the dead, and uses it for a series of revenge murders. Death Smiles at Murder…and horror admirers all over the world salute Joe D’Amato for delivering this film, by which he proves that he’s not just an insane and untalented adult-filmmaker.




Poor little rich American girl Nancy Chesterfield is having far too much fun with the local male populace on her art school trip to Greece as far as unseen dear old dad’s concerned, who wants her back pronto so he can marry her off to a business associate.
If you were appalled by the gore and slaughter of Blood and Black Lace, this Bava’s film contains twice the murders, each one accomplished with an obnoxious eye for detail (faces split open in loving close-up, decapitation, and murder of the axe variety).
After years of abuse at the hands of her husband, a woman, Emmanouella, is pushed to the breaking point. She hires a hitman to do in her husband, but just when she thinks her troubles are at an end, the assassin blackmails her.
A female journalist hangs out at the set of a porn-film in the French capital. She pens an article on the economy of lust. How come people cavort on camera so ecstatically? Cast and crew willingly answer her questions:
Anna Blume steht kurz vor dem Abitur. Ihre Leistungen in Französisch sind sehr schlecht und deshalb ist das Abitur in Gefahr. Da kommt ihr eine Idee. Ihre Mutter Eva, die ihr täuschend ähnlich sieht und perfekt französisch spricht, soll im Französisch-Unterricht und bei der Prüfung ihre Rolle einnehmen.
Two Austrian sisters Dagmar and Ursula Beyne go on holiday along the Amalfi coast in Italy, in the hope of finding their mother, who deserted them when they were young, they have recently inherited some money after the death of their father
Brigitte Lahaie, famous in Germany under the pseudonym of Brigitte Bordeaux, had shot in 1978 for the German producer Tabu, four short films for sex-shops that have never been released in theaters.
The flick’s primary title, “Malicious Martine”, fits the bill much better, of course. A pretty ingénue visits the big city under the tutelage of her uncle. To make sure that she flies straight he has her monitored by a swarthy private dick (a role that is incidentally quite well acted), who can’t, however, save cheeky Martine from getting into all sorts of scrapes
Captain Lust has been described as the first pirate movie for adults only. This cinematic extravaganza was shot on location on a tropical Island and aboard the old, beautiful brigantine vessel, “Black Swan”. The film tells the story of how Handsome Jack (Wade Nichols) and his sweet sister