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Originally Posted by cloud  I like Franco's horror output and his films which have a bit of edge to them. His sexploitation films though more often than not bore me to tears. They're well made in that they look the part, Mansion at times is dreamlike and something like Macumba Sexual for example is hypnotic, but take away the 'look' and they're empty offerings I feel.
I think with postage my Door Into Darkness set was 35 euros or something from Sazuma. This might surprise you but my favourite episode is "The Neighbour" by Luigi Cozzi of all people. Cozzi has done some real shit in his time but that episode shows that given the right circumstances he can do a very well made thriller. I won't give much away but it's very tense. Did you know that The Tram was a part of Bird With The Crystal Plumage that was never filmed? It's one scene stretched out to around an hour and I didn't like it that much, it was too talky but it wasn't too bad overall. Eyewitness is my favourite Argento-directed episode, it's classic Argento, especially the final 15 minutes. Just beware the lead actress' face, she looks like Michael Jackson gone wrong!  oh and I think the final episode gets some unfair stick.
No Dario Argento collection is complete without Door Into Darkness, and it doesn't just make up the numbers either. |
You can probably guess a lot of the Franco I own due to Christopher Lee, but I have some without his presence, notably the un-Franco like Faceless and b/w efforts like The Awful Dr. Orloff. My two personal favourites though are The Diabolical Dr. Z and the dreamy Virgin Among The Living Dead. There are a number I can sit through, but compared to how many he has made then it's a drop in the ocean. I am more intrigued that you say Mansion is dreamlike. That's a good quality in certain films I appreciate. Virgin Among The Living Dead is such a film that is totally 'empty' without the atmosphere and haunting visuals. The fact that it has an abundance of those though is why it's one of the few winners for me.
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am surprised Luigi Cozzi's 'Door' segment is your fave actually. As a director he normally bores the pants off me (Contamination included) so it'll be interesting to see if I agree with you. It'll be refreshing if so and I haven't totally ruled him out as a poor director. I'm soon going to watch The Paganini Horror, which sounds a riot. Oh and as for Michael Jackson gone wrong - at which stage of his life would that be though, lol?