George Hilton Movies

Four aspiring scream queens and a male comic, all seeking to break into the movie industry, are summoned to the castle of a reclusive horror director named Jurek (George Hilton), a charming bloodsucker who invites them to partake in a macabre game of survival. Awoken from his centuries-long slumber by a curious film crew, Jurek quickly adapts to the contemporary world by becoming a successful filmmaker. His bloody hits are box office gold, and the opportunity to appear in one of them could provide an aspiring actor with their big break. When his guests arrive to discuss their audition for Jurek's next feature, he reveals himself as a vampire and challenges to kill him before dawn, or die trying. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

The city of Turin is teeming with crime, and though it's up to two tough cops to clean up the streets, one of the pair is harboring a deadly secret in director Carlo Ausino's violent crime thriller. As if the fatal stabbing of a wealthy doctor, the brutal rape and strangulation of a seventeen-year-old girl, and a series of destructive smash-and-grabs weren't enough to keep police inspectors Danieli (Emanuel Cannarsa) and Moretti (George Hilton) working overtime, a growing gang war between the established local dons and an invading French crime syndicate threatens to blow the whole city sky high. Add to that the fact that the outwardly respectable Inspector Moretti is secretly prowling the moonlit streets to exact vigilante justice on the scum of the city under the moniker of his alter ego "The Avenger," and it's going to take more than one tough cop to ensure the safety of the scared denizens of Turin. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

The government of an African state emerging from colonial rule must employ unusual techniques in order to prevent the large corporation doing business in their county from completely suborning its officials. Calvin Lockhart plays Ruman, a major government official who pretends to be a corruptible minor bureaucrat in order to thwart the big companies' efforts. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Pretty Edwige Fenech spends most of her time either naked or dazed in this tiresome tale of devil worship from the director of I Corpi Presentano Tracce di Violenza Carnale. Set in England, the film stars Fenech as a woman who is in therapy for nightmares related to the long-ago murder of her mother. Offering a cure for her woes, a neighbor takes her to a sabbat, where she is seduced and tattooed by the crazed leader of a satanic cult. Soon, the cult is commanding her to kill for them, and a strange man keeps following her around with the stiletto used to murder her mother. It doesn't make much sense and seems to drag on forever, but true Euro-buffs will love it anyway just because of the cast featuring George Hilton, Ivan Rassimov, Nieves Navarro (a.k.a. Susan Scott), Dominique Boschero, and Carla Mancini. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

This brisk little thriller is a textbook example of a giallo: Perche Quelle Strane Gocce Di Sangue Sul Corpo Di Jennifer? doesn't make a lot of sense but it keeps the viewer guessing throughout and packs plenty of wild visual excess into its running time. Ernesto Gastaldi's script is thin on characterization and logic but delivers all the elaborate murder setpieces, red herrings and radical plot twists the genre requires. Director Giuliano Carnimeo avoids allowing the viewer to dwell on the gimmicky nature of the storytelling by maintaining a snappy pace and trotting out a vast array of eye-catching visual devices (zooms, fish-eye lens shots, point-of-view camerawork) to keep the viewer's eye dazzled throughout. The performances are limited by the weak characterizations but Edwige Fenech is easy on the eyes as the film's heroine and George Hilton makes a decent square-jawed hero. All these elements make Perche Quelle Strane Gocce Di Sangue Sul Corpo Di Jennifer? a fast-paced, occasionally startling piece of macabre eye candy. Viewers looking for narrative depth won't find much of interest here but fans of 1970's Eurotrash are likely to consider it a kitschy delight. ~ Donald Guarisco, Rovi

In this flashy giallo from Italian filmmaker Sergio Martino, Julie Wardh (Edwige Fenech) is a lovely but jaded woman who is no longer satisfied in her relationship with husband Neil (Alberto de Mendoza), a wealthy but emotionally cold man of privilege. However, as she ponders the fate of her marriage, her thoughts often turn to her former lover Jean (Ivan Rassimov), a cruel libertine with a taste for inflicting pain. Julie meets handsome George (George Hilton) at a wild party and discovers he's attracted to her just as she's drawn to him. Julie and George are soon involved in a torrid affair, but it's Julie's poor fortune that Jean attended the party where they first met and knows about her new infidelity. Even worse, Jean is willing to blackmail Julie to get what he wants, forcing her into a desperate situation. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Carroll Baker, the blond starlet best known for her role in Baby Doll, ended her career in a number of Italian giallo thrillers including A Quiet Place to Kill, Paranoia, The Fourth Victim, and this giallo-tinged crime film from director Osvaldo Civirani. Baker plays a dual role as translator Julie Harrison and her twin sister Mary. The serpentine plot begins as Julie tells her lawyer Dave Barton (Stephen Boyd from Ben-Hur) that Mary's life is being threatened in London while Julie herself is being stalked by a mysterious stranger in Amsterdam. Dave's racecar-driving friend Tony Shane (George Hilton) saves her from both an attempted kidnapping and an attempted murder before putting her up with an old blind woman to hide. The blind woman is murdered that same night, and Luciano Pigozzi turns up as an insurance investigator who finds out that Mary has stolen a precious diamond from an Indian Maharaja, double-crossing her husband to do so. To reveal any more of the plot would rob the viewer of the jaw-dropping developments, but the film features an unbelievable prank played by Julie's knife-wielding co-worker in a gorilla mask, a speeded-up car chase reminiscent of Rat Pfink a Boo Boo, and a very odd denouement in an abandoned windmill. The cast is loaded with genre veterans like Lucretia Love, Carla Mancini, Franco Ressel, and Ivano Staccioli, and the familiar-sounding score is by the ubiquitous Stelvio Cipriani, making this a solid addition to any giallo library. Various versions run 89 and 87 minutes. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

When a bounty hunter watches an Old-West gold heist he sets out after the bandits in hopes of making their loot his. ~ Rovi

The Italian-Spanish Vengeance is Mine should not be confused with the 1948 British film or the 1980 Japanese production of same name. Spaghetti-western veteran George Hilton plays a man who spends the early portions of the film seeking out the person who allowed his family to die of disease during the Civil War. When that man (Ernest Borgnine) turns out to be unrepentant, it's all cat-and-mouse until the climactic showdown. A certain amount of sweaty intensity elevates this Spanish-Italian oater. Vengeance is Mine was released in Europe as Quei Dispe Rati Che Puzzano di Sudore et di Morte. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Hollywood's John Ireland made an appearance in this typical "Spaghetti" Western about a military officer, a huckster, and a mysterious femme fatale who team up once again to search for the loot from an old bank heist. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi