Chris Avran Movies
- 1978
- R
One of a seemingly endless series of (far more explicit and violent) Italian knockoffs to the original French Emmanuelle series (with the name of the lead character changed to Emanuelle, presumably to avoid copyright and licensing issues), the French film about the bored wife of a French diplomat who found excitement through erotic adventures. In this suspense-filled film, Emanuelle experiences adventures in the Asian art of love. ~ Rovi
- 1978
- R
One of several low-budget science fiction entries cranked out in the wake of Star Wars by Italian director Alfonso Brescia (here under the pseudonym Al Bradley), this silly film takes place on Earth (now renamed "Sol 3") in the year 2312. The planet is sold to an evil despot named Kress, and it is up to the kindly Professor Maury and his ragtag band of human and robot friends to reclaim the planet from Kress and his cyborg army. Familiar faces include Gianni Garko, Malisa Longo, and Chris Avram, veterans of numerous European thrillers. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- 1978
- R
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This twisted Italian oddity, originally titled L'Odessa, is an incomprehensible muddle of Devil-possession horror and lots of kinky soft-core sex (its original U.S. title was The Sexorcist). The story revolves around a weird religious icon -- depicting one of the two thieves crucified with Christ -- and the demonic sexual influence it exerts on a young art student (Stella Carnacina). After a gory dream sequence in which the woman imagines herself being nailed to a cross herself, the statue eventually comes to life and begins to sexually torment her ... whereupon the entire film careens off-track into Exorcist territory, where it slogs for an uninvolving and unoriginal final hour. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi
- 1973
In this Italian action film, a suspended police officer risks his badge in an attempt to bring a mob kingpin to justice. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi
- Starring:
- Richard Conte
When a band of notorious outlaws rapes and kills Django's beloved wife, the vengeful gunslinger heads west to draw some blood in this violent sequel to Sergio Corbucci's 1966 spaghetti Western classic. As his quest for revenge leads him on a wild adventure across the desert sands, Django rescues a horse thief who is about to be hanged. Upon discovering that the man whom he has rescued knows the identity of the man who committed the heinous crime, Django and the thankful thief set their sites on the gang's Western hideout. Anthony Steffen stars in the role originally made famous by Franco Nero. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- 1971
- R
A family's murderous battle over some bayfront property is the subject of director Mario Bava's bloody horror-thriller, which many have cited as the grandfather of the modern slasher film. Claudine Auger is the scheming daughter of a murdered Countess; her staged suicide forms the basis of the film's plot. In a seemingly unrelated subplot, four hippies arrive in a dune buggy led by Brigitte Skay, who dances the Shake and swims naked before having her throat hacked open with a machete. Skay's boyfriend has his face chopped with the same machete and the other couple has a spear thrust through their bodies as they make love. All of these murder scenes were imitated in Steve Miner's Friday the 13th, Part 2, and the film's style influenced countless American slasher films of the 1970s and '80s. Bava also includes a strangulation by telephone cord, a gory axe decapitation, a man speared to a wall, and five other murders. Antefatto was a trendsetting film, and paved the way for literally hundreds of graphically violent imitations. The film exists in several versions, differing mainly in the extent of the bloodshed. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- 1971
In this spare Spanish drama, Sara is a morally upright woman with but one failing: she wants to be a stage star. Unfortunately, she has been an actress for a long time, and stardom is still a distant dream. In order to remain on the stage, she sacrificed the prospect of marriage to a concert pianist from a respectable family. She is now considering the amorous (but not honorable) proposals of a theater owner. One night, the star of the show "takes a powder" and Sara steps into her role. She is a great hit with the audience, but the old star is back at her job the next night, and Sara gets no further opportunities. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
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