This week we dig into the new Arrow Video box set of Edgar Allen Poe’s Black Cats! Two films inspired by Edgar Allan Poe with very different results by Sergio Martino and Lucio Fulci. We also dive into some Lou Diamond Phillips insanity with Route 666 and some non-horror sex comedy shenanigans with Valet Girls!
The Flicks:
Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have The Key (1972)
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Director: Sergio Martino
Written By: Adriano Bolzoni, Ernesto Gastaldi
Starring: Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg, Luigi Pistilli
In Martino’s classic giallo Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, teacher Oliviero (Luigi Pistilli, A Bay of Blood) finds himself under suspicion for murder when one of his students – and mistress – is found brutally murdered. As more bodies start to pile up, the arrival of Oliviero’s attractive niece (Edwige Fenech, Five Dolls for an August Moon, All the Colours of the Dark) brings with it complications of its own. [Arrow Video]
The Black Cat (1981)
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Director: Lucio Fulci
Written By: Lucio Fulci
Starring: Patrick Magee, Mimsy Farmer, David Warbeck
In The Black Cat, from that “other” Godfather of Gore, Lucio Fulci (Zombie), Scotland Yard Inspector Gorley (David Warbeck, The Beyond) find himself summoned to a sleepy English village to investigate the recent murder of a young couple. With no obvious signs of entry at the murder scene, Gorley is forced to start considering the possibility that his suspect may not be human… [Arrow Video]
Other Films Discussed:
The Last Shift, Garbage Pail Kids, Queen Of Blood, The Car
We also give a shout out to the podcast: The Lore Podcast. Check them out!
Stream Screams: Route 666 (2001)
Video-OMG: Valet Girls (1987)
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