A brooding offering of thrilling deviance, a lost collection of sounds and vibes that can only be truly felt by those who look upon giallo cinema for its counterpoints of trash and highbrow, of desperation and gory redemption - Massimo E Massimo is a love song to all that EuroTrash Utility Belt holds dear. LISTEN UPON MASSIMO E MASSIMO WORKS, YE MIGHTY, AND DESPAIR!
A collaboration of musician/graphic artist Doc Quandary and giallo connoisseur/ purveyor of liminal fictive research Dakota Crane, this inspiring project gives life to some dusty 16MM canisters of a parallel dimensions. This is stuff for serious heads. CHILDREN OF THE WITCHES ELM (1974) might be difficult to track down a decent rip, maybe someone got a Blue Ray, but we have Sequence 2 and the liner notes to tease us. But honestly, do yourself a favor and get the download which includes a booklet of write ups on the films, the composers, and often the movie posters.
Dakota Crane recently let the EUTB staff know that there is talk at the SuperSpectrum Sound Studio office of a follow-up - and following in the giant foot steps of GOBLIN a possible live show/retrospective in the works. We shall wait with bated anticipation for what comes next from MASSIMO E MASSIMO!
What kind of depravity do you get when you mix a crucified statue of the Golgotha thief possessed by Satan, a sex hungry whiskey drinking cheating wife, and an art student daughter with delicious gams who gets turned on walking up 50 flights of stairs after being fucked by said statue? THE KIND OF SATURDAY MORNING EUROTRASH EXCESS WE ALL LOVE!
Starring starry eyed Stella Carnacina, 70s Italian pinup girl, this film can do no wrong. (Actually it does a lot of wrong but in the right ways...)
Opening in an abandoned village church, subtly the film indicates that in this 15th Cent ruin the J-man is not in the house - being sold off to collectors.The thief is all that is left - the supposed conductor and final reminder of the local villagers' orgies.
[cue obligatory drug fueled swank swingers disco party]
Cheating Mom is having a good S&M rose whipping time with her side man - a debased sex scene spied on by her daughter Daniella which foretells a future frenzy with Beelzebub himself.
After being plugged by the Prince of Darkness in a smoke filled room with a flaming cross, Daniella runs away from what she thought could only be a
dream. We are then treated to a screaming run up 50 flights of stairs to a WILD standing orgasm while satanic
chants haunt her mind. After this moment of total abandon it's GAME ON
for some good ol' demonic possession!
Many commentators on lesser blogs go off about the chase scene in this movie, but for stalwart EurotrashUtilityBelt typa fools, the $$$ scene is in the lost Etruscan temple to BAAL. Daniella stumbles upon it during what was supposed to be a relaxing weekend in the country.
Eternal blood sacrifice of children for protection, and orgies involving virgins is how they rolled back in the day...apparently. The entire montage of shots in the temple orgy scene (complete with a fairly decent oration spoken by a witch to the dark one which we should all try out and a cool/cruel crucifixion) are really the cinematic highlight of the flick and at times remind one of Naschy's Werewolf Versus the Vampire (1971)...that I got to get around to talk about soon but these new updates to my utility belt take some time dammit.
As the film progresses we get into more and more of the influence of the Exorcist. Ultimately, this is too bad given the flourishes of creative originality, but the final casting-out is still fun and slightly disgusting. Enjoy this film when you find a moment away from your (self) important lives and silly- internet-created-dreams of fame! :)
A video from the torture rap group of Regurgitated Giblets - not the first thing that comes to mind when we think of the Eurotrash Utility Belt themes but 'good enough for government work'. More twisted music is available on the utube page https://www.youtube.com/user/zombieburnings/videos
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