SHAM020 - Footprints

[trench]

Somebody give me a pasty, because I thought this film was dreadful. I can't even bring myself to give it another go, though I probably should, just to confirm my abiding memory of it's utter awfulness.

So, who wants to trade me one of their "Autopsy" dvd's? Only then can you release "The Spider Labyrinth".

[trench]

What about Italia a Mano Armata?

[Almar@Cult Labs]

I've not seen Spider's Labyrinth so do send me a copy Jock - highly unlikely it would be SHAM020 because we'd have to track it down etc and that would take ages but we need to look for stuff for 2009. I won't be around much next couple of days but keep this thread buzzing - it's very handy for me when I have to sit down with the other people that make up Shameless. With any luck I'll have some suggestions for next week.

[evan renzi]

In that case how about Eye in the Labyrinth, which I think has been mentioned before and is gagging for a scrub up, or Death Steps in the Dark, the supposed 'spoof giallo?, which is inaccurate and dismissive of its merits (ooh, get me). Starts like a straight giallo with a curious murder-on-a-train scenario, segues into sleaze n' blackmail territory midway, then finally a bit of an amateur heist caper as everything comes together at the end, all the while taking the business of the black-gloved killings seriously. We even get a glimpse of large intestine at one point. Nicely lensed, great scenery, well-executed murders and features one of THE most disturbing shots in the genre... widescreen lesbian tongues locked together like two gigantic pink slugs having a wrestle.

I enjoyed it anyway.

[Jock Mooney]

Almar, sent you a PM.

That Spider Labyrinth poster was EXCELLENT.

Blog with a bit more on it here - seems there is supposedly a US DVD release but it is cut...I'm suspicious about the existence of an official release, there are however a few bootlegs out there.

http://trashyhorror.blogspot.com/200...inth-1988.html

[Jonny]

Count me in for a DVD of SPIDER LABYRINTH

It's a really good film, surprisingly so for an 80's horror! It'd definitely fit into the Shameless canon.

There's a thread here with some screengrabs from the Japanese VHS release.

[Jock Mooney]

Nice shots - the cinematography is excellent in this. I've been to Budapest so that perhaps is why I like it just that little bit more, some of the architecture is stunning.

I dunno what type of film Spider Labyrinth was filmed on but I'd say something vaugely cheap as it looks 'older' than the 1988 date would suggest - adds to the general feel of the film quite considerably.

The Japanese VHS also has a trailer for something called 'Party Line' that looks er, interesting. Why do Japanese people get all the good stuff? I wonder if there is a Japanese DVD release of 'Spider...' I was over there last October and could've got one. hmmm.

Now - back to work.

[Jock Mooney]

That said - the copy I've seen is transcribed from VHS so that will defo make the film look shitter...silly me.

[eiren]

Hello, I am new. I have hundreds of these films sourced from all over, but there are some that really need a good release or that have gone OOP. I'll try list a few I would love to see as Shameless 20:

Death Laid An Egg (only have an obscure Japanese copy of this)
Rituals: The Creeper
Etruscan Kills Again
Eye In The Labyrinth
Amuck!
A Dragonfly For Each Corpse
5 Dead On The Crimson Canvas
Girl 24
Contact: The African Deal
Footprints
Murder For Sale
Death Steps In The Dark
Ursula's Sister
Without Apparent Motive
Sweet Body Of Deborah
Blue Eyes Of The Broken Doll
Arabella: The Black Angel
Eye In The Labyrinth
Violent Bloodbath
Cross Current
Student Connection
Blackmail (aka Lo strano ricatto di una ragazza per bene)
Whirlpool (aka Perversion Flash aka She Died With Her Boots On)
Crazy Desires Of A Murderer
Devil With Seven Faces
Date For A Murder
Sexy Cat
Curse Of The Red Butterfly
The Day Of The Beast
Who Can Kill A Child?
Don't Deliver Us From Evil
Lifespan
Killer On The Loose
Killers Are Our Guests
Orgasmo (aka Paranoia)
Reflections in Black
Smile Before Death
So Sweet So Dead
So Sweet So Perverse
So Young So Lovely So Vicious
Something Creeping in the Dark
Suspicious Death of a Minor
Two Faces of fear
Who Killed The Prosecutor and Why?
Mad Foxes
A Quiet Place in the Country
A Quiet Place to Kill
Black Veil For Lisa
Death in Haiti
Death Knocks Twice
Death Occurred Last Night


If you can release any of these in the quality you've previously shown, I would be over the moon!

Thanks.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Crazy Desires of a Murderer-Do you have access to this Almar?
The old Redemption vhs was cut,was it not?