An Adventure Into Black Magic

In case you needed any proof that the Grindhouse trailers were fairly spot on, check out this one for Black Sabbath (also known as Black Sunday), the Mario Bava-directed Boris Karloff movie that gave Ozzy Osbourne’s band its name.

I quote: “Starring the incomparable Boris Karloff, the personable Mark Damon, and lush and lovely women, even though one is from the netherworld.”

Since we’re on the subject, have a look at the trailer for The Girl Who Knew Too Much (La ragazza che sapeva troppo), which is practically a work of art in itself.

I cannot say how that song has not yet made its way into a Quentin Tarantino movie, but shouldn't it?

Oh, and happy Valentine’s, I guess.

Cherries Were Made for Eating

I almost included this as the embedded video in Monday’s round-up of notable links, but I soon realized that this was too awesome to share a post with anything else. It’s 1977 Japanese horror parody Hausu, or “House,” which recently appeared on Buzzfeed but which I learned about from Susannah Breslin’s post on Boing Boing early last month. Quite simply, I can’t remember the last time I learned of a movie so appealing and so perfectly tailored to my personal cinematic tastes.

Here’s the clip that showed up on Boing Boing. It depicts three characters battling a possessed, man-eating lampshade, not to mention an evil painting of cat, the evil cat itself, some strange cartoon manifestation of the cat, a blood-spewing chest of drawers, and a lazy river of blood that floods the room that serves as the scene’s setting.

I’m amazed. As if the premise weren’t enough of a draw, the forays into the supernatural realm are depicted via an aesthetic sense that suggests an Anthropologie display created by a serial killer.

Some more of Hausu, for your perusal:

The trailer, which features cuetsy close-ups of the main cast:

The scene in which a girl is eaten by a piano:

And the in-movie music video for “Cherries Were Made for Eating”:

Seriously, the best thing I have seen in years. Please enjoy. I shall stage a screening at my house in the near future.