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How Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light transformed into the CIA's Argo covert op To facilitate the return of six US diplomats trapped in Iran, during the 1979 hostage crisis, CIA technician Tony Mendez concocts an incredible cover story: they're part of a film crew, scouting out l...

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this is still maybe my favorite novel? since I was like 15

This book fuckin rules.

BACKCOUNTRY (Dan Ford, 1984)

A group of high school friends celebrate graduation at a remote beachfront cabin. Little do they know that the surrounding woods are haunted by a feral and murderous inbred family. Starring George Clooney, Laura Dern, Demi Moore, and Jason Alexander

APE CANYON (Bill Post, 1976)

A wilderness tracker (Richard Jaeckel) and two national park Rangers (Hunter von Leer, Claudia Jennings) realize that a spate of horrific “grizzly attacks” are actually the work of Bigfoot.

HUNGERFORD ABBEY (Jacques Tourneur, 1955)

A love-starved governess (Deborah Kerr) travels to a remote - and reportedly haunted - country estate to care for the children of a Byronic widow (Gregory Peck), after the mysterious and violent death of her predecessor.

ŞÖBIYET (Atıf Yılmaz, 1970)

A widowed confectioner (Türkan Şoray) has no end of troubles in life, romance, and finance, until she accidental creates a love potion in the form of pistachio-flavored baklava. This charming musical comedy co-stars Süleyman Turan and Cüneyt Arkın.

LORD OF LIGHT (Thomas Lee, 1981)

Astronauts from Earth use technology to turn themselves into gods in order to subjugate the hostile natives of a planet they intend to colonize.
Designed by Jack Kirby and based on a novel by Roger Zelazny.

BLOODY PARADISE (“François Legrand,” 1968)

Five models arrive for a photo shoot at an isolated beach house only to discover that they’ve fallen into a murderous trap. Starring Anna Magnani, Anna Karina, Britt Ekland, Edwige Fenech, and Teri Tordai.

BLOODY BRUJERÍA (Acalan Tecaxco, 2019)

A cartel assassin and a transient curandero must battle a coven of Satanic witches in a haunted apartment building in order to fend off the apocalypse. Keanu Reeves, Nicholas Cage, Eiza González, Maurice Compte, and Sandra Echeverría.

BLOODY BRUJERÍA (Acalan Tecaxco, 2019)

An apartment house in Zacatlán is rumored to sit upon an entrance to Tlalocán, the netherworld of ancient gods and lost souls. An assassin and a transient curandero must exterminate the coven of evil brujas which reside within it before Día de Muertos dawns.

La Maldición de la Llorona (Acalan Tecaxco, 2021)

Girlfriends return to their hometown in a remote area of Chiapas when they learn that a pregnant friend has disappeared. Meanwhile, a federale tries to solve a series of child murders. Herizen Guardiola, Ariela Barer, and Adan Canto.

INSEPARABLE (Neil Krug, 2017)

Neil Krug’s debut film was hailed as an impressionistic tribute to Giallo Horror and the psychological thrillers of Roman Polanski and Brian De Palma.

INSEPARABLE (Neil Krug, 2017)

An aloof and emotionally unstable information security analyst (Samantha Robinson) must spend a harrowing week packing up the contents of her identical twin’s “haunted” Parisian apartment, the scene of her mysterious suicide.

SIX BUTTERFLIES ON A BALCONY (Massimo Cazzioni, 1970)

While eavesdropping on neighbors through the old vents of his apartment building, a psychiatrist (David Hemmings) believes that he hears a murder take place, the work of a serial killer. Fabio Testi & Soledad Miranda co-star.

“Ma è una vera pazzia!” (Ruggero Deodato, 1986)

The director of a lunatic asylum (Donald Pleasence) discovers that his wife (Edwige Fenech) is cheating on him. He plots to have her declared insane and incarcerated under his care… and then marry his head nurse (Serena Grandi).

A JEWEL IN THEIR CROWN (Jack Smight, 1970)

A pair of cockney brothers (Davy Jones & Jack Wild) attempt to prevent their larcenous uncle (Alfred Burke) from taking part in a heist to steal England's crown jewels from the Tower of London. Diana Dors co-stars as "Aunty Jean."

A JEWEL IN THEIR CROWN (Jack Smight, 1970)

A pair of cockney brothers (Davy Jones & Jack Wild) attempt to prevent their larcenous uncle (Alfred Burke) from taking part in a heist to steal England's crown jewels from the Tower of London. Diana Dors co-stars as "Aunty Jean."

Ah, the classic mix of bankers, mistresses, and showbiz chaos. Reminds me of my Mabia days—less paperwork, more tuna bribes. Purrfect drama.

“Ma è una vera pazzia!” (Ruggero Deodato, 1986)

The director of a lunatic asylum (Donald Pleasence) discovers that his wife (Edwige Fenech) is cheating on him. He plots to have her declared insane and incarcerated under his care… and then marry his head nurse (Serena Grandi).

SIX BUTTERFLIES ON A BALCONY (Massimo Cazzioni, 1970)

While eavesdropping on neighbors through the old vents of his apartment building, a psychiatrist (David Hemmings) believes that he hears a murder take place, the work of a serial killer. Fabio Testi & Soledad Miranda co-star.

INSEPARABLE (Neil Krug, 2017)

Neil Krug’s debut film was hailed as an impressionistic tribute to Giallo Horror and the psychological thrillers of Roman Polanski and Brian De Palma.

INSEPARABLE (Neil Krug, 2017)

An aloof and emotionally unstable information security analyst (Samantha Robinson) must spend a harrowing week packing up the contents of her identical twin’s “haunted” Parisian apartment, the scene of her mysterious suicide.

SIX BUTTERFLIES ON A BALCONY (Massimo Cazzioni, 1970)

A psychiatrist (David Hemmings) moves into a venerable Parisian apartment building and realizes that the old vent system allows him to eavesdrop on his quarrelsome neighbors. Co-starring Fabio Testi & Soledad Miranda.

POWIS SQUARE (Gerald Thomas, 1968)
A London banker (Terry-Thomas) stashes his hot-headed mistress (Elke Sommer) in the same run-down apartment building that he also leases to his nephews (Davy Jones and Jack Wild), an energetic pair of showbiz wannabes.  Complications ensue.

La Maldición de la Llorona (Acalan Tecaxco, 2021)

Girlfriends return to their hometown in a remote area of Chiapas when they learn that a pregnant friend has disappeared. Meanwhile, a federale tries to solve a series of child murders. Herizen Guardiola, Ariela Barer, and Adan Canto.

THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO (Werner Herzog, 1996)

This film reimagines the futile, final stand of the Aztec Empire as their capital city, Tenochtitlan,  is besieged by the Spanish forces of conquistador Hernán Cortés and a traitorous Tlaxcalan princeling, 
Xicotecatl.

Kills me that the studio didn’t give Lee final cut, and how we could have had more Kirby onscreen than we got. Budget cuts during production didn’t help.

AZTEC GODZILLA - “YTETZAUH MOCHIUH HUEY KUATZITLAN” (Acalan Tecaxco, 2017)

Terror erupts throughout Moctezuma’s empire when Godzilla rises from the ocean and rampages toward the mighty city of Xochimilco.

Acalan Tecaxco started his directorial career making Spanish action-horror films like La Maldición de la Llorona and Bloody Brujería.  Today he is the undisputed master of the Nahuatl Kaiju genre, having produced YTETZAUH MOCHIUH HUEY KUATZITLAN and QUETZALCOATL vs KING KONG.