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The Columbian Connection  (1991)

O’Keeffe is a specialist military warrior chosen to lead an elite squad of three soldiers into the jungle so that they can capture a notorious drug kingpin and bring him to justice. The plan is to grab him while he meets an undercover agent posing as an important buyer. When Bull (O’Keeffe) and his men arrive at their destination they find the agent murdered and themselves in the middle of an ambush! With their method of evacuation demolished and no way out of the jungle, they head towards the criminal’s jungle fortress with an entire army close behind! From this point on it’s virtually non-stop violent action all the way! There are splashy bullet wounds aplenty, people are stabbed, impaled, blown up, and then you have Henry Silva as his usual over-the-top villainous self! There’s even a gory piranha scene thrown in just for good measure! The soundtrack by Luigi Ceccarelli is lively and full of energy; it suits the film well. It’s all bloody good fun and though it may be lacking in depth, things never slow down long enough for you to care! Bull and his mercenaries have a seemingly impossible job ahead of them and they’re going to get it done the only way they can… The Hard Way!

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La Casa Del Tappeto Giallo  (1983)

Don’t let the date put you off of this ultra-rare giallo which is massively hard to come by… Especially uncut and in English! Lizzani is a fine director and this is yet another work of which he can be proud. Franca and her husband, Antonio, have advertised in a local paper that they are trying to sell a large and valuable carpet, a wedding gift from Franca’s mother and stepfather. While Antonio is out handling some business, the first responder to the add arrives to have a look at the goods. Franca is soon trapped in an inescapable nightmare as this mad stranger begins to terrorize her both physically and psychologically! Franca’s tormentor claims to have murdered his wife on that very same rug years earlier and comes dangerously close to reliving the moment again in the present! Lots of very intense and uncomfortable scenes lead to a violent and bloody confrontation with the mysterious stranger! Needless to say, this is nowhere near the end! This little known yet excellent Italian thriller is very engaging, it contains many shocking surprises, a soundtrack by maestro Stelvio Cipriani, and the prerequisite nudity and violence! A very highly recommended film and if you are a gialli enthusiast then you’ll definitely not want to miss this claustrophobic classic! It was released a long time ago on domestic VHS and was missing a couple minutes of footage.

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I Cacciatori del Cobra d'Oro  (1982)

Antonio Margheriti gets in on the Indiana Jones action, throws in a dash of 007, and mixes it up Italian Jungle style! Warbeck plays Bob Jackson, adventurer extraordinaire with a penchant for danger! After World War II, Jackson and Special British Intelligence Officer Captain David Bracken (John Steiner doing David Niven to the hilt!) head back into enemy territory to recover the stolen Golden Cobra, believed to have supernatural powers and possibly the key to a hidden treasure! Along the way, hundreds of secret Golden Cobra worshippers try and assassinate them, but its nothing compared to the danger that's in store! Luciano Pigozzi brings his hidden agenda along for the ride while posing as an anthropologist. His niece Julie (Fulci favorite Almanta Suska) is the twin sister of long lost April, the beautiful goddess of the Golden Cobra! Sound crazy? Well, it is! Lots of violence, action and mayhem ensue. Throw in the active volcano and excitable natives and you've got yourself a pasta bowl full of big entertainment! Even with all of that, we also get an amusing score by gialli and Italian Crime composer Carlo Savina and a dash of make up effects from Cataldo (Cannibal Holocaust) Galliano!