Here is my another post where I will tell you about one more forgotten old, sleazy flick and share what I could find out about this obscure gem of exploitation cinema. Read on. Table of Contents   This Film Is Really Obscure The Curse of the Alpha Stone is a sleazy mystical-themed and quite an obscure sexploitation film , shot in 1972 in the USA. There is not much information about it. I found a couple of short reviews in two blogs. Before watching the film, I also read a few comments on IMDb, giving the film ratings ranging from mediocre to the worst. Most of them aggressively criticized the movie, saying it's a completely worthless, talentless garbage. These negative comments were helpful: I watched the film, and it appeared to be great.   Plot Summary A young, talented and successful scientist Abe specializes in genetics and works at a university. He is also interested in alchemy and incorporates magic into his scient...

In this blog post I'm reviewing and analyzing in detail the dilogy Phantasmagoria by the cult and mysterious director Cosmotropia de Xam. I will share interesting facts about the film and tell you about multiple references to cult classic exploitation films I've noticed there myself and others that Cosmotropia de Xam told me about.  Let's get down to business. Table of Contents General Information and Why I Decided to Watch It Phantasmagoria is an independent horror, exploitation and art house film dilogy, created by a modern German director Cosmotropia de Xam whose two other films ( Diabolique (2013) and The Inferno Index (2021) ) were also reviewed in my blog. The dilogy consists of two full-length chapters: Phantasmagoria , released in 2017 and Phantasmagoria 2: Labyrinth of Blood , 2018 . Interestingly, despite it has been almost two years since the release of the first part, and a year since the release of the second one, I still can...