Wild Beasts (Blu-ray) restored In 1982 - a year

In 1982 - a year in which he reportedly shot 13 films - writer/director Jess Franco created this blithely twisted drama that is equal parts Buñuelian black comedy

On-set interview with Clive Barker

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With its super-saturated color palette

it is chockfull of references to Japan's rich cinematic heritage and features cameos from a host of veteran talent and baroque sets created by Takeo Kimura

Wild Beasts (Blu-ray) restored In 1982 - a yearFor his final work, Godfather Of Mondo Franco E. Prosperi took on the Nature Strikes Back genre and delivered perhaps the most shocking movie of his controversial career: When PCP gets into the water supply of a city zoo, the drug crazed beasts including tigers, lions, cheetahs, hyenas and elephants, as well as seeing eye dogs and sewer rats go berserk and rampage through the streets of Rome. What follows is a terrifying mix of actual animal attacks