Call Girl (2007)

Maria (Soraia Chaves) a sensual call girl, is hired by Mouros (Joaquim de Almeida) to seduce Meireles (Nicolau Breyner), the Mayor of Vilanova, so that he can authorize a multinational to build a high quality resort. However, Madeira (Ivo Canelas) and Neves (Jose Raposo), PJ police detectives, discover the evidence of corruption and begin to investigate Meireles. Everything becomes even more complex when Madeira finds out that Maria, the passion of his life, is the bait that will force the politician to give way.

In my opinion this is one of the best movies made in Portugal. Even though I am not a movie expert, I believe that the comments made above by Rui Resende are a little bit too harsh. As a Portuguese citizen, he should know that - we rarely produce such good movies. If this script would be produced in Hollywood, it would certainly be a hit. So Thank you very much Mr. Vasconcelos.

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EuroThrash, Thriller,

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Check to the Queen (1969)

Description: Delightful movie joining effectively eroticism, mental and physical cruelty and sick relationships. Very refined and tasty as to aesthetics, a real joy for eyes of those who love fashion, hairstyle and interior design of that period, the movie tells the development of a slave - master relationship becoming estabilished, consciously, between a born-well lady, agoraphobic and essentially devoid of interests and propulsions other than sadomasochistic imagination accompanying her days, and a famous actress, who hires her as a lady's companion

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1969, Erotic, EuroThrash,

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Graveyard Of Horror (1971)

A grief-stricken man, trying to find out what killed his wife and baby, stumbles across a doctor who steals heads from corpses for experiments. This mad scientist, named Michael Sharrington, uses these dead body parts to transmute human cells. One fateful night, Sharrington experiments on his own body. After being buried in the same cemetery he scavenges, the doctor wakes up in a terrifying state!

This Spanish-made horror flick suffers from many of the common short-comings of this type of genre; a disconjuncted plot, many awkward cuts and innane dialogues, actresses chosen for their looks more then acting ability, as well as a poor English over-dub of the Spanish screen play. The opening scene grabs your attention, but soon on "Graveyard of Horror" keeps you wondering not only what will happen next, but why what you just saw actually took place. That aside, the film does have some qualities which still can provide an attraction to the most-avid horror fan. The graveyard/castle settings provide a few atmospheric, though not chilling scenes. Best of all is the periodic use in the score of an uniquely errie whistled tune very similar to the melody of "Morning has Broken" which offers a seeming tranquil juxtaposition to the gory nature of this topsy-turvy grave robbing tale.

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EuroThrash, Horror,

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