Bruno Mattei's SCALPS (1987) One of the Best Spaghetti Westerns!
1458DVD
"One
of the Very Best Spaghetti Westerns... and the Most Graphically Violent"
--The
Good, the Bad and the Violent (McFarland Book)
director:
Bruno Mattei (as Werner Knox)
starring: Vassili Karis · Mary Galan · Charlie Bravo · Beny Cardoso ·
Albert Farley
The late Bruno Mattei
was a legend in Euro exploitation, best known for his horror (ISLAND
OF THE LIVING DEAD, ZOMBIES:
THE BEGINNING, et al) and sleaze JAIL:
WOMEN'S HELL, SNUFF
TRAP, etc). This 1987 production marked his flirtation with the
Spaghetti Western genre. Unexpectedly, it's also one of his five best
films. Bruno
Mattei has never been so assured in his director's seat. Here are strong
characters punctuated by the nihilistic landscape of the West.
Cowritten by popular cult actor Richard Harrison, this is the ugly, mean-spirited
story of a lustful Confederate colonel who orders his soldiers to kidnap
the Comanche chief's daughter for his purpose of bedding her. After the
Calvary unit kills the chief and slaughters the tribe, the girl manages
to escape. Wounded, she finds safety at the home of a rancher (who's wife
had been killed by Indians).
The action accelerates into a maddening swirl of excessive brutality.
An
Italian/Spanish co-production; widescreen, totally uncut version (97 min.),
in English language, DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC, playable on any
American machine. Extras include various trailers.
Adult
Material/Nudity/Gore/Graphic Violence/Sexual Brutality:
For Mature Audiences
