Eclipse Series 5: The First Films of Samuel Fuller (DVD, Criterion) Second Run Belladonna of Sadness has risen

Belladonna of Sadness has risen from the ashes and now shines brighter than ever

Freda" - an interview with second assistant director Marcello Avallone

Conceived as a parody of the slasher movie

Cantonese Carnage – interview with Rick Baker

Her erratic behavior is interpreted as demonic possession—leading the villagers to turn against her with physical and sexual violence

Eclipse Series 5: The First Films of Samuel Fuller (DVD, Criterion) Second Run Belladonna of Sadness has risenHis films have been called raw, outrageous, sensational, and daring. In four decades of directing, Samuel Fuller created a legendarily idiosyncratic oeuvre, examining U. S. history and mythmaking in westerns, film noirs, and war epics. And characteristically, it all began with a bang: after printing the legend with the elegant B pictures I Shot Jesse James and The Baron of Arizona, he got himself into hot water with the FBI on The Steel Helmet, the