The Hollow Spirit - 2025 - Greece

The Hollow Spirit - 2025 - 6/10

 
Manos made a deal, a pact, and there had been plenty of time to change course.
Only now his time has expired.  Payment is due.
He must fulfill the bargain.  Even then, he’ll only lose.
Greek short of death, faith and bitter agreements.

Glass Ceiling - 1971 - Spain

Glass Ceiling - 1971 - 6/10
AKA - El Techo de Cristal

 
“And I’m telling you, I’m hearing footsteps upstairs.  I think she killed her husband.”
Marta, like the other women in the dwelling, has too much time on her hands.
The weather is hot, sultry, their husbands or boyfriends absent, and they are mad with desire.
Marta suffers the worst, while both Julia and Rosa roam with abandon.
Steamy Spanish thriller touches on Giallo, but not quite.
Plenty of cake with an undercurrent that never loosens.
Then there is the smell.  Everyone comments on the stench.

Death Of A Killer - 1964 - France

Death Of A Killer - 1964 - 6/10
AKA - La Mort d'un Tueur

 
Released after five years in prison, Massa wants revenge.
Someone betrayed him, someone wanted him out of the way.
Luciano did so to steal Massa’s girl, Maria.
Who just happened to be Massa’s sister.
French Noir intercut with flashbacks, Underworld justice, the heist.
French Jazz might be too perky for purists, but it adds local flavor.
Imaginative locations throughout.
English subtitles = https://sub-scene.com/3364481

Evilside - 2025 - Finland

Evilside - 2025 - 6/10
AKA - Korvessa Kulkevi

 
High-schooler Aapo is devising a satanic themed LARP game.
Something goes awry, however, and he is found murdered.  Butchered corpse on his father’s sled.
Suspicion falls on Joanna, village outsider, rumored to be an acolyte of the devil.
Goth girl, artist of unsettling cataclysms, and apparently Aapo’s muse.
Mind you, there are suspects everywhere on the island.
The officer sent from Vantaa discovers resentments, accusations, and silence.
Brooding series from Finland wanders for four episodes, then dives down an ugly pit.
In some ways, a Twin Peaks locale, minus the Lodge and timeslips.