8. Dead Aim (1971)
When you think you have seen them all, you stumble upon a film that might go straight into your alternative 20. Except that @Phil_H never will allow it to count, as it is listed on the SWDb as a Mexican western. Still it has an Italian connection, it is set in the south during the American civil war, and in my opinion spaghetti, pure, but perhaps not clean.
7,5/10
Wanted to watch this for a long time, your rating gave me the courage to do so.
Damn straight!
I’m a stickler from way back.
Cut Throats Nine 6/10
A chain gang of killers and rapists is getting transported in a wagon to a prison, but they face some difficulties such as extreme weather conditions and robbery on the way. Our man Robert Hundar - a sergeant - is the one leading them, oh by the way he brought his daughter with him aswell… I will not spoil too much but my hopes went down the drain when the Sergeant died, with that happening you just know that everything is going to get real bad…Anyway the prisoners die in somewhat of an episodic structure with a short flashback connected to murders they’ve committed in the past, so destiny in it self is the main protagonist here…Surrealistic atmosphere, some very cool scenes and a lot of gore but somewhere along the movie loses it’s potential in my opinion.
I started with Shoot, Gringo, Shoot but ridiculous costumes, Mexican fiestas and saloon brawling had me done after 30 minutes…Will try another time
I know. I’ll put it in my top 50 along with the other not admittables where you cannot get at it…
According to some commentaries in the forum thread this is one of the worst spaghettis ever made. That means: I can’t miss it.
What it is all about?
The main protagonist had by his side a ghost (of Davy Crockett) helping him to get through obstacles to accomplish their mission. Wow, what a great idea. Unfortunately, first thirty minutes are packed with fart jokes! Or better said diarrhea jokes. Unbelievable!
However…
It’s directed by Margheriti and cinematographed by Allesandro Ulloa and it shows in some scenes (ghost on a roof of train), plus soundtrack is also pretty neat. And then there’s something about the whole ghost premise, which I find very interesting and as the movie slowly abandons fart jokes there are actually several great scenes (for example Davy Crockett meeting other ghosts and talking animals). So, I enjoyed this quite a bit and it is certainly not the worst spagh I’ve seen, although comedy aspect is very uneven, so be prepared for some good jokes, but also cringey ones. 7/10
Dead Aim was on TV in the UK last night on a channel called Retro Movies. The print and sound quality was so lousy that I couldn’t stick with it.
Should really like to have a good quality copy of this one. A classic spagh and a modern film at the same time.
9. Four Candles for My Colt (1971)
Now, back in Esplugues City. The Golden Girls sign is still in place on the front of the saloon (it is changed towards the ending of the film, though). And some really golden girls here, celebrating a successful robbery together with the robbers. But look, who is the sheriff: Robert Woods. Not sure what happens then. The only interesting thing in this film is a black girl appearing from nowhere throughout the film serving drinks, much needed if you are going to sit through this one.
3/10
Day 8 of Spagvember and Day 5/Final Day of Sartana Week is Una Nuvola di Polvere…un Grido di Morte…Arriva Sartana! (A Cloud of Dust, a Cry of Death, Sartana’s Coming/Light the Fuse…Sartana is Coming)
No Room to Die 7/10
A revisit back to Garrone’s Hanging for Django did me good on a Saturday morning like this. I didn’t enjoy it much on my first viewing but definitely did now, guess I wasn’t in the mood the first time. Anthony Steffen does his usually thing and William Berger as a gunslinin preacher with a six-barreled shotgun is just cool as hell, a show stealer for sure. I will throw in Sartana in the valley of death in this years Spagvember-list, in honour of Mr. Berger. I watched the RARO Blu-Ray wich is excellent but decided to post a picture of this beautiful Australian tape that I found a picture of online instead, been drooling over these old SW tapes lately…
SPAGVEMBERFEST 2019: DAY 9
Four days into this year’s challenge, and I was already struggling. I’m fully turned around going into Day 9 though thanks to a sequence of better-than-expected efforts, and today I’m giving myself a nice big Steffen in the form of Seven Dollars on the Red (Cardone, 1966).
The Raro blu-ray is awful. Plasticity all the way. Got it myself 
The Raro dvd should be better. Hopefully someone else gives it a go at some time.
Looks like a DNR wax figure fest. Glad I opted for the DVD.
What exactly is terrible about it?
Well as Dean says the DNR applied on it is way over the top resulting in waxy-looking actors and an immense reduction in details. I was warned before buying but thought how bad can it be, and it’s very bad. The dvd should have more detail than the blu-ray which is sad. If you find the movies thread in here there are lots of people complaining. Or maybe it was in the blu-ray thread. I forget.
There were complaints about the first GBU bluray, I remember. I watched part of it in the library and decided not to buy it. Too much DNR yes. People didn’t look like they were made of plastic, but it didn’t look good at all
