SPAGVEMBERFEST 2017 - THE KILLER CALIBRE 30: DAY 28
Going for one of the greatest Spags outside of the “Sergios” today, bringing together (and then tearing asunder) titans Lee Van Cleef and Giuliano Gemma in Day of Anger (Valerii, 1967) .
RASS 3
If You Want to Live… Shoot! (Garrone / 1968)
A nice mid range spag this one. Looking back at my response a few years ago it seems I am again more forgiving these days. The horses in boxes named after their previous gunslinger owners, all from previous spaghettis, is a nice touch and all the cast deliver well. I described this as a lesser Garrone before (faint praise indeed) but actually I would consider this a decent effort from the 4th Sergio now.
I liked his brother’s performance too.
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*28. Tessari: Alive or Preferably Dead
-Film I’d like to like more. I think it has some good combination of action and comedy. Gemma is in top form making some spectacular stunts and Sydne Rome is really hot. But the story just doesn’t seem to know where to go and it’s too episodic. Too bad because it has potential to be better. 6/10
Btw, I had not noticed that joke about Man With No Name before.
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26. A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
This one holds it ground in my alternative 20. Could have done with a little more low tuned acting from the lead man and little more low tuned score though.
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I’m way behind, overloaded with work but managed to watch some.
20. JOHNNY YUMA (1966)
For me this is Mark Damon’s best S.Western. He looks good in this and it’s well made and Rosalba Neri she’s just stunning.
21.MASSACRE TIME (1966)
Good gritty S.Western from Lucio Fulci that doesn’t disappoint. Franco Nero and George Hilton are very effective as brothers who must face a sadistic madman in this unusual but entertaining Spagh.
22. THE RUTHLESS FOUR (1968)
Remember the first time I watched it i didn’t care for it, but re-watching this one again made me realize how good of a S.Western this is and now it’s one of my favorites. Greed is the name of the game in this slow burn Spagh but it manages to entertain nevertheless with a great cast.
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27. Why Go on Killing?
“One more bullet left friend, to put between your eyes.”
No, amigo, you have already fired six rounds. But what the heck, when Steffen can fire seven in his last dive and roll, isn’t it only fair that Berti should have seven too? But why go on killing when you have an empty gun?
28. Fury of Johnny Kid
These two have some similarities plotwise. Watched them back to back, and I think it’s hard to say which is the better. The latter is probably more well made, and it has this terrific ending, but all in all it seems I like the first one more.
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RASS 4
Cowards Don’t Pray (Siciliano / 1968)
Rassimov shares the lead with Gianni Garko here and most people probably remember it as more Garko’s film but Rassimov is the hero and has equal screen time even if GG gets top billing.
A psychological drama with revenge themes this one is stylishly made and visually interesting throughout. Played with a heavy brush but enjoyable for all that. A pleasant re-visit for me.
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*29. Caiano: Ringo, The Face Of Revenge
-Treasure hunt western with good cast, Frank Wolff and Eduardo Fajardo along with Steffen. Fajardo is especially good here, it’s refreshing to see him playing something else than evil army officer for a while. Not a great one but pretty good. 6/10
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SPAGVEMBERFEST 2017 - THE KILLER CALIBRE 30: DAY 29
My penultimate movie for Spagvember brings the fantastic Tatsuya Nakadai into the Spag fold where he excels as the sadistic Elfego in Today it’s Me… Tomorrow it’s You! (Cervi, 1968), my favourite of the men-on-a-mission spags.
Last day tomorrow! 
SPAGVEMBERFEST 2017 - THE KILLER CALIBRE 30: DAY 30
What? Finished, already?? No! But I LOVE the constant… well, spaghettiness of Spagvember. Whenever December rolls around, it always feels as though there’s a void where my spag-of-the-day should’ve been. Like, an eerie quiet. Like a great silence…
Well, with the cold weather just starting to bite hard here in “wonderful” (ie “f*cking dreadful”) Pitsea it seems apt to welcome the Winter with the winteriest spag: The Great Silence (Corbucci, 1968), officially designated by this very site as the greatest spag not made by Sergio Leone. When I first saw TGS I have to say it left me rather cold (Ba-dum! Tish!) but, like most true greats, it seems to improve every time I see it. It’s a tremendous way to see off my SpagvemberFest 2017, which will also be the first Spagvember I’ve managed to complete 100%.
29. Death Sentence
Is this Cash another ghost avenger, like in The Stranger’s Gundown ? Really like this film, but as others I have some serious trouble stomaching the last part. And how can our guy ride out leaving the blonde in the middle of nowhere without a horse? Shame on him!
One to go, but the night is still young!
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Wed 1 - The Big Gundown
Thu 2 - The Return of Ringo
Fri 3 - Death Rides a Horse
Sat 4 - Sabata + Taste of Death
Sun 5 - A Bullet For the General + Garringo
Mon 6 - Death Sentence
Tue 7 - Bandidos
Wed 8 - The Mercenary
Thu 9 - Companeros
Fri 10 - Mannaja
Sat 11 - The Savage Pampas + Ringo Kill
Sun 12 - Django + Matalo
Mon 13 - Django Kill… If You Live, Shoot
Tue 14 - W Django
Wed 15 - Requiescant
Thu 16 - Four of the Apocalypse
Fri 17 - If You Meet Sartana, Pray For Your Death
Sat 18 - I am Sartana, Your Angel of Death + Shoot the Living, Pray For the Dead
Sun 19 - Have a Good Funeral My Friend… Sartana Will Pay + A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die
Mon 20 - Man, Pride and Vengeance
Tue 21 - Navajo Joe
Wed 22 - 10,000 Dollars For a Massacre
Thu 23 - Cemetery Without Crosses
Fri 24 - A Fistful of Dollars
Sat 25 - For a Few Dollars More + Kill Them All and Come Back Alone
Sun 26 - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly + Johnny Hamlet
Mon 27 - Keoma
Tue 28 - Day of Anger
Wed 29 - Today it’s Me… Tomorrow it’s You!
Thu 30 - The Great Silence
That was a quality month’s viewing, right there.
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Seems you managed to complete 126,67 % 
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Fantastic! Gives me a head start on next year. 
The quote is the first post of this thread November 2015. Not only a mental endeavor, a mental cleansing as well. To prevent abstinence I plan to read the whole thread this weekend from the first to the last post. A lot of interesting stuff here that will not be found under the films’ threads, I believe.
But Phil, how, when and where did this thing (that some people with no insight in European culture in the sixties and seventies whatsoever might think not entirely sane) start out?
You’re as far ahead as Samantha Fox!
I invented it.
I did it on my own in 2014 as something to do in between a 31-day Halloween movie challenge and a 31-day Christmas movie challenge, but a few posters fancied the idea of doing it too the following year so I named it “SpagvemberFest” in 2015 and Phil - moderating at that time - thought the endeavour deserved a thread of its own, so here we are.
*30. Leone: Fisful of Dollars
-I made it! I started with Man, Pride and Vengeance but I was too tired and switched it to this more familiar film. 9/10
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Summary of 2017
- Corbucci: Shoot, Gringo, Shoot 7/10
- Martino: Arizona Colt Returns 6/10
- Fidani: A Barrel Full of Dollars 6/10
- Cardone: 7 Dollars on the Red 7/10
- Román & Bava: Nebraska Jim 5/10
- Mulargia: Cjamango 5/10
- Brass: Yankee 8/10
- Tessari: Pistol for Ringo 8/10
- Caiano: A Train for Durango 7/10
- Tessari: Return of Ringo 8/10
- Brescia: Day of Violence 5/10
- Savona: Killer Kid 5/10
- Cicero: Time of Vultures 7/10
- Lucidi: Pecos Cleans Up 4/10
- Mulargia: Shango 6/10
- Petroni: And For a Roof a Sky Full of Stars 7/10
- Bava: Roy Colt and Winchester Jack 5/10
- Puccini: Fury of Johnny Kid 7/10
- Palli: The Price of Death 6/10
- Castellari: Johnny Hamlet 7/10
- Zurli: Thompson 1880 5/10
- Bergonzelli: Hands Up Dead Man! You’re Under Arrest 5/10
- Bava: The Road to Fort Alamo 4/10
- Marchent: Two Crosses at Danger Pass 6/10
- Tessari: Don’t Turn the Other Cheek 6/10
- Corbucci: The White, the Yellow, and the Black 3/10
- Bianchi: Fasthand is Still My Name 5/10
- Tessari: Alive or Preferably Dead 6/10
- Caiano: Ringo, The Face Of Revenge 6/10
- Leone: Fisful of Dollars 9/10
Pretty good selection this year. My aim was to watch only Koch Media dvd’s but after 23 films I just started to pick random titles from the shelf. I didn’t plan it but I ended up watching 4 Tessari films, some Gemma and quite many Steffen (though not even close to the Phil’s Herculean effort).
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