The War at Home (1979)

 The War at Home (1979)

There are a number of films out on the anti-war movement. Some, like the recent 'Weather Underground' never really explain the historical context or the protester's politics, but just stay at the surface of personality and sensational subject matter. Others, like Berkeley in the Sixties, take a completely nostalgic view, embalming leftist politics as something cool boomers did in a now inaccessible past when they were crazy kids. The War at Home, though fills in the background, takes the politics seriously, and imagines that it might be actually worth something to the viewer. While the film is focused on events in Madison, WI, it's interest is by no means limited to folks with experience of that time or place. It's very effective microcosm of the larger movement. While the film has a fairly conventional talking-head-and-archival-clip form, it's well made and engaging. It also has no pretense to 'objectivity,' which is a good thing. A number of observers trace the decline of the anti-war movement to a turn towards violence that alienated more moderate folks who were beginning to question the war after Tet. the first signal event in this supposed turn toward the dark side was a bombing on the University of Wisconsin campus, which becomes the central event in this film. A grad student in science was killed in the blast, and there was great hue and cry that anyone would set off a bomb amidst the seat of higher learning. However, rather than simply casting the bombers as villains, the film seeks to understand their actions, and ultimately sympathizes with them. Rarely do we ever see this -- political radicalism treated as human and comprehensible -- and for presenting the side of the argument we never hear otherwise, The War at Home is a valuable and all too rare document. 

(djtet IMDB)

Naked Vengeance (1985)

 Naked Vengeance (1985)

Carla Harris, a beautiful but not so successful actress from L.A., 

witnesses how her husband is tragically killed in an attempt to 

save a woman from her male attacker. She travels to her parents' 

home in a small town in the mountains to get some rest only to be 

repeatedly harassed by redneck locals and a teenager. The local 

sheriff refuses to help and so it all ends up in a gang rape and 

with Carla's parents shot dead. Carla survives and escapes from the 

mental hospital to seek bloody revenge. 

Because of the Cats (1973)

 Because of the Cats (1973)

A gang of six wealthy, well-dressed and well-spoken hoodlums 

break into a married couple's house and rape the wife while 

forcing the husband to watch. Thus begins a dogged investigation 

by a determined detective who quickly finds that their cult-like 

solidarity can be a serious obstacle to breaking them. 

(Brian J. Wright IMDB)

The Mummy's Hand (1940)

 The Mummy's Hand (1940)

An ancient mummy is revived to destroy those that would 

invade the 3,000 year old tomb of an Egyptian princess. 

Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält aka Mark of the Devil (1970)

 Udo Kier is a witch hunter apprentice to Herbert Lom. He believes strongly in his mentor and the ways of the church but loses faith when he catches Lom strangling Reggie Nalder to death for calling him impotent. Kier begins to see for himself that the witch trials are nothing but a scam of the church to rob people of their land, money, and other personal belongings of value and seduce beautiful big breasted women. Eventually, the townspeople revolt, Herbert Lom escapes but poor Udo is captured by the towns people. This film contains very strong graphic torture including a women's tongue being ripped out of her head,nuns being raped(in the opening credits), and lots of beatings.