r/UncleAcid

What with there only being so many albums I thought I'd create a master list of films that scratch that Uncle Acid itch. This is mainly films that have direct influence or parallels in their work or are within the same genre and fit the aesthetic. Feel free to comment any reccomendations and I'll try to continually update the list.

Psychomania - 1970's bikersploitation movie about a biker leader with a family of Satanists who gain immortality through suicide. Great 70's soundtrack (love that pipe organ), not really a horror as its billed but it has a great sense of black humour

Witchfinder General - Vincent Price as the titular and historic Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins, honestly you could put this on and play Bloodlust in the background and have a pretty good time, very much informed that album story wise

Don't Torture A Duckling - For my money the best Giallo film and while it didn't really inform much of Nell Ora Blu I still think its worth watching for its own merits

Blood and Black Lace - One of the most famous giallos about a string of murders in a fashion house. Features a great jazzy score that you definitely see bits and pieces of in tracks like Il gatto morto

*Last House on the Left* - An exceptionally bleak video nasty from director Wes Craven of Nightmare on Elm Street fame, it doesn't really reflect any particular album but the aesthetic of it, with its sleazy 70's exploitation vibe, is definitely a vibe if you're looking for something Uncle Acid-esque, that being said its not for the faint of heart

Mark of the Devil* - Another movie about Witchdinder Generals, most notable for the Bloodlust album being a direct copy of this movie's poster

The works of Dario Argento - While not one film stands out his contributions to Giallo as a genre can't be measured, so see; Deep Red, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Phenomena, Tenebrae and of course Suspiria, which I list more for the influence of Goblin's soundtrack to Uncle Acid more than anything

Something I adore about Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, and always have, is how every album (after Volume 1) tells its own story and kind of develops, in my head at least, into these almost black-and-white, perhaps early 80s horror movie tropes.

Blood Lust: a Witch Hunter persues an innocent witch, eventually burning her and she casts a curse.

Mind Control: A mysterious saviour comes down from Mount Abraxas and esrablishes a cult (we can assume is the Abraxas Corp).

The Night Creeper: A story about a murderer that the newspapers are obsessed about.

Wasteland: a story about post apocalyptic, dystopian earth where everything is controlled, people fear each other, and everything's really Orwellian.

I dont even need to comment on Nell' Ora Blu.

Does anyone have any input here? I'm really interested on knowing how many others know this and what people imagine and feel about it!