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Take note of the name Mike Malloy.  You’ll be hear­ing a lot about this ris­ing young film­maker in the months to come at Schlockmania.  He’s the direc­tor and dri­ving force behind a new doc­u­men­tary called Eurocrime!, an exten­sive his­tory of the Italian cop and crime films that were a fix­ture of that country’s cin­e­matic out­put through­out the 1970’s.  He’s worked on it for four years and is get­ting close to wrap­ping the post-production on this hotly-anticipated item.

As he applies the fin­ish­ing touches to his doc­u­men­tary, Malloy has also begun to put together what he calls “promo foolarounds” for the film.  These are essen­tially fun mon­tages of stock visual devices used in Italian crime films.  With his per­mis­sion, Schlockmania is proud to present the first of these foolarounds: it’s enti­tled “They’re Coming!” and is a mon­tage of the “guys get out of a car at the same time” scenes that you see so fre­quently in these films.  Check it out…

Schlockmania will keep you updated as more details arise about the com­ple­tion and dis­tri­b­u­tion of Eurocrime! (espe­cially the addi­tional promo foolarounds com­ing down the pike).  That’s not all you’ll be hear­ing from Malloy: he also served as asso­ciate pro­ducer and cast mem­ber on The Scarlet Worm, a mod­ern take on the Spaghetti Western that will be hit­ting DVD and blu-ray soon.  Expect film and disc reviews soon for that film: Your Humble Reviewer got to pre­view it recently and it’s a delight­fully gritty throw­back to the blood-drenched 1970’s era of west­ern filmmaking.

Until then, this entry will wind down with an early trailer for Eurocrime! that high­lights all the new inter­views that were shot for it…