I knew there were some giallo'esque thrillers made in counties such as Greece in the 1970s, but this Turkish entry seems like a riot!:

Youtube clip *note*: probably not work safe!

Looks like a truly beserk 'take' on Martino's NEXT! (also with some, ahem, borrowed Morricone music). I hear that ASKA SUSAYANLAR SEKS VE CINAYET (THIRSTY FOR LOVE SEX AND MURDER) will be coming out on DVD sometime this month in Turkey.

I know, I know. I am so all over this.

ATTENTION: MONDO MACARBO!

Nice trailer, could be my first turkish movie. The DVD will be released by onarfilms.

I've got my copy on order. It looks like it has English subs.

According to the onarfilms website the DVD is now available.

Just heard from Bill Barounis at Onar who confirms that it is ready to ship after his long odyssey to get it ready.

He has gone through a never ending nightmare to get this released, trust me. Releasing stuff like that is incredibly hard when you don't have a steady crew of associates to take care of the technical stuff! Bill is going to release his TURKISH SUPERMAN disc very soon so be prepared!

Not just a 'take' on Martino's NEXT. It practically is NEXT with a Turkish cast. It almost seems as though the film's writer saw the film a couple times in the theater and scripted it from memory. Can anyone identify the cues? They sorta sound like Nicolai and Morricone.

The staging of many of the scenes is awkward but funny (the paper dress scene isn't as frenzied as it perhaps should have been). Were Turkish films shot full frame? There are times where it almost seems like a cropped print of NEXT! like the Video Gems release.

I just got this DVD and it's great. Of course, I have a soft spot in my heart for Turkish cinema. While I prefer the superhero flicks, this is a nice change of pace. THIRSTY FOR LOVE SEX AND MURDER is a direct remake of STRANGE VICE OF MRS. WARD. And while it doesn't hold a candle to the original, I found it oddly watchable. It clips along so rapidly that I wonder if I'd be able to follow it if I didn't know the original so well.

I haven't sat through the other film yet, but it looks like a nice, creepy black & white thriller with a slightly Italian gothic feel. Interesting that both films are so clearly influenced by Italian genre pics. I wonder be surprised if this film wasn't also a remake of some sort.

The interviews are fun. The subtitles disappear on occasion, but I was still able to follow. The best parts of these features are the numerous scenes from contemporary Turkish horror made in the past few years. Some of them look terrific.

Thanks again to Onar Films. Talk about a labor of love.

D.

The other film 'The Dead Don't Talk' is very, how you say 'Bava-esque'...A creepy meandering gothic tale, with a strange atmosphere, its totally kooky and the soundtrack is a mish mash of different sources. The editing must have been done under the influence of something or oither!

These films rock!

Has anyone identified the score to THIRSTY yet? It sounds like a Morricone giallo score, but I can't place it. I'd swear it was just a good imitation, but I have yet to see a Turkish movie that didn't crib its music from another movie. It makes me wonder why they didn't just lift the music from Martino's original. Not available I guess?

I also wonder what authentic examples of gialli may have played theatres in Turkey.

D.