Crimson (1973)

Dir: Juan Fortny

Some movies, especially nowadays, go out of their way to be weird or outlandish. Others, without even trying, are just genuinely weird. This old Paul Naschy turkey (recently re-released on budget DVD under the name, "The Man With The Severed Head") definitely falls into the latter category. The omnipresent hombre lobo plays a criminal who gets shot in the head by police when escaping from a heist gone wrong. The only way for his loyal gang members to save him is to blackmail a mad scientist into performing an experimental brain transplant with a rival gang leader called 'The Sadist' (whom they dispose of by shooting, before decapitating him under a train and stealing his head!). What makes "Crimson" REALLY weird though is the multitude of inappropriately surreal interludes (the 'vulcan ballet' scene in particular), the campy Russ Meyer style dialogue, the hysterically awful dubbing (everyone sounds squeaky and out of breath) and the incoherent final reel, which involves Naschy running around the countryside with what appears to be a giant nappy on his head, grunting and touching up fully clothed girls. Hilariously awful stuff and, unsurprisingly, one of Quentin Tarantino's favourite movies. EL BOMBA!