We take every opportunity we can to show you the work of Renato Casaro, even when it’s used to promote a movie as bad as Carogne si nasce. Casaro painted a lot of spaghetti western posters but this one is a bit more intense than most. There’s a reason for that—the character he painted was intense. The movie is known in English as Cry of Death, and it deals with conflict that erupts between squatters and ranchers in fictional Houstonville, Texas, and the marshal—Glenn Saxson—who first tries to stay out of it, but later chooses a side when he realizes that inside the land rights struggle is a deeper problem regarding someone’s secret past and corruption amongst the town bigwigs.
This is one cheap-ass movie. The budget is exemplified by a barroom brawl during which a character is shoved through a cardboard wall. Every castmember is a b-level actor at best. And the script—don’t even bring up the script. It’s like it was accidentally shot full of holes during one of the gunfights. But we’ll give this cheeseball movie one thing—the main bad guy is amazing. He’s played by ex-bodybuilder Gordon Mitchell, and he looks like a demon wearing bronzer. Spaghetti western producers were good at casting villains, and Mitchell fits the tradition with a capital V. Otherwise, this flick—even with its final act twist—is nowheresville. Carogne si nasce premiered in Italy today in 1968
That’s right. I’m the bad guy. You never guessed, did you?
I’m pure evil, but I can smile winningly. See?
Though I’m from hell and consume only souls, I can mimic human rituals such as drinking beer.
But I don’t mimic swallowing it. My master should serve this pisswater to the thirsty wretches in his realm.
