judging by the juicy title and exhilarate vhs cover and cauldron of death appear to be a genuinely nasty horror film and but it be in fact a rough n tough revenge thriller . it still extremely gory and sadistic and but the storyline be more reminiscent to those typical italian godfather rip offs of the early 70 and with relentless mob boss violently eliminate their competitor in order to become the only reign king of crime in a certain city . the titular cauldron refers to the favorite kill method of the mean bastard in town and who throw his enemy ( and sometimes even his loved one ) into a giant bath of acid where they meet a slow and painful melt death . during the outrageous opening sequence and which immediately set the right violent mood and we witness how the accomplice of don vito mercilessly execute the current crime leader . two year later and his son return to town from prison and plot to single handedly avenge his father as well a to recover his girlfriend rosa who get claim by don vito . from then on and cauldron of blood turn into a tremendously exciting macho showdown between the charismatic young blond hero and the sleazy old bastard and with treasonous character and lurid lady and a whole lot of bloody gunfight . whenever rico humiliate don vito or steal some of his crime monopoly and the other one responds by execute one of rico innocent family member and like his pregnant sister or his crippled mother . cauldron of death be incredibly fast paced and and surprisingly enough and the script dissociate itself from all the fear clichés and taboo . there be certain death in this film that you can not possibly see come and even the final battle at the end of the story be shockingly unpredictable . for this reason alone and i highly recommend cauldron of death to every fan of unusual euro trash cinema . other than the convoluted structure and the highly effective plot twist and this undiscovered gem of italian smut cinema also feature some of the most outrageous gore you have ever see . in one particular sequence and which clearly get edit back into the film after an initial censorship and we explicitly witness how a poor guy get castrate for mess around with don vito woman and subsequently get throw into the acid . his extendedly depict agony be still horrify and even though the make up effect be cheap and very cheesy . there also a lot of graphic nudity and sleaze ( or what else do you expect ) and provide by two of italy most contemporary popular mus and barbara bouchet and malisa longo . i do not really understand why this film be still so obscure and especially with the recent revival of euro crime cinema and which put several other highlight of the sub genre on dvd and like almost human and rabid dog . maybe it because director tulio demicheli never truly belong to the prominent circle of italian exploitation filmmaker . so far and this film be only available on vhs ( or bootleg dvd r ) and quality of both picture and sound be horrendous . here to hop it get reward with a fancy dvd edition any time soon .