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Macumba Sexual (1983)
For me, going back to Macumba Sexual is going back to my Jess Franco origins, as it was the second Jess Franco film I ever saw, the first being Mansion of the Living Dead (1982). I came across both...
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Assignment Terror / Los monstruos del terror (1970)
Halloween always gets me in the mood for the classic Universal monsters, so I thought I would revisit a Spanish monster mash-up (done in the vein of Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943) and House of...
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Justine (2016)
“Justine, your prison was my kingdom come.” -Virgin Steele Were it not for Jess Franco, I probably would not have had even a passing interest in the writings of eighteenth century troublemaker Marquis...
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Devil in the Flesh / Venus in Furs (1969)
“Have you heard about the lonesome loser, beaten by the Queen of Hearts every time?” -Little River Band The book by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Venus in Furs (1870) is a great inspiration to those of us...
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A Candle for the Devil / Una vela para el diablo (1973)
“The pleasures I tried to deprive myself of assailed my mind more ardently…” –Madame de Saint-Ange (Marquis de Sade)I feel like A Candle for the Devil (aka It Happened at Nightmare Inn) from Spanish...
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Emanuelle and Joanna / Il mondo porno di due sorelle (1979)
So, here we are, nearly ten years in to writing for this site, and it would look like I’m finally getting around to covering an Emmanuellemovie… Well, not quite… In fact, Emanuelle and Joanna seems to...
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Blood and Roses / Et mourir de plaisir (1960)
“Roses always fade in a Vampire’s hand.”-Carmilla (Annette Stroyberg) I’ve always loved the supernatural femme fatale Carmilla since I was first introduced to her in Vicente Aranda’sThe Blood Spattered...
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Vampyros Lesbos (1971)
There’s no other experience quite like Jess Franco’sVampyros Lesbos, or even the alternate clothed Spanish version Las Vampiras. I recall coming across the DVD of this film on the shelf in the...
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Zeder / Revenge of the Dead (1983)
Pupi Avati’sZeder has been an odd enigma of an Italian horror film to me. I’m not really sure what it is trying to do, but its mystique and mismatched place in the genre are part of what make it...
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Demons 5: The Devil's Veil / La maschera del demonio (1989)
Lamberto Bava’s made for television Demons 5: The Devil’s Veil really took me by surprise when I first saw it. Historically, it’s been pretty rare, so, years ago, when a friend pointed out to me that...
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Nude for Satan / Nuda per Satana (1974)
“Think of nothing but the fact that you are marrying me, and are promising to love and obey me forever, past death, into eternity!” – Vincent, Lord Satan (Louisa Bronte)A movie called Nude for...
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Justine and the Whip (1979)
Around the late ‘70s, Joe D’Amato got his paws on three Jess Franco films and, with editing help from Bruno Mattei, combined separate footage from each film into a single film called Justine and the...
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The Devil’s Lover / L’amante del demonio (1972)
“Now I have you with me, under my power. Our love grows stronger now with every hour. Look into my eyes, you will see who I am. My name is Lucifer, please take my hand.” – Black Sabbath When Satan...
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Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll / Los ojos azules de la muñeca rota (1974)
The sadistic and awesome poster art is certainly deceptive, but the US title House of Psychotic Women isn’t too far off. Perhaps it should be, ‘house of sisters who probably should learn to communicate...
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Marquis (1989)
“Only Marquis’ literature can give me a taste for living.” –Justine (Isabelle Wolfe) Marquis is quite the creation. I never knew of its existence until recently. It’s a little like the movie...
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Bloody Pit of Horror / Il boia scarlatto (1965)
Fun is only partially the name of the game with a film like Bloody Pit of Horror. With its comic book style influence, there’s lots of fun to be had, but it’s got a mean side too, as sadism is also the...
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Zelda (1974)
“You came to watch this movie just to see two naked women… You have a colonialist mentality.” – Alberto Cavallone on the ending to Le salamandre* “I would like, as I said, for the lover’s place to be...
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The Witches Mountain / El monte de las brujas (1973)
Cover art by Justin Coffee “A woman will sometimes forgive the man who tries to seduce her, but never the man who misses an opportunity when offered.” – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand I’m hoping that in...
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Death Falls Lightly / La morte scende leggera (1972)
“When analyzed with any degree of honesty, jealous behavior appears, in reality, neither as a duty nor a right, but as a shabby dross of our obsession with possessing.” – Emmanuelle Arsan– L’hypothese...
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Night of the Damned / La notte dei dannati (1971)
“Thank Heaven! The crisis / The danger is past, and the lingering illness, is over at last /, and the fever called “Living” is conquered at last.” Edgar Allan Poe Horror films are more traditionally...
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The Unnaturals / Schreie in der Nacht (1969)
When poring over the impressively diverse range of genre films from Antonio Margheriti, I realize there’s still a lot more I need to see. I have more blind spots here than I care to admit. I plan on...
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Shadow of Illusion / Ombre roventi (1970)
“I understand those who want to live against this century, but I fear those who believe they can live outside of it.”– Emmanuelle Arsan– Mon Emmanuelle, leur pape et mon Eros Cults erect out of myth....
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La lunga notte di Veronique / But You Were Dead (1966)
“There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste for emotions of recognition.” – Henry James Even with its familiar look (that darkly romantic title and poster art...
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Diabolicamente... Letizia / Sex, Demons and Death (1975)
“The oppressed have assimilated their fate so well that they become indignant if we offer them a less repressed sexual future.” – Emmanuelle Arsan– Mon Emmanuelle, leur pape et mon Eros The name...
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Diary of an Erotic Murderess / La encadenada (1975)
Let’s keep the femme fatale thrillers rolling with the penultimate movie as director for Spanish filmmaker Manuel Mur Oti, Diary of an Erotic Murderess, starring Marisa Mell in the lead role as a...
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