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Down to the Cellar / Do pivnice (1983)
Down to the Cellar is a short film from Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer that I’ve grown fond of. I remember feeling a little underwhelmed when I first watched it, but it stayed with me, for some reason,...
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The Other Side of the Mirror / Al otro lado del espejo (1973)
Jess Franco could film movies faster than I can write reviews for them. His films can sometimes have an overwhelming low quality feel to them, making them difficult to digest for the majority. The...
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Lady Frankenstein (1971)
Lightning, angry mobs, grave robbing, and a criminal’s brain, like so many Frankenstein offshoots / spinoffs / parodies, Lady Frankenstein owes more to James Whale’s classic 1931 horror film than Mary...
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Chicks with Candles (Tumblr Page)
My good friend, and fan of this site, Terence, has a cool Eurocult Tumblr I just found out about yesterday, Chicks with Candles! Not only does it live up to its title, celebrating the beloved gothic...
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Announcing the Second Annual Gore-a-thon
“Do you hear the clarion call? It’s calling out to one and all.” –FalconerThe horror blogging clarion call sounds again! That’s right; it’s almost time for Blood Sucking Geek’s second annual Ultimate...
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The Wax Mask / M.D.C. – Maschera di cera (1997)
The last film Lucio Fulci ever worked on, The Wax Mask,was supposed to have been the grand collaboration between Fulci and Dario Argento, had it not been for Fulci’s tragic death some few weeks before...
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Les gloutonnes (1973)
With the French productions The Lustful Amazons (1973) and Les gloutonnes, Jess Franco wrote and directed two brazenly erotic takes on Italy’s own Hercules counterpart Maciste, a recurring cinematic...
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Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)
Now, I know what you’re thinking: “oh no, he’s reviewing another freaking giallo again,” but this isn’t just another giallo. Short Night of Glass Dolls, Aldo Lado’s directorial debut, is actually...
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The Monster of the Opera / Il mostro dell’opera (1964)
Il mostro dell’opera is not quite what you’d call an adaptation but more an experimental variation of The Phantom of the Opera. But it’s unlikely that viewers will come to this side of Eurocult...
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The Dracula Saga (1973)
Count Dracula seems to have a habit of always being reborn, both within the stories themselves as well as in different incarnations across the board of entertainment media. He’s become so synonymous...
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The Devil of Kreuzberg (2015)
It’s always been interesting to get to know fellow film bloggers through their writing or vlogs. You come across a lot of great writers with a mutual passion for European genre and horror movies, yet...
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Spasmo (1974)
I know now that it’s Italian for ‘spasm’ (or a name giallo fans might give their pets), but when I first watched this film’s delirious trailer, I remember thinking: “who or what is Spasmo?” and after I...
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Marta (1971)
Austrian actor Marisa Mell (born Marlies Theres Moitzi) is remembered by most as a sexy ‘60s cult icon, particularly as Diabolik’s girlfriend/partner-in-crime, Eva, in Mario Bava’s comic adaptation...
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Adrift / Touha zvaná Anada (1971)
Adrift was one of the last, if not the last, Czechoslovak New Wave films before the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Filming was actually interrupted by the invasion, with a military bridge...
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Ten Films That Describe My Aesthetic
Terence from Chicks with Candles has tagged me to “list ten films that describe my aesthetic.” I believe this is a Tumblr game that has leaked into Blogger in my case. Before me, Terence was tagged by...
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Blow Job – un soffio erotico (1980)
Not to be confused with Andy Warhol’sBlow Job (1963), Alberto Cavallone’sBlow Job is a witchy Italian horror film with a fairly meagre start that escalates into a reality transcending experience that...
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Horror Rises from the Tomb (1973)
I first saw Horror Rises from the Tomb many years ago (around 2003) as part of a four movie bargain set of zombie movies, and my initial thoughts were, “too slow and not enough zombies.” I had no idea...
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Night of 1,000 Sexes / Mil sexos tiene la noche (1984)
Despite there being a finite number of Jess Franco films, it virtually feels like I won’t ever run out of Francomovies to choose from, since there are so many (over 200) and from many different eras...
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S & M: Les Sadiques (2016)
It seems like only yesterday when we were checking out The Devil of Kreuzberg (2015), a respectably accomplished modern gothic horror film directed by Alexander Bakshaev that’s gotten a lot of due...
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Something Creeping in the Dark / Qualcosa striscia nel buio (1971)
Mario Colucci’sSomething Creeping in the Dark has been off the radar for a long time. I didn't even know about it until recently, and this is the kind of stuff I live for. This might be because it is...
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