LA DONNA SCIMMIA (“The Monkey Woman”) Production: Italy, 1963 Director: Marco Ferreri Category: Freaks Based on the real-life story of “Gorilla Woman” Julia Pastrana (born Mexico 1832), a hypertrichosis (excessive body hair) sufferer whose corpse was mummified by husband/promotor Theodore Lent and toured around Europe in a glass coffin. Posted Continue Reading
THE VIPERS + 1
THE VIPERS Production: NL, 1955 Director: Shinkichi Tajiri Category: Experimental/Drugs A short, experimental film shot on 16mm by Tajiri – a Dutch-American sculptor of Japanese ancestry – which won a prize at Cannes for its innovations in the language of film. At around 9 minutes, The Vipers is an early trip Continue Reading
BOWANGA BOWANGA
BOWANGA BOWANGA Production: USA, 1951/54 Director: Norman Dawn Alternative titles: White Sirens Of Africa; Wild Women Category: Jungle Exploitation Posted by Neuro-Toxx A high-resolution download of the above image can be purchased from our Photo Archive.