PSYCHIC VISION JAGANREI (“Psychic Vision: Evil Eye Ghost”) Production: Japan, 1988 Director: Ishii Teruyoshi Category: Horror This 49-minute independent video production is often cited as the precursor of J-Horror, the genre which flourished in the 1990s and produced films such as Joyu-Rei, Ringu, Ju-On, and Kyua. Shot in a fake documentary Continue Reading
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NIGHT OF THE EAGLE
NIGHT OF THE EAGLE Production: UK, 1962 Director: Sidney Hayers US release title: Burn, Witch, Burn Category: Horror/Witchcraft Male lead Peter Wyngarde went on to achieve cult status due to his role as florid secret agent Jason King in Monty Berman’s camp British televison series Department S (1969-70) and its subsequent spin-off, simply entitled Continue Reading
THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES
THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES Production: UK, 1971 Director: Robert Fuest Category: Horror Fuest cut his teeth on classic cult TV series The Avengers, directing such outstanding episodes as “Game”, “The Rotters”, and “They Keep Killing Steed”. Dr. Phibes is filled with similar flourishes of camp and the bizarre, utilising Vincent Price to Continue Reading
YOKAI HYAKU MONOGATARI
YOKAI HYAKU MONOGATARI (“100 Monster Stories”) Production: Japan, 1968 Director: Yasuda Kimiyoshi Category: Horror One of the most bizarre Japanese films of the 60s, as a temple comes under siege by all the misshapen yokai (monsters) of Hell. The demons range from cute (one-eyed, one-legged umbrella-style prostitute monsters with 12-inch Continue Reading
POSSESSION
POSSESSION Production: France/Germany, 1981 Director: Andrej Zulawski Category: Horror Zulawski’s inexplicable, apocalyptic “fairytale for adults” features the ultimate screen portrayal of female madness by Isabelle Adjani as a disturbed young woman who gives birth to a squamous, octopoid creature and goes on to copulate with it; the film also resonates Continue Reading
LA MARCA DEL HOMBRE LOBO
LA MARCA DEL HOMBRE LOBO (“The Mark Of The Werewolf”) Production: Spain/Germany, 1968 Director: Enrique López Eguiluz US release title: Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror Category: Horror Posted by Moonchild Zero
EIN TOTER HING IM NETZ
EIN TOTER HING IM NETZ (“A Corpse Hangs In The Web”) Production: Germany, 1960 Director: Fritz Böttger US release title: Horrors Of Spider Island Category: Horror/Island Exploitation Posted by Graf Mitternacht
THE UNKNOWN TERROR
THE UNKNOWN TERROR Production: USA, 1957 Director: Charles Marquis Warren Category: Horror Posted by Moonchild Zero
SHE DEMONS
SHE DEMONS Production: USA, 1958 Director: Richard E. Cunha Category: Horror/Science Fiction One of the first in the cycle of “Nazi-SF’ movies that surfaced in the 50s and 60s, concerning a deranged SS war criminal on a remote island who turns a group of bikini-clad females into disfigured monsters in Continue Reading
UHAW NA DAGAT
UHAW NA DAGAT (“Evaporated Sea”) Production: Philippines, 1981 Director: Celso Ad. CastilloCategory: Island Exploitation/Freaks The most bizarre of all the films made by “alternative cinema” director Castillo, set on a remote tropical island where three sisters live. This paradise slowly turns to nightmare with the advent of various intruders, most notably Continue Reading