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Written by Luis Bunuel, Jean Epstein Based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe Directed by Jean Epstein Starring Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy, Fournez-Goffard Released October 5, 1928 (France) RT 63 min. Home Video Amazon Video (streaming), YouTube Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) This time I know what version of a silent film I
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Written by Pierre Drouot & Harry Kumel Directed by Harry Kumel Starring Delphine Seyrig, John Karlen, Danielle Qoimet, Andrea Rau Released May 28, 1971 (New York City) RT 100 min. Home Video Blue Underground (DVD, Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 9 (out of 10) After reading and hearing about Daughters of Darkness (1971) for many years, I have now
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Written by Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou Based on characters created by Norbert Jacques Directed by Fritz Lang Starring Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gustav Diessl, Otto Wernicke, Oscar Beregi Sr., Wera Liessem Released April 12, 1933 (Paris, as Le Testament du Dr. Mabuse) RT 122 min. Home Video The Criterion Collection (DVD, Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) The Testament
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Written by Hanns Heinz Ewers Directed by Paul Wegener, Stellan Rye Starring Paul Wegener, Grete Berger, Lyda Salmonova, John Gottowt Released August 22, 1913 (Germany) RT 41 min. Home Video Alpha Home Entertainment (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) When watching silent movies, I don’t know that you can ever see one in an environment that
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Written by Lucile Laks Directed by Paolo Cavara Starring Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger, Barbara Bouchet, Barbara Bach, Giancarlo Prete Released August 12, 1971 (Italy) RT 98 min. (uncut) Home Video Blue Underground (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) As much gialli as I’ve watched lately (Don’t Torture a Duckling, The Suspicious Death of a Minor, The
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Written by Dario Argento Directed by Dario Argento Starring Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Umberto Raho Released February 27, 1980 (Milan) RT 96 min. (?) Home Video VCI Entertainment (DVD, Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Once again, I’m not sure exactly which version of a foreign movie I just watched. I’m
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Written by Allison Louise Downe Directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis Starring William Kerwin, Mal Arnold, Connie Mason, Lyn Bolton, Scott H. Hall Released July 6, 1963 (Peoria, IL) RT 67 min. Home Video Arrow Video Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) In a 1987 archival interview with Herschell Gordon Lewis on Arrow Video’s latest release of Blood
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Written by Sergio Corbucci, Giovanni Grimaldi Directed by Sergio Corbucci, Antonio Margheriti Starring Barbara Steele, Georges Riviere, Margrete Robsahm, Arturo Dominici, Silvano Tranquilli Released July 4, 1964 (Italy) RT 87 min. Home Video Synapse Films (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) With foreign films, you often have to specify which version you’re watching. For Castle of
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Written by Sergio Corbucci and Ennio De Concini and Eliana De Sabata Directed by Mario Bava Starring Leticia Roman, John Saxon, Valentina Cortese, Giovanni Di Benedetto, Dante DiPaolo Released Feb. 14, 1963 (Italy), May 20, 1964 (United States) RT 86 min. (Italy), 92 min. (United States) Home Video Anchor Bay (DVD), Shudder (streaming) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of
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Written by Nico Mastorakis Directed by Nico Mastorakis Starring Robert Behling, Jane Lyle RT 108 min. Home Video Arrow Video (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Island of Death (1976) is the kind of movie I don’t really want to tell anyone I watched. When you’re a horror fan, you see a lot of films
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