Category: Occult Age
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The Night of the Sorcerers (1974)
Next off my stack of unwrapped, unwatched movies… Written by Amando de Ossorio Directed by Amando de Ossorio Starring Simon Andreu, Kali Hansa, Maria Kosty, Loretta Tovar Released December 16, 1974 (Spain) RT 85 min. Home Video Scream Factory (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) WHY I’VE NEVER SEEN IT I don’t believe I’d…
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The Baby (1973)
Written by Abe Polsky Directed by Ted Post Starring Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman, Marianna Hill, Susanne Zenor, Beatrice Manley, David Mooney Released March, 1973 RT 84 min. Home Video Arrow Video (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 5 (out of 10) Watching The Baby (1973) has left me in a rare state: I don’t know what to say. If I thought there…
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Magic (1978)
Written by William Goldman Directed by Richard Attenborough Starring Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Ed Lauter Released November 8, 1978 RT 107 min. Home Video Dark Sky Films (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 9 (out of 10) “Abracadabra, I sit on his knee. Presto, change-o, and now he’s me! Hocus Pocus, we take her to bed. Magic is fun…when…
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Horrors of Malformed Men (1969) & The Pyjama Girl Case (1977)
Horrors of Malformed Men (1969) Written by Teruo Ishii & Masahiro Based on the novel by Rampo Edogawa Directed by Teruo Ishii Starring Teruo Yoshida, Yukie Kagawa, Teruko Yumi, Mitsuko Aoi, Michiko Kobata Released October 31, 1969 (Japan) RT 99 min. Home Video Arrow Video (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Several times during the first…
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The Devil’s Rain (1975)
Written by Gabe Essoe & James Ashton and Gerald Hopman Directed by Robert Fuest Starring Ernest Borgnine, Eddie Albert, Ida Lupino, William Shatner, Keenan Wynn, Tom Skerritt, Joan Prather, John Travolta Released July, 1975 RT 86 min. Home Video Severin Films (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) At some point in the mid-1970s, my memories of…
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Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
Written by David D. Osborn (original screen story), Robert Blees and Jimmy Sangster (screenplay), Gavin Lambert (additional dialogue) Directed by Curtis Harrington Starring Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks, Ralph Richardson, Lionel Jeffries Released March 15, 1972 (New York City) RT 91 min. Home Video Kino Lorber (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Nearly ¼ of the…
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What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)
Written by Massimo Dallamano, Ettore Sanzo Directed by Massimo Dallamano Starring Giovanna Ralli, Claudio Cassinelli, Mario Adorf, Franco Fabrizi, Farley Granger, Marina Berti Released August 10, 1974 (Italy) RT 96 min. Home Video Arrow Video (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) My education in Eurofilm continues with my first poliziotteschi, What Have They Done to Your Daughters?…
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The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail (1971)
Written by Eduardo Manzano, Ernesto Gastaldi, Sauro Scavolini Directed by Sergio Martino Starring George Hilton, Anita Strindberg, Alberto de Mendoza, Ida Galli, Luigi Pistilli Released August 16, 1971 (Italy) RT 90 min. Home Video Arrow Video (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) If The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail (1971) is truly considered a giallo, then it’s the…
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The Grapes of Death (1978)
Written by Jean Rollin & Christian Meunier Directed by Jean Rollin Starring Marie-Georges Pascal, Felix Marten Released July 5, 1978 (France) RT 85 min. Home Video Redemption (multi-format) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Don’t take away my Euro Horror-cred card, but The Grapes of Death (1978) is the first Jean Rollin film that I’ve seen, and…
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Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)
Written by Narciso Ibanez Serrador Based on the novel El juego de los ninos (The Children’s Game) by Juan Jose Plans Directed by Narciso Ibanez Serrador Starring Lewis Flander, Prunella Ransome, Antonio Iranzo Released April 26, 1976 (Spain) RT 112 min. Home Video Mondo Macabro (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 9 (out of 10) It comforts me to read that…
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