Category: Occult Age
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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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Blackenstein (1973)
Written by Frank R. Saletri Directed by William A. Levey Starring John Hart, Ivory Stone, Joe De Sue, Roosevelt Jackson, Andrea King, Nick Bolin Released 1973 RT 87 min. Home Video Severin Films (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 3 (out of 10) Thinking it would be as entertaining as Blacula (1972), I’ve wanted to watch Blackenstein aka The Black Frankenstein (1973) for some…
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The Last House on the Left (1972)
Written by Wes Craven Directed by Wes Craven Starring Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln, Jeramie Rain, Marc Sheffler, Richard Towers, Cynthia Carr Released August 30, 1972 RT 84 min. Home Video Arrow Video (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Of the early 1970s films from future horror masters, Wes Craven’s The Last House on…
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Race with the Devil (1975)
Written by Lee Frost and Wes Bishop Directed by Jack Starrett Starring Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, Lara Parker, R.G. Armstrong Released June 27, 1975 RT 88 min. Home Video Shout! Factory (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) If you mixed two parts Smokey & the Bandit with one part Rosemary’s Baby, and added just…