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Valerie a Týden Divu “…one of those haunting, dream-like films that once seen is difficult to forget.”–Tanya Krzywinska DIRECTED BY: Jaromil Jires FEATURING: Jaroslava Schallerova, Petr Kopriva, Helena Anyzova, Jiri Prymek, Jan Klusák PLOT: Young Valerie lives in a farmhouse on the edge of a small town with her Granny. She flirts with “Eagle,” a boy . . . → Read More: 136. VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS (1970) DIRECTED BY: Jean Rollin FEATURING: Alexandra Pic, Isabelle Teboul, Bernard Charnacé PLOT: Two eternally reborn vampire girls who are blind during the day but see at night pose as orphans and are adopted by an eye doctor who believes he can cure them. WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: Two Orphan Vampires is a . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: TWO ORPHAN VAMPIRES (1997) DIRECTED BY: Francis Ford Coppola FEATURING: Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Elle Fanning, Ben Chaplin, Joanne Whalley, Alden Ehrenreich, David Paymer, Don Novello, Anthony Fusco, Tom Waits PLOT: Horror writer Hall Baltimore (Val Kilmer) is in decline, hacking out formulaic product and going on book tours to nowhere places, like the town of Swan Valley. . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: TWIXT (2011) Le viol du vampire DIRECTED BY: Jean Rollin FEATURING: Bernard Letrou, Solange Pradel, Jacqueline Sieger PLOT: In Part I a psychoanalyst tries to cure four sisters of their belief that they are centuries-old vampires; in Part II, the Queen of the Vampires revives the cast members who died in Part I so she can . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: THE RAPE OF THE VAMPIRE (1968) James Mannan is an actor, director, producer, and the owner of Liberty or Death productions. He has directed several short horror films along with the feature To Haunt You, produced W the Movie, and previously provided us with a top 10 weird movies list. Although I watch a lot of films, for various reasons I’m not . . . → Read More: GUEST REVIEW: DARK SHADOWS (2012) Lèvres de sang DIRECTED BY: Jean Rollin FEATURING: Jean-Loup Philippe, Annie Bell (as Annie Brilland), Natalie Perrey, Catherine Castel, Marie-Pierre Castel PLOT: Sparked by a castle he sees on a poster, a man has visions of a long-forgotten girl he fell in love with as a boy; mysterious forces try to stop him from . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: LIPS OF BLOOD (1975) DIRECTED BY: Jean Rollin FEATURING: Olivier Rollin (as Oliver Martin), Maurice Lemaître, Caroline Cartier, Ursule Pauly, Catherine Castel (as Cathy Tricot), Marie-Pierre Castel (as Pony Tricot), Michel Delahaye PLOT: A young man discovers his father has kidnapped a vampire and is studying her in hopes of learning the secret of immortality. WHY IT MIGHT MAKE . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: THE NUDE VAMPIRE [LA VAMPIRE NUE] (1970) AKA Strange Things Happen at Night DIRECTED BY: Jean Rollin FEATURING: Sandra Julien, Jean-Marie Durand, Dominique, Marie-Pierre Castel (as Marie-Pierre Tricot), Kuelan Herce, Jacques Robiolles, Michel Delahaye PLOT: A honeymooning couple stops at a creepy castle to visit the bride’s distant cousins, but find their hosts have been turned into vampires. WHY IT MIGHT . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: SHIVER OF THE VAMPIRES [LE FRISSON DES VAMPIRES] (1971) London After Midnight (1927) is the most sought after and discussed lost film of the silent era. Whether it actually deserves to be the most sought after has been intensely debated, but the fact that London After Midnight is lost is solely the fault of MGM. MGM head Louis B. Mayer was something akin to . . . → Read More: TOD BROWNING’S LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT (1927) & MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (1935) This post is part of an ongoing series on Hammer horror director Terence Fisher. Christopher Lee, as Dracula, greets John Van Eyssan’s Jonathan Harker and basically says, “Welcome, glad to have you as my librarian. That picture of your fiancee is lovely. I have to leave now, good bye.” After that, Dracula never speaks another . . . → Read More: THE HORROR OF DRACULA (1958) AND DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE (1968) |
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