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William J. Cowen – Kongo (1932)
Quote: A remake of West of Zanibar, this strange, gut-wrenching melodrama set in the African jungles, offers a disturbing portrait of a bitter, crippled and insane megalomaniac who vents his rage via...
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Maurice Tourneur – La Main du Diable aka Carnival of Sinners (1943)
A man arrives at an isolated mountain inn clutching a small box. The man is panic-struck when, during a sudden blackout, the box disappears. To the assembled guests at the inn he tells his tragic...
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Iván Zulueta – Arrebato AKA Rapture (1979)
Synopsis: Madrid,1980. Jose Sirgado, a labouring bohemian b-movie filmmaker finishes editing the sequel to a previous film. Visibly displeased he journeys home to his girlfriend strung out on heroin....
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Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza – [Rec] (2007)
While covering the night shift at a small-town fire department, an ambitious young television reporter (Manuela Velasco) and her cameraman follow the crew on a call to rescue an elderly woman unable...
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William Friedkin – The Exorcist [Director’s Cut] (1973)
Plot summary A movie actress taking up temporary residence in Washington D.C. has her troubles. The script for the movie she’s filming seems inadequate. Her ex, who is also the father of her...
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Anna Biller – The Love Witch (2016)
Quote: Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However her...
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Jacques Tourneur – I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
A young Canadian nurse (Betsy) comes to the West Indies to care for Jessica, the wife of a plantation manager (Paul Holland). Jessica seems to be suffering from a kind of mental paralysis as a result...
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Frank Wisbar – Devil Bat’s Daughter (1946)
Synopsis: Wishing to dispose of his wife, psychiatrist Doctor Elliott makes his patient Nina think that she suffers from a compulsion to kill. He drugs Nina, murders his wife and leaves evidence that...
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Joseph W. Sarno – Vampire Ecstasy [+Extra] (1973)
In the mountains of Germany stands a grim and secluded castle – the haunted legacy of the beautiful medieval vampire Baroness Varga. Put to death for her ravenous hunger for female blood, the Baroness...
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Colin Eggleston – Long Weekend (1978)
Quote: Now this is want you call a man vs. nature film! And a real merciless one too! This low-budget, under-appreciated (if forgotten) Australian gem is far from your typical excursion into horror...
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Wes Craven – The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Quote: Sandwiched between his notorious saga of rape, revenge, and realist horror, Last House on the Left (1972), and his franchise-initiating fairytale of supernatural serial killing, A Nightmare on...
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Richard Fleischer – See No Evil AKA Blind Terror (1971)
A young blind woman is pursued by a maniac while staying with family in their country manor. Storyline: Sarah is a blind girl who has returned to her home, a country manor in which all of the...
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José Ramón Larraz – Symptoms (1974)
Quote: The official British Palme d’Or entry at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, Symptoms is a sophisticated modern gothic horror film exploring the themes of sexual repression and psychosis. Larraz’s...
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Hideaki Anno & Shinji Higuchi – Shin Gojira AKA Godzilla Resurgance (2016)
Synopsis: It’s a peaceful day in Japan when a strange fountain of water erupts in the bay, causing panic to spread among government officials. At first, they suspect only volcanic activity, but one...
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Piero Vivarelli – Satanik (1968)
Synopsis A withered old hag turns into a beautiful young woman after drinking a youth formula. Review (thanks to k_t_t2001@ imdb) A faithful adaptation of the fumetti neri The level of success of...
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Zbynek Brynych – Die Weibchen AKA Femmine carnivore AKA The Females (1970)
Synopsis: ‘Eve is an overworked secretary who has been sent to take a cure in the institution of Doctor Barbara in the remote town of Bad Marein. Upon her arrival and during the following days Eve...
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Werner Herzog – Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht AKA Nosferatu the Vampyre...
Quote: Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror. Quote: When people bemoan what...
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Sion Sono – Koi no tsumi AKA Guilty of Romance [Extended Japanese Cut] (2011)
Quote: A grisly murder occurs in Maruyama-cho, Shibuya, Tokyo – a love hotel district – a woman was found dead in a derelict apartment. Kazuko (Miki Mizuno) is a police officer called to investigate...
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Gennadiy Klimov & Igor Shavlak – Semya vurdalakov AKA The Vampire Family (1990)
Only vaguely based on Alexei Tolstoy’s novel ‘Oupyr’ (1841), ‘The Vampire Family’ (Semya vurdalakov) is a mixture of striking dreams, fading reality, and most ingenious psychedelic background music,...
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Amat Escalante – La región salvaje AKA The Untamed (2016)
Quote: A couple in a troubled marriage locate a meteorite, initiating an encounter with a mysterious creature. Their lives are turned upside down by the discovery of the creature, which is a source of...
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