Viy is a 1967 Soviet gothic horror film based on a Gogol story. A girl's corpse doesn't want to stay dead. Wildly imaginative, crazy, perfectly captures the feel of folk legends and fairy tales. Creepy, spooky, with inspired fantastic imagery.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2024/09/viy-1967.html

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You might think The Third Eye (1966) will be gothic horror but it's more of a Hitchcockian thriller in the mould of Psycho. There are puzzling murders and the characters (all of them unstable) respond in unsettling ways. Creepy and fascinating.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-third-eye-1966.html

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Death In A Red Jaguar (1968), a German Jerry Cotton crime thriller. Jerry has to deal with a Murder Inc type gang. Fast-moving, suspenseful, action-packed, shot with flair. The opening sequence is peak 60s German pop cinema. Superb pulp movie.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/09/death-in-red-jaguar-1968.html

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Young Hannah, Queen of the Vampires (1973), a Spanish horror film partly reshot for the US. Horror in a contemporary setting, with a vampire cult and a 700-year-old vampire queen on an island. Not bad but a bit too tame.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2024/09/young-hannah-queen-of-vampires-1973.html

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Antonio Margheriti’s Web of the Spider is a colour remake of his excellent 1964 Castle of Blood. With Klaus Kinski as Edgar Allan Poe! A good slightly offbeat gothic horror film featuring ghosts (sort of) and a nice aesthetic. Cool ending.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2024/09/web-of-spider-1971.html

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Too Beautiful To Die (1988), an incredibly underrated giallo set in the glittering but empty world of high fashion and supermodels in Milan. I love the over-the-top 80s aesthetic. Very stylish, very decadent, very fetishistic. Great stuff.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2024/08/too-beautiful-to-die-1988.html

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This will upset Fulci fans but I really disliked his 1972 giallo Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972). And in general I'm a major Fulci fan. The right ingredients and a fine cast. Florinda Bolkan is excellent. It just didn't come together for me.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2024/08/dont-torture-duckling-1972-rewatch.html

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In The Black Cat (1981) Lucio Fulci takes Poe's story as a starting point and then builds a new story. Two young lovers have vanished. A crazy professor (played by Patrick Magee!) talks to the dead. He has a psychic link to his cat. Great movie.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-black-cat-1981.html

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🇫🇷 My Saturday morning movies come c/o François Truffaut and Alain Robbe-Grillet.

The Man Who Lies and Mississippi Mermaid

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🍿Friday is my popcorn and cult movie evening. This week I will be running with this double feature:

🇯🇵 Lake of Dracula (Michio Yamamoto, 1971)
🇮🇹 Rabid Dogs (Mario Bava, 1974)

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