a mixture of horror, sci-fi and giallo, Italian, British and Spanish.
Monday night’s viewing continued on from the weekend’s viewing with more Amando de Ossorio. Commencing with “The Loreley’s Grasp” (1973).
The legendary Lorelei has been living for centuries in a grotto beneath the Rhine river in Germany. Every night when the moon is full, she turns into a reptile-like creature craving for human blood. When one girl after another of a nearby boarding school is killed by her, a hunter named Sirgurd is engaged to kill the monster.IMDb
Monday concluded with “Demon Witch Child” (1975). One thing I forgot from the weekend’s viewing was Fernando Sancho in “Return of the Blind Dead”, he was back here again. I’m just so not used to him in 20th century clothing, he’s normally a Mexican revolutionary or bandit in the flicks I’ve been watching of late.
A young girl becomes possessed by a woman from a witches cult, who seeks vengeance, terror, and confusion around her family and the town folks. IMDb
Tuesday nights viewing commenced with “The Killer with a Thousand Eyes” (1974). An Italian/Spanish spy giallo mashup, with Anthony Steffen as an English spy in Lisbon.
A british undercover special agent is assigned to investigate the death of a colleague in Lisbon, where he finds out that his colleague was very close to uncover a gang of drug smugglers. Now he is determined to bring the criminals to justice, but as he gets closer to discover their identities the more dangerous his mission becomes. IMDb
Tuesday night concluded with a British giallo slasher, “Night After Night After Night” (1969). Considering the suspect mentioned below, I doubt they could make this, or show this, now.
A Jack the Ripper-type serial killer is loose in London. Suspicion falls on a transvestite judge. IMDb
Wednesday night’s viewing commenced with a Spanish sci-fi giallo, “Murder in a Blue World” (1973), in the first of a Jean Sorel double bill.
Eloy de la Iglesia’s well kind of rip off of “A Clockwork Orange”, staring Sue Lyon of “Lolita” fame, both of which were directed by Stanley Kubrick. The former gets a mention in this just before a scene reminiscent of the film.
Seen a couple of Iglesia’s films, “The Glass Ceiling” and “No One Heard the Scream”. All three are worth checking out, been recommended a few more, one I had lined up for future viewing.
A nurse tries to bring her own style of relief to miserable people, or ones condemned to die. Her identity is a mystery, and she may not be quite what she seems. IMDb
Wednesday night’s viewing concluded with “Death Haunts Monica” (1977). The second part of the Sorel double bill and a more standard Sorel role as a man with a past, married to a rich woman.
A wealthy woman is implicated in a series of murders, when a company appears to be in trouble and former associates of the board reappear. IMDb
Spoiler… go to the next page for a bit of a spoiler from both Wednesday’s flicks…