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Category Archives: Theater Caligari
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
“Should any of my readers incline to a serious study of the subject, and thus come into contact with a man or woman of Power, I feel that it is only right to urge them, most strongly, to refrain from … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, Charles Gray, Christopher Lee, demons, Dennis Wheatley, Hammer, horror, Satanism, Terence Fisher, The Devil
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A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973)
There is a subtly remarkable moment which occurs late in Jess Franco’s A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973). Christina (Christina von Blanc, A Bell from Hell) has been navigating her way through and around a mansion belonging to her … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Cult, Haunted House, horror, Jean Rollin, Jess Franco, sexploitation, Surreal, Vampire, Zombie
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She Killed in Ecstasy (1970)
Midway through She Killed in Ecstasy (1970), a naked lesbian love scene is interrupted when a blonde wig-wearing Soledad Miranda (Vampyros Lesbos) grabs a zebra-striped blow-up pillow and uses it to fatally smother her partner. The pillow is fully inflated … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, horror, Jess Franco, necrophilia, sexploitation, Slasher, Soledad Miranda
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