Horror of the Lady of the Lake (2010) - Trailer
I've been aware of this Spanish film for several years, ever since promotion started for it around 2004. Everything I've seen has impressed me very much. The writer and director Diego Vazquez has...
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Eugenio Martin
Photo from Monster World.Director Eugenio Martin was honored at the Sitges film festival with the Nosferatu Award. Known to horror film fans for HORROR EXPRESS (1972) and A CANDLE FOR THE DEVIL/IT...
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Jason Dark and the Ghosts Templar
While searching for Blind Dead graphics on the internet, I came upon something that made me immediately stop. This:If you're like me, your jaw drops as you gaze upon this wondrous, previously unseen...
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Spanish Horror in MONSTER WORLD #1
It was rare for James Warren's FAMOUS MONSTERS and MONSTER WORLD to mention Spanish horror, but the first issue of MONSTER WORLD (1964) did briefly note Jess Franco's LA MANO DE UN HOMBRE...
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Naschy Blogathon Nov. 29 - Dec. 3
In commemoration of Naschy's passing last year, the blog MAD MAD MAD MAD MOVIES is coordinating a "Naschy Blogathon" that will begin November 29 and end December 3. Fantaterror: Horror from Spain is...
View ArticleThe Night of the Open Coffins
This German trailer for Franco's DRACULA CONTRA FRANKENSTEIN, with its film stills and screams in the background, reminds me of "spook show" trailers shown in American theaters in the 1950s and early...
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Intervision Blarney
There's a new DVD company that while it may be new is not above using old ballyhoo to promote its releases. Founded by Larry Gold Sr, "one of the few true legends of the video industry," according to...
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SHADOW OF THE WEREWOLF
During this Naschy Blogathon week (Nov. 29 - Dec. 3), I will be posting some Naschy rarities. Here is the first one:Walton, a British 8mm/Super 8mm company, released a very condensed version of...
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The Last Time Naschy Played a Werewolf
2005. In Brazil. Shooting for two months. For Ivan Cardoso's WEREWOLF IN THE AMAZON (UM LOBISOMEM NA AMAZONIA). The last time Paul Naschy played a werewolf.RIP. 1934-2009.
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Querido Paul
I'm away from home this week, so it is difficult to write something lengthy that would be appropriate for this one year remembrance of Paul Naschy's passing. And I don't even have my webmaster's access...
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El Conde Dracula Resin Kit
It's being auctioned on eBay at a start bid of $499--an unreleased prototype resin kit of Christopher Lee as Count Dracula from the Jess Franco film. Fine work, and the perfect gift for a Franco or...
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LATARNIA FANTASTIQUE INTERNATIONAL #1
The first issue of my horror-mystery-fantasy film magazine, LATARNIA FANTASTIQUE INTERNATIONAL, is out now, with three features of interest to Spanish horror fans. The first is a premier review of Paul...
View ArticleTHE FORBIDDEN SHADOW trailer
THE FORBIDDEN SHADOW (LA SOMBRA PROHIBIDA), the second part of THE VALDEMAR LEGACY, will hit Spanish theaters January 28th. The film contains Paul Naschy's final performance. Below is the trailer.
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THE BLIND DEAD Comic
Well, almost. David Zuzelo's "Ascension of the Blind Dead," rendered by artist Billy George, is now part of the ZOMBIE TERRORS collection from Asylum Press. Available at your favorite comic book store...
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Juan Piquer Simon (1935-2011)
Spanish horror/fantasy/sci-fi director Juan Piquer Simon died on 1/7/2011 after a battle with lung cancer. Simon directed over a dozen films, but it was PIECES that made him famous worldwide and in the...
View ArticleEMPUSA trailer
The last film directed by Paul Naschy...EMPUSA. But when, oh when, will we be able to finally see this film?
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"Alaric de Marnac" -- Darkmoor's Naschy Homage
ANCESTRAL ROMANCE, the latest CD from the Spanish metal group, Darkmoor, has been out for a while, but it was only recently, through a gift from the Molina family, that I was able to listen to it. The...
View ArticleDIE VAMPIRE DES DR. DRACULA
The German title. Otherwise known as LA MARCA DEL HOMBRE LOBO, in Spain, and FRANKENSTEIN'S BLOODY TERROR, in the United States. The Germans had a thing for adding "Dracula" to their retitled foreign...
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Motorzombies - THE CURSE OF SPANISH HORROR MOVIES
Not sure when this was released, but within the last couple of years, if not recently. It's a special vinyl album, a tribute to Paul Naschy, that contains the following numbers:Horror ExpressLa...
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The Skin I Live In - A New Shocker from Spain
Noted director Pedro Almodovar steps firmly into horror territory with THE SKIN I LIVE IN (LA PIEL QUE HABITO). Based on Thierry Jonquet's TARANTULA (MYGALE), the film so horrified certain audience...
View ArticleThe Perverse Faces of Victor Israel
One of Spain's most recognized character actors, Victor Israel, who passed away in 2009, is the subject of a Spanish documentary--LOS PERVERSOS ROSTROS DE VICTOR ISRAEL--with commentary from many...
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The Demon Doctor - 8mm - Jess Franco
Mountain Films of Great Britain released three (as far as I know) 8mm silent films from Jess Franco's GRITOS EN LA NOCHE. The British title of this film was THE DEMON DOCTOR, the American--THE AWFUL...
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Lust for Blood - 8mm - Jess Franco
Here is the second Mountain Films' 8mm silent taken from Jess Franco's GRITOS EN LA NOCHE (American title: THE AWFUL DR. ORLOF). Catalog number T218. Side description: "MORPO--is he man or monster? A...
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The Woman in the Coffin - 8mm - Jess Franco
This is the third, and I presume final, Mountain 8mm silent film taken from Jess Franco's GRITOS EN LA NOCHE. The catalog number is T220. If you notice, the other Mountain catalog numbers for this...
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