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Directed by: Philip Gilbert
Stars: Gloria Grahame, Melody Patterson, Milton Selzer, Len Lesser, Terri Messina
When sixteen-year-old Ellie Masters survives the brutal murder of her mother and the fiery destruction of her home, she is sent to an isolated orphanage in the woods—rumoured to be more prison than refuge. There, the stern Mrs. Deere and her cruel handyman run the place with iron…
Directed by: David Schmoeller
Stars: Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones, Jon Van Ness, Robin Sherwood, Tanya Roberts, Keith McDermott, Dawn Jeffory
A dusty highway, a flat tire, and a roadside wax museum that shouldn’t exist — Tourist Trap begins like an old ghost story and spirals into one of the strangest, most hypnotic horror experiences of the late 1970s. When a group of friends break down near an abandoned…
Directed by: Gerald Kargl
Stars: Erwin Leder, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Silvia Ryder, Edith Rosset
A man is released from prison after serving ten years for murdering an elderly woman. He quickly begins to feel the compulsion to kill again. After failing to murder a cab driver, he flees and discovers a secluded rural home, where a young woman lives with her sick…
Directed by: Eliseo Subiela
Stars: Lorenzo Quinteros, Hugo Soto, Inés Vernengo, Cristina Scaramuzza
A new patient mysteriously appears in a psychiatric ward. He claims to come from another planet to study humans and their behavior. The alien is gentle but criticizes humans for their harsh treatment of each other. The assigned psychiatrist is himself unhappy, and affected by the patient's insight.…
Directed by: Frederick Wiseman
Stars: n/a
The most banned film in American history — because it told the truth. Before One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, before exposé journalism turned institutional abuse into headlines, Frederick Wiseman took his camera into the Bridgewater State Hospital for the Criminally Insane — and captured what no one…
Directed by: Jean Rollin
Stars: Solange Pradel, Bernard Letrou, Catherine Deville, Ursule Pauly, Nicole Romain, Ariane Sapriel
This low-budget first film from director Jean Rollin is in reality two very loosely-connected, surreally erotic shorts about vampirism. In the first, three Parisians including a psychoanalyst try to convince four neurotic sisters living in a decaying country chateau that their belief that they are 200-year-old vampires is…
Directed by: Romano Scavolini
Stars: Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith, C.J. Cooke, Mik Cribben, Scott Praetorius
Haunted by a childhood trauma in which he witnessed his father’s violent sexual games before brutally killing both parents with an axe, George Tatum grows up to be a deeply disturbed man plagued by psychotic nightmares and hallucinations. After years in a psychiatric institution, he is released under…
Directed by: Andrzej Zulawski
Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Iwona Petry, Piotr Machalica, Pawel Burczyk, Jolanta Grusznic, Alicja Jachiewicz
An anthropology professor, Michal (Bogusław Linda), finds his life torn between science, faith, and desire after unearthing the perfectly preserved corpse of a 3,000-year-old shaman from a swamp. Fascinated by the relic’s aura of primal mysticism, Michal becomes equally consumed by a volatile young woman (Iwona Petry) known…
Directed by: Mario Bava
Stars: Lea Lander, George Eastman, Riccardo Cucciolla, Don Backy, Maurice Poli, Erika Dario, Marisa Fabbri
A violent armed robbery leaves three ruthless criminals—Doc (Maurice Poli), Blade, and the unhinged Thirty-Two (George Eastman)—stranded and desperate for a getaway. Their escape spirals into a nightmare when they hijack a car carrying a father (Riccardo Cucciolla) and his sick child, along with a terrified hostage (Lea…
Directed by: Luigi Cozzi
Stars: George Hilton, Antoine Saint-John (as Michel Antoine), Femi Benussi, Cristina Galbó, Tere Velázquez, Carla Mancini, Sydne Rome
A wealthy businessman, trapped in a loveless marriage, stumbles upon a cold-blooded killer disposing of a corpse. Instead of going to the police, he seizes the chance to solve his own problems by blackmailing the murderer into killing his rich wife. But after the deed is done, fate…
Directed by: Bruno Mattei
Stars: Piotr Stanislas, Françoise Blanchard, Gino Turini, Mario Novelli, Susanna Forgione, Caterina Catambrone
Nero, the Emperor of Rome, leads a decadent life marked by murder, violence and lust. His excessive rule brings the Roman Empire to the brink of collapse. Nero harbors secret feelings for his mother, forces his wife into unusual relationships and commits cruel acts. In a fit of…
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Beineix
Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon
Zorg is a handyman working at the seaside in France, maintaining and looking after the wooden bungalows. He lives a quiet and peaceful life, working diligently and writing in his spare time. He is in love with Betty, a young woman who is as beautiful as she is…
Directed by: Jörg Buttgereit
Stars: Monika M., Mark Reeder, Lena Braun
Just like Rob in Nekromantik (1987), the young and beautiful Berliner, Monika, is leading a double life. By day, she is a solicitous hospital nurse; however, at nights, she roams the city's graveyards in search of fresh cadavers. Then, unexpectedly, Monika stumbles upon an unfortunate stranger's sad suicide…
Directed by: Jörg Buttgereit
Stars: Bernd Daktari Lorenz, Beatrice Manowski, Harald Lundt
Sharing a mutual fascination for the dead and the macabre, the Berlin misfits, Betty and Robert, are in for a big surprise that will soon broaden their horizons, when Rob takes a job as a cleaner at an aftermath clean-up agency. Little by little, right under everyone's noses,…
Directed by: José Ramón Larraz
Stars: Christian Borromeo, Alexandra Bastedo, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Berta Cabré
The death of Sebastian’s father engenders in him pathological fears and hallucinations. His death wishes seem to cause horrible accidents, which he is unable to control. When his older brother dies, he feels that he has caused it. He undergoes hypnosis, but his apparent supernatural powers continue. As…
Directed by: Nico Mastorakis
Stars: Jane Lyle, Bob Behling, Jessica Dublin, Gerard Gonalons, Jannice McConnell
A British couple, Christopher and Celia on a break on a small Greek Island are spreading terror beyond anything the islanders could have ever imagined. Only stopping every once in a while to shag anything that moves, be it man, woman or animal. But will they go unpunished,…
Directed by: Andy Milligan
Stars: John Miranda, Annabella Wood, Berwick Kaler
In the grimy streets of Victorian London, barber Sweeney Todd and baker Maggie Lovett form a sinister partnership fueled by greed and bloodlust. Sweeney dispatches his unsuspecting customers with a swift stroke of his razor, while Maggie transforms the corpses into the key ingredient for her infamous meat…
Directed by: Giulio Questi
Stars: Lucia Bosé, Maurizio Degli Esposti, Tina Aumont
An Sicilian widow makes money for existence being a psychic, except the woman hasn’t already any energy to work. Her child rather keeps unnatural abilities and using the help of his mom grows into a tough magician. However he is not able to realize the actual power he…
Directed by: Jean Rollin
Stars: Marie-Georges Pascal, Félix Marten, Brigitte Lahaie, Mirella Rancelot, Patrice Valota, Patricia Cartier
A city girl is traveling by train to live with her boyfriend on his vineyard. Unknown to her that workers on her boyfriend's farm has gotten sick due to pesticides. After her fellow commuter is killed by a man with ulcers on his face, she leaves the train…
Directed by: Alberto Cavallone
Stars: Danielle Dugas, Claude Maran, Joseph Dickson, Dirce Funari
A traumatized woman, Silvia, narrowly escapes a brutal attack and is rescued by Claudio, a cold and enigmatic photographer. From the start, the film's disjointed editing and surreal atmosphere signal that reality and artifice are deeply blurred. Claudio brings Silvia to his home, where she recounts her trauma…
