Frankenstein USA, 1931 Director: James Whale Genre: Horror, literary adaptation Screenplay: Garrett Fort, Francis Edward Faragoh Main actors: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles Plot Henry Frankenstein is an ambitious scientist who has set out to conduct an important experiment. Along with his assistant the hunchback Fritz is …
The Bride of Frankenstein USA, 1935 Director: James Whale Screenplay: William Hurlbut Screenplay: Garrett Fort Cast: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Elsa Lanchester Plot One stormy night, the famous English poet Lord Byron finds himself in a castle with the married couple formed by his writer friends Percy B. …
Dracula USA, 1931 Director: Tod Browning Genre: Horror, literary adaptation Script: Garrett Fort Cast: Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan Plot British lawyer Renfield travels to a remote corner of deep Transylvania to meet an eccentric aristocrat who lives in an old castle. The two …
Virgin among the living dead (V.O. Une vierge chez les morts vivants) France, 1973 Director: Jesús Franco Genre: Horror Plot Christina (Christina von Blanc) is a young orphan who arrives at a castle in the countryside to meet her relatives and collect an inheritance. Her father has hanged himself shortly …
Naked Blood (V.O. Nekeddo Buraddo: Megyaku) Japan, 1996 Director: Hisayasu Sato Genre: Horror/Science Fiction/Gore Screenplay: Taketoshi Watari Cast: Misa Aika, Yumika Hayashi, Mika Kirihara, Sadao Abe Plot Young Eiji manufactures a serum to “turn pain into pleasure”, with which he intends to “save humanity”. He calls this drug “My Son”. …
Rampo Noir (O.V. Ranpo Jigoku) Japan, 2005 Directors: Akio Jissoji, Atsushi Kaneko, Hisayasu Sato, Suguru Takeuchi Genre: Horror, ero-guro Plot The film is divided into four unrelated segments. “The Mars Canal” – Very brief, these are dreamlike sequences of a tormented individual escaping naked through a rocky landscape while recalling …
