Vampire Circus (1971)

Vampire Circus (1971)

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The Werewolf vs. The Vampire Woman (1971)

The Werewolf vs. The Vampire Woman (1971)

Troughout the seventies, Paul Naschy would star as Waldimar Daninsky a poor sap cursed as a werewolf. In 1971 he would face off against 'The Vampire Woman' in this campy classic also known as Werewolf Shadow ... among others.

If you've never caught a Paul Naschy werewolf flick, you should check this one out. It's slow, sure, but great campy fun with chilling visuals and stylistic Spanish slo-mo camera work.

Here it is ... The Werewolf vs. The Vampire Woman

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

In 1972 Vincint Price gave us perhaps his most original and iconic Horror Villain: Dr. Anton Phibes. A well crafted revenge film where the villain offs the doctors and persons responsible for the death of his wife. Thought dead himself, Phibes survives but with hideous scars where his face is nearly skull like uses the nine Biblical plagues as inspiration murdering using bats, bees, killer frog masks as weapons.

My first memory of seeing Phibes would be in a book called A Pictorial History of Horror Movies where Phibes is kissing Vulnavia. The idea of this chick kissing the skull faced monsters instantly seared my brain, the image would haunt me.

It would be years later until I would finally see the film and instantly fall in love with it. A minor masterpiece of its time, the film was directed by Robert Fuest (Dr. Phibes Rises Again, Devil's Rain) and written by James Whiton and William Goldstein. The movies also stars Joseph Cotten (Lady Frankenstein, Baron Blood), Virginia North, Terry-Thomas (Vault of Horror), Sean Bury, Susan Travers and David Hutchenson.

So here it is ... The Abominable Dr. Phibes

Trailer of the Day: The Return of Count Yorga (1971)

The Return of Count Yorga (1971)

Robert Quarry returns as Count Yorga with this 1971 sequel. Again, he brings a much needed weight to the project obviously taking the role seriously and injecting the character with authority. Between 1970 and 1974, Quarry would star in no less than 6 horror films and should have become a horror icon. Sadly, as the 70's came to the latter half, horror icons would fade and graphic effects and violence would take center stage. Horror movies change drastically throughout this time and, perhaps, he came just a tad too late. In addition to Count Yorga and The Return of Count Yorga, Quarry would bill in Dr. Phibes Rises Again, Deathmaster, Sugar Hill and Madhouse.

The films also features Mariette Hartley, Roger Perry, Yvonne Wilder and Craig T. Nelson (in his first role?). Directed and written by Bob Kelljan and co-written by Yvonne Wilder.

So here it is ... The Return of Count Yorga