WORLD CINEMA

In this section I tried to list random titles from other regions of the world besides the more common Italian and Spanish films that we're most familiar with. This section includes Made-For-TV movies from such countries.  
All titles in this section are $20 each unless specified.
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All titles come with full color box art even if no image is shown. 

A HOLY PLACE (1990, Yugoslavia, 89 min.)
Director: Ðorde Kadijevic. Cast: Dragan Jovanovic, Branka Pujic, Aleksander Bercek, Mira Banjac.
Language: Serbian. Subtitles: English. Fullscreen.
Based on a literary classic, Nikolai Gogol's 1835 short story, 'Viy'. However, Kadijevic uses it only as a starting point for his own explorations into the dark side of eroticism. Gogol's story deals with Toma, a reluctant theology student who is forced to read the Psalms over an (un)dead girl for three nights in a row. All the while supernatural forces are trying to grab him from the Holy Circle drawn on the church floor. Kadijevic adapts and enriches 'Viy' by inventing a new backstory for the witch-girl and her father. The dead girl, Catherine (unwittingly killed in the prologue, while in the shape of a hag), is referred to as a 'saint' and her father is a harsh and unpleasant man. Kadijevic departs further from the original story, and introduces an excess of perversity and horror more reminiscent of the Anglo-American gothic than the milder Slavic attempts in a similar mode. Original title: “Sveto Mesto”.

ABDEL AND ISMAIL MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1954, Egypt, 92 min.)
Director: Essa Karama. Stars: Abdel Fattah, Ismail Yassin and Lola Sedki.
Language: Arabic. Subtitles: English.
A lame attempt at cashing in on the word-wide success of Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Dracula is after the brain of the submissive idiot, Ismail, to transplant it into the monster’s brain. Some scenes follow the Abbot and Costello film very closely. Certainly not a blockbuster but an enjoyable and rarely seen film for fans of the genre who like to collect movies from around the world.  $15

ALICE or THE LAST ESCAPADE (1977, France, 93 min.)
Director: Claude Chabrol. Stars: Sylvia Kristel, Charles Vanel, Jean Carmet and André Dussolier.
Language: French. Subtitles: English.
A young woman leaves her lover and ventures forth in a blinding rainstorm. She becomes entangled in the strange world of an isolated villa populated with people who will not answer questions and who speak in existential riddles.

ALRAUNE (1928, Germany, 108 min. B&W)
Director: Henrik Galeen. Stars: Brigitte Helm, Paul Wegener and Ivan Petrovich.
Language: German title cards with English subtitles.
Hanns Heinz Ewers’ novel had been filmed twice before. Those versions are considered lost. Here, Paul Wegener (“The Golem”) plays the role of Professor Brinken who combines the genes of a murder with those of a prostitute and create the world’s first test-tube baby. The result is a beautiful woman who is simply incapable of feeling any real emotion. She sets out in her adulthood to seduce and destroy every male who crosses her path.
Remade again in 1930 with Brigitte Helm reprising the same role, and again in 1952 with Hildegard Knef.

ALRAUNE (1930, Germany, 103 min., B&W)
Director: Richard Oswald. Stars: Brigitte Helm, Albert Bassermann, Harald Paulsen and Bernhard Goetzke.
Language: German. Subtitles: English.
This 1930 version of the German fantasy classic "Alraune" is a more faithful adaptation of the book than its more famous 1928 silent film predecessor and follows very much the story line of its literary source. Brigitte Helm, one of Europe's most intriguing vamps of the 20s and early 30s this time gives a different interpretation of the same part she had in the silent version two years earlier. She not only portrays Alraune, the artificially created girl who brings down men by the dozens, but also her mother, a prostitute who agrees to take part in an experiment of artificial insemination and even performs as a singer in a bar. In this film Alraune feels remorse about her deeds.
The film, much more than the silent version, is a daring mix of sex and crime and must have been rather scandalous at its time.
Unforunately, the image quality of this version is not up to par with what CFV prefers to offer. However, it is a very rare film to find and so it is offered for completists who want the pleasure of seeing this once lost classic. This version stems from Denmark and has Dannish subtitles with English subtitles very legible over top of them. 
$15 (Quality is about a 7/10 on this one but it is extremely rare. I've searched all over for the source of it with no luck.)

ALRAUNE (1952, W. GERMANY, 90 min. B&W)
Director: Arthur Maria Rabenalt. Stars: Hildergard Knef, Erich von Stroheim and Carlheinz Bohm.
Language: German. Subtitles: Optional English. Extras: Trailer.
Erich von Stroheim plays Prof. Brinken, a scientist who plays “God” and creates the world’s first test-tube baby.
Now fully grown, Alraune (Knef) is a beautiful but soulless creature whose way with the opposite sex threatens to ensnare the Professor’s nephew (Bohm). Filmed twice before in 1928 and 1930 with Brigitte Helm as the leading character. This is the complete 1952 original German print.
Be aware of the version released under the title “Unnatural” as it is cut by approx. 10 mins.

THE BLONDE WITCH (1956, France/Italy/Sweden, 93 min. B&W)
Director: André Michel. Cast: Marina Vlady, Maurice Ronet, Nicole Courcel.
Language: French. Subtitles: English.
A French engineer is sent to Sweden on assignment where he eventually encounters an enchanting fairy nymph. In reality, she is just a country girl raised in isolation, but the townspeople ostracize her as being a witch. These fears spell tragedy for the young love that grows between the Frenchman and the sorceress. Original title: “La Sorciere”.

BLOOD AND ROSES (1960, France, 87 min.)
Director: Roger Vadim. Cast: Mel Ferrer, Elsa Martinelli, Annette Vadim, Alberto Bonucci.
Language: French. Subtitles: English. Widescreen. Extras: Trailer, Gallery, Easter Egg.
Young Carmilla is jealous of her friend's engagement, and her obsession leads her to the tomb of a female vampire. The vampire possesses her and leads her to kill and terrorise the inhabitants of the estate. But is it all in her mind, or is she really under the control of an ancient vampire ancestor?
Original title: “Et mourir de plaisir”.

BLOOD TRACKS (1985, Sweden, 81 min.)
Director: Mats Helge Olsson and Derek Ford. Stars: Jeff Harding, Michael Fitzpatrick, Naomi Kaneda and Tina Shaw.
Language: English. Subtitles: none. Extras: Trailer.
A film crew producing a rock music video with an 80's hair-band decides to shoot at an abandoned factory on a snowfilled mountain. When an avalanche strands them, a murderous family living in the factory attacks.

DARK ECHOES (1977, Austria/Yugoslavia, 91 min.)
Director: George Robotham. Cast: Karin Dor, Joel Fabiani, Wolfgang Brook.
Language: English dubbed. Subtitles: Japanese.
The zombie ghost of a sunken excursion boat captain haunts an Austrian lake in search of vengeance against those who caused the accident.

DARK OF THE NIGHT (1986, New Zealand, 88 min.)
Director: Gaylene Preston. Cast: Heather Bolton and David Letch.
Language: Englih. Subtitles: none. Fullscreen.
Meg is a level headed young woman, new to the city. She decides to buy a used Jaguar as a gift to herself and so that her trips into the country to se her parents will be easier. But the car has a problem not covered by any warranty. Choking noises are coming from the back seat..two hitch-hikers mysteriously disapear after geting into her car, and a strange man is following her every move.Meg is convinced that her car is haunted! Anything is possible in the deep and eerie DARK OF THE NIGHT! AKA: “Mr. Wrong”.

DAVICANSKA SVIRKA (1973, Yugoslavian TV, 55 min. B&W)  $15
Please see the MADE FOR TV secion for full description and ordering of this title.

THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE  (1959, Finland/Soviet Union, 90 min.)
Director: Aleksandr Ptushko. Stars: Urho Somersalmi, Anna Orochko, Eve Kivi and Ivan Voronov.
Language: Suomi. Subtitles: English. Widescreen.
Based on Finnish mythology, this movie traces the exploits of Lemminkainen as he woos the fair Annikki and battles the evil witch Louhi. Louhi kidnaps Annikki to compel her father to build for her a Sampo, a magical device that creates salt, grain, and gold. When Lemminkainen tries (and fails) to recover the Sampo, Louhi steals the sun, plunging the world into frozen darkness.

DEATHHEAD VIRGIN (1974, USA/Philippines, 90 min.)
Director: Norman Foster. Cast: Jock Gaynor, Larry Ward, Diane McBain, Vic Diaz, Kim Ramos.
Language: English dubbed. Subtitles: none. Fullscreen.
A treasure hunter finds a sunken Spanish galleon off the coast of a Philippine island. What he doesn't know is that the ship is guarded by the spirit of an ancient Moro princess. AKA: “Kyriarhos tou vythou”.

DEVIL STORY (1985, France, 71 min.)
Director: Bernard Launois. Cast: Veronique Renaud, Marcel Portier, Catherine Day.
Language: English dubbed. Subtitles: Greek. Widescreen.
A traveling young couple get stranded at an eerie old mansion with an elderly couple that tell them a strange story about five brothers and a shipwreck that happened hundreds of years ago. The elderly couple still believes that the surrounding area is cursed by “the five brothers”. There’s a local woman with a deformed son who are attempting to revive his dead sister. The blood shed is over the top. Also involved in this wacky French flick is a mummy which seems to come out of nowhere and makes off with the revived sibling. This flick makes for some good entertainment…especially the line of dialogue from the old man: “Screw the mummy!” Original title: “Il était une fois le diable”.

THE DOLL  (1962, Sweden, 91 min. B&W)
Director: Arne Mattsson. Cast: Per Oscarsson, Gio Petré and Tor Isedal.
Language: Swedish. Subtitles: English. Fullscreen.
A lonely night watchman at a department store develops a fixation on one of the store's mannequins. He soon steals her and brings her to his home, where he can be with her all the time. One day, she comes to life...Original title: “Vaxdocken".

DRACULA AND SON (1976, France, 96 min.)
Director: Edouard Molinaro. Cast: Christopher Lee, Bernard Menez and Marie-Hélène Breillat.
Language: French. Subtitles: English. Widescreen. Extras: U.S. TV spot.
Count Dracula has a problem. His teenage son hasn’t bitten anyone yet. Despite frequent reprimands from his father., the youngster prefers girls and football. After the Draculas lose their castle, they each go their separate ways. Father and son meet again in France where dad finds that his boy has taken a job. During his stay there, the Count meets s young woman who offers him a part in a toothpaste commercial. Dracula’s son and the girl are instantly attracted to each other. The Count has designs on her for his own reasons. When the young lovers go to her apartment, Dracula breaks in and attempts to make a meal out of her neck. But his son intervenes, making sure the Count won’t be putting the bite on his girl.

EERIE TALES (1919, Germany, 98 min., B&W)
Director: Richard Oswald. Stars: Conrad Veidt, Anita Berber and Reinhold Schuznel.
Language: German Title Cards with English Subtitles.
At midnight in an antique shop, the devil, a harlot and Death step out of their paintings and read five tales of mystery and macabre.

FRANKENSTEIN, UNE HISTOIRE D'AMOUR (1974, France TV, 98 min)
Please see the MADE FOR TV section for full description and ordering of this title.

FROM EAR TO EAR (1970, France, 84 min.)
Director: Louis Soulanes. Stars: Nicole Debonne, Danielle Argence and Solange Pradel.
Language: Italian (dubbed from original French). Subtitles: English. Widescreen.
Lucille, a paralyzed girl, is the scapegoat of her sister and her cousin Josine and Elisa. During a “game” that goes too far, they accidentally kill the lover of Elisa. Whilst attempting to make Lucille bear the guilt of the killing, they discover the frightful secret that would explain the vegetative state of Lucille. Original title: "Les Cousines", AKA: "I PIACERI DELLE DEMONI" ("The Pleasure of Demons").

THE GHOST TRAIN (Germany 1927 & U.K. 1941 Double Feature)
Buy a round-trip ticket into terror! First up, the 1927 film version of the classic tale by Arnold Ridley. And why get off the train just yet? There’s more spookin’ to do when we arrive in 1941 and find ourselves stuck at that creepy old train station yet again. It’s thrils, chills and spills of laughter when 8 travelers are stranded at a train stop due to an unfortunate delay. While having nothing else to do but wait it out, the station master tells them the haunting story of a derailed train that killed all onboard many years earlier. It is said that the ‘ghost train’ still passes by that particular station where it met its doom. 1927 verion contains English subtitles over German title cards.  $25
Running times: 1927 - 58 min., 1941 - 81 min.
Quality: 1927: 7.5/10, 1941: 9/10

THE HANDS OF ORLAC (1960, France, 104 min., B&W)
Director: Edmond T. Greville. Stars: Mel Ferrer, Christopher Lee and Lucile Saint-Simon.
Language: French. Subtitles: English.
When popular concert pianist Stephen Orlac's hands are badly burned in a private plane crash, it is up to Dr. Volchek, a close friend to Stephen's wife Louise's godfather, to work a miracle so that he can perform again.
At the same time that Orlac's hand need operation, a notorious strangler is being executed. Did Orlac's new hands come from that criminal? A blackmailing stage magician named Neron (Lee) and his lady sidekick Li-Lang sure want to make Orlac believe that his hands are that of a murder in an attempt to rob him blind.

HRABE DRAKULA (1971, Czechoslovakia, 76 min., B&W)
Please see the MADE FOR TV secion for full description and ordering of this title.

HUNGRY SNAKE WOMAN (1986, Indonesia, 83 min.)
Director: Sisworo Gautama Putra. Stars: Suzzanna and Advent Bangun.
Language: English dubbed. Subtitles: Greek. Widescreen.
Brian is in search of fame and fortune, so he travels to the depths of the jungle in search of the infamous Snake Goddess. He comes across a snake woman, who agrees to tell him where the Snake Queen resides if he will repay the favor. Finally in the lair of the Snake Queen, she agrees to grant Brian's wishes under one condition. As a sacrifice to her, he must kill 3 women, drink their blood and then dine upon their breasts. He agrees to this carnage and, dressing up as a sort-of Dracula, stalks the nights on his killing spree.

ISLAND OF LOST GIRLS (1969, Italy/W. Germany, 83 min.)
Director: Roberto Mauri. Stars: Tony Kendall, Brad Harris and Monica Pardo.
Language: English dubbed. Subtitles: None. Widescreen.
Beautiful young girls are spirited away to "Hell's Island." Here they are imprisoned and brutalized, in preparation for their being sold to an oriental white slave operation.

IT HAPPENED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT (1958, Germany, 100 min., B&W)
Director: Ladislao Vajda. Stars: Heinz Rühmann, Sigfrit Steiner, Siegfried Lowitz.
Language: German. Subtitles: English.
Retired police detective, Matthäi, decides to take one last case which he cannot seem to ignore; someone is killing the local children and Matthäi will stop at nothing to find out who the monster is.

JONATHAN (1970, W. Germany, 110 min.)
Director: Hans W. Geissendörfer. Cast: Jürgen Jung, Hans-Dieter Jendreyko and Paul Albert Krumm.
Language: German. Subtitles: English. Fullscreen.
In the 19th Century, the rural population is being terrorized by a vampire Count and his blood suckers. A professor makes an attempt to put the nightmare to an end. He sends his assistant, Jonathan, to the castle of the Count in order to make the necessary preparations for the destruction of the vampires. However, the Count got wind of the plan and expects Jonathan’s surprise attack.

LA PAPESSE (1975, France, 95 min.)
Director: Mario Mercier. Stars: Lisa Livane, Erika Maaz and Jean-François Delacour.
Language: French. Subtitles: English.
Laurent, a seemingly normal young man, is looking to join a witches' sect that resides in a forest near his house. The only thing is Laurent's wife Aline also needs to join the sect in order to complete his initiation. Aline is understandably reluctant, so the sect heads design a series of events designed to break her down. Ferocious and debauched tale of modern day Satanism set in a desolate and rocky area of rural France. Everything you would
expect and more including, bloodletting, flagellation, rape, Christ like looking figures, peasants and French intellectuals. AKA: “A Woman Possessed”.

LADY DRACULA (1978, Germany, 80 min.)
Director: Franz Josef Gottlieb.Cast: Evelyn Kraft, Stephan Boyd and Brad Harris.
Language: German. Subtitles: English. Widescreen.
A former female victim of Dracula is revived in modern times. A policeman investigates the resulting vampire killings, unaware that his new girlfriend is the Lady Dracula.

LAKE OF THE DEAD (1958, Norway, 76 min.)
Director: Kare Bergstrom. Cast: Andre Bjerke and Bjorg Engh.
Language: Norwegian. Subtitles: English. Widescreen.
A novelist decides to write about something that happened to him years earlier. It involves a lengthy train ride, undertaken with several friends, to a cabin at the edge of an apparently enchanted lake. Diary entries by a former resident of the cabin reveal that the man was tormented by disturbing visions that seemed to emanate from the lake. Back in the story-within-the-story the inhabitants of the cabin find themselves hypnotically lured toward the lake in the same way their forebear was. Footsteps are spotted and a strange man is seen in one of the bedrooms. Not to worry, though, because there’s a (somewhat) natural explanation for it all!

MALPERTUIS (1971, Belgium, 128 min.)
Director: Harry Kümel. Stars: Orson Welles, Susan Hampshire and Michel Bouquet.
Language: Flemish. Subtitles: English. Widescreen 1.85:1 Extras: Trailer.
A young sailor finds himself trapped in the labyrinthine mansion of his occultist uncle, along with a number of eccentric and mysterious relatives who all seem to be harboring a dark secret. 

MARK OF THE DEVIL PT II (1973, W. Germany/U.K., 90 min.)
Director: Adrian Hoven. Cast: Erika Blanc, Anton Diffring and Percy Hoven.
Language: English. Subtitles: none. Widescreen. Extras: Trailer.
Young noblewoman Elisabeth von Salmenau (Erika Blanc) encounters a group of religious fanatics led by Natas (Reggie Nalder). Her husband Balthasar von Ross (Anton Diffring) is killed by Natas and her young son is deemed the devil's spawn. Elisabeth intends to plead the innocence of her son, but when she refuses Natas' advances, she is also deemed a heretic by the corrupt officials and tortured.

MONASTERY OF SENDOMIR (1920, Sweden, 53 min., B&W)
Director: Victor Sjöström. Stars: Tore Svennberg and Tora Terje.
Silent with music score and English title cards.
The film begins with two travellers who decide to spend the night at a monastery. They become curious as to the monastery’s origins and convince one of the monks to tell them. It turns out that a man who became jealous of his cheating wife decided to fuond the monastery to atone for his sins in connection with this. The majority of the film is a flashback as the monk tells the story. In the end we revert back to the two travellers for a nice twist.  $15

MYSTERIOUS CASTLE IN THE CARPATHIANS (1983, Czechoslovakia, 97 min.)
Director: Oldrich Lipský. Cast: Michal Docolomanský, Evelyna Steimarová and Vlastimil Brodský.
Language: Czech. Subtitles: English. Full screen.
In the 1800s, a baron, who is the owner of a castle known as The Devil's Castle and who is also an obsessed opera fan, keeps the body of his favorite diva preserved in a crypt in the castle. In order to keep away potentially nosy visitors, the baron's mad-scientist assistant, invents all sorts of spooky phenomena in order to give the castle a creepy reputation.

PANDEMONIUM (1987, Australia, 124min.)
Director: Haydn Keenan. Stars: David Argue, Amanda Dole, Ebsen Storm and Anna-MariaWinchester.
Language: English. Subtitles: none. Full screen.
Schlock horror/comedy movie that aims to displease by dabbling in themes of Neo-Nazism, torture, vampirism, incest, sado-masochism, mental illness, necrophilia and bestiality. In the opening sequence Kales Leadingham has escaped from a lunatic asylum. Arriving at a bus stop he relays his travails (in flashback) to a woman seated there. One day at Bondi Beach in Sydney, a woman 'Dingo Girl' arrives in search of answers to her past. Shortly after, Dingo Girl and Kale enter a warehouse where a bizarre array of subversive types reside. Inhabitants engage in ritualistic Neo-Nazi ceremonies that result in sado-masochistic sex. Amid other activities, a fetus is placed in a blender, Little Adolph has his penis cut off, cloning experiments go awry - whilst numerous musical interludes interrupt the action. Deliberately provocative, and seeking to shock, this film aesthetically shares much in common with 'Flesh for Frankenstein' and 'Rocky Horror Picture Show', though it would never reach the same cult status.

THE PHANTON CART  (1939, France, 87 min. B&W)
Director: Julien Duvivier. Cast: Pierre Fresney, Micheline Francey and Marie Bell.
Language: French. Subtitles: English. Fullscreen.
A group of trouble making vagabonds led by Georges go about getting drunk and getting into fights. Georges overhears an old woman speak of the Death Cart whose squeaky wheels can only be heard by those about to die. Georges tells his fellow bums about the rest of the legend; how the cart comes for anyone who dies at midnight on New Year’s Eve and how that newly collected soul must drive the cart for the next 12 months, agonizing over whatever wrongs he did in life, until the next poor soul that dies on another New Year’s Eve take over.

PLAYING WITH FIRE (1975, France, 108 min.)
Director: Alain Robbe-Grillet. Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Noiret and Sylvia Kristel.
Language: French. Subtitles: English.
Under the advice of a private investigator named Franz, Georges de Saxe, a wealthy banker wanting to protect his daughter Carolina, sends her to a rest home, which is actually a house of pleasure. The young boarders are delivered to sexual maniacs.

QUEEN OF CLUBS (1966, Greece, 87 min., B&W)
Director: George Skalenakis. Stars: Elena Nathanail, Spiros Focás, Thodoros Roubanis and Despo Diamantidou.
Language: Greek. Subtitles: English.
A very artsy drama about a model, Elena who is on vacation with her sailor husband, Vasilis. But when they get to their vacation hotel, she gets eyes for Alexandros, one of the hotel employees and betrays her husband with him. She confesses her feelings to Vasilis, and he abandons her. Elena soon finds herself torn between the attachment to her husband and her growing love for Alexandros. who goes with her to Athens. In the midst of her love triangle, she must also deal with her aunt, Marianthi, who suffers from delusions that WWII is still happening.

ROOM OF CHAINS (1970, France, 69 min.)
Please see the EXPLOITATION section for full description and ordering of this title.

SPECIAL TRAIN FOR HITLER (1977, France, 109 min.)
Please see the EXPLOITATION section for full description and ordering of this title.

TENDER DRACULA (1974, France, 98 min.) 2 versions - English dubbed and English subtitled.
Director: Pierre Grunstein. Cast: Peter Cushing, Alida Valli and Bernard Menez.
Language: English dubbed and French with English Subtitles. Fullscreen.
Two writers and their girlfriends visit the castle of an actor who specializes in playing vampire roles. As the night progresses, they begin to wonder if the man is an actor playing a vampire, or a vampire playing an actor.

TRAUMNOVELLE (1969, Austria/Germany, TV, 73 min.)
Please see the MADE FOR TV section for full description and ordering of this title.

THE WHITE REINDEER (1952, Finland, 65 min.)
Director: Erik Blomberg. Stars: Mirjami Kuosmanen, Kalervo Nissilä and Åke Lindman.
Language: Finnish. Subtitles: English. Full screen. Extras: Trailer.
A newly wed woman goes to the local shaman to get some help with her love life, but instead gets turned into a white reindeer - vampire.

THE WITCH (1952, Finland, 75 min. B&W)
Director: Roland af Hällström. Stars: Mirja Mane, Toivo Makela, Hillevi Lagerstam, and Aku Korhonen.
Language: Finnish. Subtitles: English. Extras: Original Trailer.
An archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried in the bog some 300 years ago. Soon a naked woman appears and drives the men of the village crazy. 

WIDZIADLO (1984, Poland, 90 min.)
Director: Marek Nowicki. Cast: Roman Wilhemi, Marzena Trybala and Hanna Mikuc.
Language: Polish. Subtitles: English. Fullscreen.
A man is haunted by images of his deceased ex-wife, Angelica. He even strangely requests his current wife, Ola, to take part in his fantasy of how he made love to Angelica. But Ola has had enough of his madness and takes on with her own cousin. The scenes of the ghostly Angelica riding naked on a horse are quite a sight to behold in this rarely seen Polish melodrama.

WILCZYCA (1983, Poland, 98 min.)
Director: Marek Piestrak. Cast: Krzysztof Jasinski, Iwona Bielska and Stanislaw Brejdygant.
Language: Polish. Subtitles: English. Fullscreen.
Maryana, the wife of a cavalry officer, has a change of heart against God while her husband is away battling the Prussians. She so detests his absence that she causes a self induced abortion of the child she was carrying. She then suffers internal damage and is on her death bed when her husband, Kacper, finally arrives home. In her last dying breath she warns Kacper that she will return to him as wilczyca – a she-wolf.

EXPULSION OF THE DEVIL (1973, France, 90 min.)
Director: Juan Luis Bunuel. Cast: Francoise Fabian, Jean-Marc Bory, Jean-Pierre Darras.
Language: French. Subtitles: English. Widescreen.
Teenage Sophie and her family move into a new home where they soon encounter strange poltergeist happenings. Original title: “Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse”.  $15

EL FANTASMA DE LA OPERETA (1955, Argentina, 61 min., B&W)
Director: Enrique Carreras. Stars: Alfredo Barbieri, Amelita Vargas, Tono and Gogo Andreu. Language: Spanish. Subtitles: English. Full screen.
A comedian dancer, together with his friends and his wife plan a play to claim a theater of operettas, but one of the partners intends to set up another business. As if that were not enough, two ghosts will appear in the theater, along with a cocktail of monsters and characters from horror literature. An enjoyable horror-comedy spoof from South America. Not to be confused with the 1959 Mexican film of the same name.

EL VAMPIRO NEGRO (1953, Argentina, 85 min., B&W)
Director: Román Viñoly Barreto. Stars: Olga Zubarry, Roberto Escalada, Nathán Pinzón and Nelly Panizza.
Language: Spanish. Subtitles: English.
Argentine beauty Olga Zubarry stars as a cabaret performer trying to protect her young daughter from the mysterious murderer while parrying the advances of the investigator in charge (Roberto Escalada). Popular character actor Nathán Pinzón gives an against-type performance as the disturbed pedophile hiding in plain sight. Sensational cinematography by Anibal González Paz helps make this film every bit as worthy as Losey’s American remake, and the script’s inventive proto-feminist reimaging of the storyline confirms The Black Vampire as a major rediscovery.

EMBRUJADA (Argentina, 1969, 80min.)
Director: Armando Bo and Egídio Eccio. Stars: Isabel Sarli, Victor Bo and Miguel A. Olmos. Language: Spanish. Subtitles: English.
Ansise is a former Indian whose only dream is to become a mother. The idea of motherhood gradually turns into an obsession for her. Unfortunately, she has married an impotent man. But she tries to get pregnant anyway. She even tries to work as a prostitute and goes to a local witch. But the real problem is that an evil entity called Pombero has fallen in love with her, killing all the men crossing her way.

FROM MORNING TO MIDNIGHT (1920, Germany, 73 min., B&W)
Director: Karlheinz Martin. Stars: Ernst Deutsch, Erna Morena and Roma Bahn.
Silent. German title cards with English subtitles.
A masterpiece of German Expressionism: a bank cashier falls in love with a beautiful foreign lady, steals money from the bank for her, is rejected by her, abandons his family, tries unsuccessfully to buy happiness and passion with the stolen money, and is eventually betrayed because of money.

THE STUDENT OF PRAGUE (1935, Germany, 70 min., B&W)
Director: Arthur Robison. Stars: Anton Walbrook, Theodor Loos and Dorothea Wieck. Language: German. Subtitles: English.
Balduin, a popular student and known as the best fencer in Prague, has a yen for the
inkeeper's niece, Lydia, but so does his friend, Dahl. During a celebration for Lydia's birthday, opera singer Julia Stella arrives at the inn. Balduin finds himself infatuated with the woman. But she is already the desire of a wealthy Baron Waldis. How can a simple student compete? Enter Dr. Carpis, who also has ties to Julia and is jealous of the Baron. Balduin makes a deal that will risk his life and sanity - perhaps even his soul.

MYSTERIES OF THE GODS (1976, Germany/USA, 90 min.)
Director: Harald Reinl and Charles Romine. Stars: William Shatner, Jeane Dixon, Max H. Flindt and Louis Navia.
Language: English. Subtitles: none. Widescreen.
A cult classic! Most likely due to the addition of William Shatner in this German made pseudo- documentary.  A highly visual excursion around the world from Easter Island to Baalbak and more. This theatrically released film (amazingly not made-for-TV), explores many ancient mysteries surrounding various gods and alien visitations to our planet. Shatner takes the viewer around the world to several astounding archaeological sites and then shows us impossible artifacts from the past. Shatner interviews several 1970’s figures including well known psychic Jeane Dixon.  $18