EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL
A strange, anarchic masterpiece from German filmmaker Werner Herzog, who was mining a vein similar to the films of David Lynch and Harmony Korine years before those guys came into vogue
THE EVE OF IVAN KUPALO
This 1968 Russian mind bender has sorcery, murder, tortured romance, mass hallucinations and bold, frenzied visuals worthy of Dario Argento or Alejandro Jodorowsky
SPIDER BABY
Time hasn’t been kind to this loveable 1964 oddity, but it remains a memorable film with unforgettable performances
SLAUGHTER OF THE VAMPIRES
An unauthorized take on DRACULA, SLAUGHTER OF THE VAMPIRES isn’t very good, but has amassed a following due, I’m assuming, to the fact that it’s so old
SHE FREAK
There exists one genre classic I’m betting WON’T be remade any time soon: Todd Browning’s notorious 1932 shocker FREAKS. Yet there was an attempt at doing just that back in 1967: SHE FREAK, a perfectly awful film
THE SERVANT
A justified classic, and the very definition of a psychological thriller. THE SERVANT boasts great direction, writing and acting, succeeding as both a brainy thriller and an intriguing psychological case study
THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT
Possibly the farthest the screen has ever taken the ARABIAN NIGHTS story-within-a-story motif, this distinctly literary exercise is not a film for the uncommitted viewer
KURONEKO
This was filmmaker Kaneto Shindo’s follow-up to his unquestioned masterpiece ONIBABA (1964). The highly ambitious KURONEKO isn’t up to the same high standards, but does contain stunning black-and-white photography and some genuinely startling elements
KILL, BABY KILL!
This mid-sixties creepfest is one of the most famous and influential films of Italy’s legendary Mario Bava
ONIBABA
One of the all-time classics of Japanese horror, ONIBABA is a stunningly photographed, deeply stylish film