BLUEBEARD
Remember the old folk tale about Bluebeard? It seems unlikely material for a multi-million dollar spectacular, but that’s just what mega-producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind attempted with BLUEBEARD
THE BLOOD-SPATTERED BRIDE
This misogynistic Spanish horror fest from the seventies has its moments, but isn’t much
BLOOD FREAK
Here’s a film so mind-numbing it’s a veritable legend among bad movie buffs. The world’s first (and so far only) Christian anti-drug/gore/monster movie, BLOOD FREAK would embarrass Ed Wood
BLIND WOMAN’S CURSE
From Japan, a diverting exercise in genre-mixing by madman director Teruo Ishii. Containing elements of the horror and Yakuza genres, the film, released in 1970, was quite a trailblazer
BLACK MOON
A dark, freaky headscratcher from a filmmaker beloved by art snobs the world over: the French Louis Malle, best known for refined fare like ATLANTIC CITY and MY DINNER WITH ANDRE
BLACK MAGIC 2
This 1976 sequel to the Shaw Brothers classic BLACK MAGIC lacks the narrative drive of its predecessor, but makes up for it in sheer outrageousness
BLACK MAGIC (1975)
Of the many Hong Kong horror pictures made by the Shaw Brothers during the seventies, BLACK MAGIC is far from the best, even if it is the best known
BELLADONNA OF SADNESS
There’s never been an anime feature quite like this psychedelic extravaganza. Inspired by some of the darker aspects of European history, it’s a hypnotic and perverse spectacle, and an absolute must see
A BELL FROM HELL
A vaguely surreal, darkly comic and deeply shocking exercise in Euro-styled anti-bourgeoisie subversion, the Spanish production A BELL FROM HELL is a one-of-a-kind gem
THE BEGUILED (1970)
A macabre Civil War set study of repression and murder from the seventies, echoing the works of writers like Poe, Tennessee Williams and Ambrose Bierce, and starring…CLINT EASTWOOD?!?