Anyone know of anymore European Sci Fi - Horror Films?
Dracula 1972
Horror Rises from the Tomb
Tombs of the Blind Dead
Zombie
Lady Frankenstien
Mad Max
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Farenhiet 451
Clockwork Orange
Is Australia European? Mad Max might not quite fit your category.....
But why quibble over geography. Some other good Euro-horror would include the complete Mario Bava (I particularly like "Twitch of the Death Nerve"), Dario Argento (I dig "Suspiria" and "Inferno"), Lucio Fulci ("The Beyond," "Don't Torture a Duckling"), Jean Rollin ("Living Dead Girl" is my favorite), Jess Franco (too many gems to mention, but "Succubus" has a special place in my heart), etc. etc. etc.
Excellent scifi/horror:
Quatermass Xperiment
Quatermass 2
Quatermass and the Pit
(OK, OK, I have a quatermass fetish)
Gerry
Yes to all that, and don't forget any John Windham adaptation: Day of the Trffids, Village of the Damned, etc.
All Hammer -- some suck, but they're all worth watching -- go to any Hammer site, fan or "official" to get the complete filmography -- I think they must have like 40 films available or something like it --
DIABOLIQUE!! DIABOLIQUE!!
The Innocents
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Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Nosferatu
Vampyre
Seigfried
Dr. Mabuse
Der Spinne (The Spiders)
Metropolis
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many more . . . .Gerry wrote:
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> Excellent scifi/horror:
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> Quatermass Xperiment
> Quatermass 2
> Quatermass and the Pit
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> (OK, OK, I have a quatermass fetish)
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> Gerry
For more modern "good" Euro-styled tastes:
* Delicatessen (or City of Lost Children, but I like the former better)
* Accione Mutante (utterly priceless)
* Young Poisoner's Handbook (a Brit director using American studio bucks. I LOVE this flick.)
* Adventures of Tom Thumb (creepy animated thing)
* The Cube (Canadian, but so what? They got money from Germany. Nice recent cheapie sci-fi thriller.)
You know, I live in Canada and not a single video store around me has The Cube! WTF? eh?
I stumbled onto The Cube myself. I usually try to select one flick per renting spree based on the catchiness of its box. This tactic leads to as many "The Borrower"s as it does "The Cube"s, but The Cube was a low-budget, stylish winner.
And "style" is what makes Euro flicks so much fun, right?
I'll again plug my beloved "Reincarnation of Isabel" from Italy, even if it's a brilliantly bad movie.
Oppps Mad Max is Australian, but I'd like to see the Quartermass films. Hammer is great stuff. One of my new favorites is Dracula1972Abby wrote:
The only Hammer film I've ever seen is Plaque of the Zombies because of my love for zombies.
What about the Hammer/Shaw movie... what is it called...... 7 Golden Vampires, I think.
Is that any good?
Re. 7 Golden -- It depends on who you ask. It sure as hell is unique, I'll give it that, and Peter Cushing always invokes such CLASS whenever he's on screen in anything.
If you're not very up on the Hammer lexicon, try hitting the top classics first: Anything teaming Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. This would include, but not limited to, Horror of Dracula, Curse of Frankenstein, Medusa, The Mummy and The Hound of the Baskervilles. This should give you a feel for what they did best -- period horror with lots of atmosphere, lurid color, great costumes, a real sense of style/panache, and memorable dripping blood shots. Also plenty of cheese, even in their best films. Then move around in the filmography a bit and try some of the lesser-known black and white ones. These are terrific, but tend to get unduly ignored. For plot twists and really really creepy suspense, it's hard to beat Scream of Fear (or, How Red was My Herring, as my wife calls it). This is one film that really should get a bit of a mini-revival, as it's scarier by far than so many modern so-called scary pictures. Here in Boulder/Longmont, it was the number one Halloween rental at Video Station for 3 years running.
I'd like to add BLACK SUNDAY to my list. Barbara Steele is great.
Krzysztof Kieślowski's La double vie de Véronique is possibly my all-time favorite European film. It's beautiful with just a slight Twilight Zone undercurrent.
The original Wicker Man (1973), a heart-warming tale of Druidism and human sacrifice. English movie set in Scotland. Stars a young Edward Woodward before his Equalizer days.
EYES WITHOUT A FACE... DANZA MACABRE (Castle of Blood)...
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EYES WITHOUT A FACE...
The next DVD in my Netflix queue! Been meaning to see it for years, hope it live up to expectations!
Lets not forget Spain...and the great PAUL NASCHY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxZAm_wXvpg
As an appetizer may I suggest something from . . .
Hammer Film Productions or Amicus Productions
Then for your entree, may I suggest a film that is reviewed at this website, such as . . .
Abominable Dr. Phibes
Cemetery Man
The Crawling Eye
Devil Girl from Mars
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Krull
Lair of the White Worm
Reptilicus
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Slugs
or Zardoz
And for your dessert make I recommend something French, such as "Brotherhood of the Wolf," or something English such as "Dog Soldiers."
No spaghetti westerns yet?
Alright, I'd add all Sergio Leone films save "A fistfull of dollars", plus a few from Sergio Corbucci (The mercenary, The great silence, Django) a couple from Sergio Sollima (Face to face, The big gundown) a couple more from Tonino Valerii (Day of anger, My name is nobody) and one from Giulio Petroni, "Tepepa". And "Django, kill!". It's so weird that you'll forgive them for using the Django name without any valid reason.
As for Spanish movies, there are many good ones, but they may be hard to find for you Americans. Almost everything by Vicente Aranda is worth watching, but specially "Fanny pelopaja", "Amantes" and "Celos". Also check out early films by Carlos Saura, such as "La caza" or recent films like "La caja 507", "Azul oscuro casi negro" or "La flaqueza del bolchevique".
Well, it sure was fun to read my thoughts from 7 years ago(!?!?) --
How did this thread suddenly get revived again?
Not a horror/B movie, but sure as damn is a great new foreign film: "In Bruges"(from Ireland). See it before Oscar time so you may join me in bemoaning when it doesn't win anything as it's too obscure . . .
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A couple of French, semi-horror movies that aren't bad are "Harry un ami qui vous veut du bien/Harry, He's Here To Help" and "Feux Rouges/Red Lights".
The British sci-fi flick "Strange World OF Planet X" is a reasonable example of the 1950's b-movie.
I just saw Costa-Gavras' "Z", a political thriller about the murder of a Greek leftwing polititian. It's easily on of the best films I've seen in my entire life, it's THAT good. And don't expect the usual conspiracy stuff, it has a really weird humour vibe going on, I've had more laughs with this one than with many comedies, even if the subject matter is actually quite tragic.