Best European Films

[Scott]

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

[Will]

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.

[Gerry]

Excellent scifi/horror:

Quatermass Xperiment
Quatermass 2
Quatermass and the Pit

(OK, OK, I have a quatermass fetish)

Gerry

[peter johnson]

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

[Abby]

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.)

[Scott Davis]

You know, I live in Canada and not a single video store around me has The Cube! WTF? eh?

[Abby]

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.

[Scott]

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:

[Scott Davis]

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?

[peter johnson]

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.

[Scott]

I'd like to add BLACK SUNDAY to my list. Barbara Steele is great.

[ER]

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.

[schmendrik]

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.

[Allhallowsday]

EYES WITHOUT A FACE... DANZA MACABRE (Castle of Blood)...

[Rev. Powell]

EYES WITHOUT A FACE...

The next DVD in my Netflix queue!  Been meaning to see it for years, hope it live up to expectations!