SEVERIN FILMS TO RELEASE SLEAZY 1970’S SLASHER The Sleazy ‘70s Slasher Classic Restored & Remastered For The First Time Ever! It was one of the few true slasher movies to pre-date HALLOWEEN and FRIDAY THE 13th, and remains the closest you’ll ever come to an actual seedy ‘70s drive-in experience:…
Browsing: 1970s Horror
THE GREAT LOVE OF COUNT DRACULA *** (a.k.a. Count Dracula’s Great Love / Cemetery Girls) Spain 1973 83 mins Dir : Javier Aguirre. Paul Naschy’s take on the Universal / Hammer Gothic horror cycles doesn’t dawdle on delivering the goods: the very first scene features open throat wounds and an…
DELIRIUM (a.k.a. Psycho Puppet) *** USA 1979 90 mins Dir: Peter Maris Beset by flashbacks and psychotic episodes, impotent Vietnam veteran Charlie (Nick Panouzis) escapes from a mental hospital and spends his days picking up pretty girls (all of them dressed like they’re en route to an audition for NYMPHO…
Franchise Corner Entry: THE ROMERO “DEAD” SERIES *Note: To keep things simple, this entry in Franchise Corner covers only the “Dead” films in which George Romero had a direct, creative involvement with. This means we have excluded the various unofficial spin-offs, remakes and sequels to NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD,…
SNUFF ** USA / Argentina / Canada 1976 Dir: Michael Findlay 80 mins A notorious “nasty” and among the silliest movies to ever earn such a level of controversy, this movie’s enduring legacy is that it brought wide attention to the concept of the “snuff” movie, even though anyone lured…