A young man rents an apartment after the previous tenant takes her own life. But he quickly finds that others are trying to mould him in her image and that his identity is starting to converge with hers. This was the last film in Polanski’s apartment trilogy (the others being Rosemary’s Baby and Repulsion). Polanski …
A young couple move from France to an isolated villa in Romania. This proves to be a bad move though as things quickly take a turn for the worse as they find themselves under attack. Beautifully photographed, brilliantly directed (loving the POV shots that place you in the shoes of the protagonists), Them (released as …
This is a Carry On movie that didn’t have the Carry On prefix to its title (but this was added in some territories). For this film, the gang take on all things Scarlet Pimpernel and provide a humourous take on the French Revolution. The guillotine features heavily hence the title. As this is an entry …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 13- Don’t Lose Your Head (1967)
A small French town finds it now has to fend off Nazi zombies that the residents had killed twenty years earlier and then thrown into a local lake. I wanted to really like Zombie Lake. The poster for it is great with a very skeletal looking zombie wearing an SS helmet looking utterly menacing. But …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 82- Zombie Lake (1981)
The daughter of a famous plastic surgeon causes a car accident in which his daughter’s face is disfigured. The surgeon has a new theory he's dying to carry out which involves transplanting a face to replace his daughter’s maimed features but this involves donors- willing or not. I first saw this film when I was …
Continue reading Day 8- 31 Days of Halloween- Les Yeux Sans Visage/ Eyes Without a Face (1960)
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