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THE
VAMPIRE (Mexico 1957)
One of the best
Dracula's ever Abel Salazar
plays Count Lavud in this black
and white subtitled classic, the
plot has the Count travelling to
Mexico to try and bring to life
his dead brother and ends up
terrorising the small village
where his brother is buried.
Interestingly made a full year
before the more famous Hammer
version of Dracula and certainly
it's equal. All of these
releases from Mondo Macabro have
great extras and this one has a
fascinating documentary on
Mexican horror flicks as well as
a great photo-novel of the
sequel movie. You can also
choose to watch the movie either
in a dubbed version or with
English subtitles.
THE
NUDE PRINCESS (Italy 1976)
Famed American soft porn
actress Ajita Wilson stars in
this supposedly raunchy
Emmanuelle style movie. Ajita
plays an African diplomat in
Milan for a trade delegation but
she is soon involved in all
manner of naughtiness as the
secrets of her past come to
light. The beautiful Tina Aumont
co-stars and there is a very
funky soundtrack indeed. Extras
include a great interview with
Tina Aumont called Ten Years in
Another Town, detailed
production notes, a poster
gallery and optional
subtitles.
 DR
JEKYLL VERSUS THE WEREWOLF
(Spain 1972)
Paul Naschy stars as Waldemar
the Wolfman in one of the
strangest films I have ever
seen, this was the fifth time
Naschy had played the character
in fact and in this one he is on
the loose in seventies prime
glam era London, whilst looking
for a cure for his hairyness he
bumps into Dr Jekyll (as you do)
who manages to inject him with a
serum that turns him into a
rampaging killer. This is a
great film that has to be seen
to be believed. Extras include a
fantastic interview with star
Naschy and cast and crew biogs
as well as the standard Mondo
optional subtitles or dubbed
feature.
 AWAKENING
OF THE BEAST (Brazil 1969)
This film by Jose Mojica Marins
and
starring himself as Coffin Joe
is definitely not for the faint
hearted, banned in Brazil for 20
years it follows the misfortunes
of a group of swingers who after
having taken LSD find themselves
caught up in the nightmarish
world of a claw handed fiend
called Coffin Joe. This is a
sometimes hard to watch film but
is very psychedelic, extras
include a great documentary
about Coffin Joe and Brazilian
horror films in general,
extensive production notes and
the subtitles or not subtitles
option.
 MYSTICS
IN BALI (Indonesia 1981)
A bizarre film that makes the
films mentioned above look like
standard Sunday night fare. Very
strange and very very gory to
boot the plot concerns a young
American woman holidaying in
Bali and getting mixed up with a
local black magic cult. The cast
includes Ilona Agathe bastian,
Yos Santo, WD Moctar, Debbie
Cinthia dewi (and other equally
well known names).Extras include
an indepth documentary on
Indonesian exploitation films,
production details, cast
filmographies and the subtitles
option.
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