Something Creeping in the Dark (1971)

Director: Mario Colucci Writer: Mario Colucci Genres: Horror Country: Italy Language: Italian Release Date: 25 April 1975 (USA) A group of stranded travelers takes refuge in an old abandoned house, only to find out that they are not the only residents of the building. I first became aware of this (and its equally obscure director) via the *** star rating on the "Giallo" section of the "Cult Filmz" website; incidentally, I also did not know that Farley Granger had worked so extensively in Italy – in that Luchino Visconti's SENSO (1954) was no fluke (I recently watched him in a

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1970s, Horror, Italy,

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The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

Director: Robert Fuest Writers: James Whiton, William Goldstein Genres: Comedy | Horror Country: UK Language: English | Hebrew Release Date: 18 May 1971 (USA) Doctors are being murdered in bizarre manners - bats, bees, a killer frog mask, etc. - which represent the nine Biblical plagues of Egypt. The crimes are orchestrated by an organ-playing, demented madman (from his home base, replete with a clockwork orchestra and help from a beautiful, mute assistant). Detectives are stumped until they find that all the slain doctors once assisted a Dr. Vesalius on an unsuccessful operation involvin

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1970s, 1971, Comedy, Horror, Reviews, United Kingdom,

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