Secret dungeons and bizarro castles in LES CROQUEUSES (1974) dir. Jess Franco

Baths used to be more fun.

theatre 🎭 (been watching the muppets show recently)

Inferno (Dario Argento, 1980)

Stigmata the Hedgehog

LA COMTESSE NOIRE (1973) dir. Jess Franco

LE ALTRE (1969) dir. Alessandro Fallay Sandy and Flavia are a domestic lesbian couple who want a child. An advertising company and a tabloid paper catch wind of this and attempt to capitalise from the potential scandal.

Nesta sexta, 22/08, às 23h59, tem "Satyricon", de Federico Fellini, no Estação NET Botafogo.

Someone was trying to take a portrait of their two fave Chickens, and this happened.

A BLACK RIBBON FOR DEBORAH (1974) dir. Marcello Andrei

Whatever its merits for other uses, I hope archivists can agree that generative AI is a really bad idea for archival description. If you're trying to explain the context for rare materials, you are never, in a trillion years, going to get that by pointing an algorithm at them

Levana, the forgotten Third Mother in Luigi Cozzi's THE BLACK CAT (1989). Her appearance actually brings to mind Mater Tenebrarum, Our Lady of Darkness from Thomas De Quincey's SUSPIRIA DE PROFUNDIS.

Frame of the Day

suspiria (1977) dir. dario argento nutcracker fantasy (1979) dir. takeo nakamura

GREYING OUT by Gamevial

An excerpt from Guy Maddin's SEANCES.

CONFESSIONS OF AN OPIUM EATER (1962) dir. Albert Zugsmith INFERNO (1980) dir. Dario Argento

Tremendous piece by Chris Person on the pointless mutilation of film history by morons, overeager tech-heads (a subspecies of moron), and directors who've gotten lost in the sauce of unbridled capitalism. aftermath.site/true-lies-4k...

IL FUOCO (1915) dir. Giovanni Pastrone

A HAUNTED TURKISH BATHHOUSE (1975) dir. Kazuhiko Yamaguchi

cozy horror is horror downtime - hooking up in the save room, telling stories on the Jaws boat, waiting for the killer as he's checking every house. marking time, waiting for death - life goes on, ruled by fear.

CINEMA BEFORE 1300 (2023) dir. Jerome Hiler

CHOCOLAT (2000) dir. Lasse Hallstrom

Edwardian fashion goals in APHRODITE (1982) dir. Robert Fuest.

Poster vs Film LE DIAVOLESSE - Italian release of GIRL SLAVES OF MORGANA LE FAY (1971) dir. Bruno Gantillon

GIRL SLAVES OF MORGANA LE FAY (1971) dir. Bruno Gantillon Francoise and Anna pass by Auvergne, where they are spirited away to the otherworldly realm of the Fairy Queen Morgana.

A DREAM LONGER THAN THE NIGHT (1976) dir. Niki de Saint Phalle

The Sins of Dorian Gray, 1983 Tony Maylam (TV movie) "Dorian Gray, she's just paint!"

THE SEVENTH VICTIM (1943) starring Jean Brooks and LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR (1977) directed by Richard Brooks would make for a strong double-feature.

NORMAL LOVE (1963) dir. Jack Smith I love this scene where mermaid Mario Montez lights votive candles before a shrine to Maria Montez.

You deserve peace dammit!

HELTER SKELTER (2012) dir. Mika Ninagawa

MURIEL'S WEDDING (1994) and THE WOMAN WHO INVENTED LOVE (1979) would make a great double feature.

NUDE FOR SATAN (1974) dir. Luigi Batzella

ORFEO 9 (1973) dir. Tito Schipa Jr After watching HADESTOWN the other night, I decided to revisit this crazy Italian rock-opera retelling of the Greek myth. Stars Tito Schipa Jr as Orpheus and Eva Axen (of SUSPIRIA fame) as Eurydice. It's still highly overlooked outside of Italy.

PHANTASMES (1975) dir. Jean Rollin

BTD - Jean Cocteau - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - 1946 - French release poster - art by Jean-Denis Malcles

VIRGINS AND VAMPIRES (1971) dir. Jean Rollin

ORFEO 9 (1973) dir. Tito Schipa Jr After watching HADESTOWN the other night, I decided to revisit this crazy Italian rock-opera retelling of the Greek myth. Stars Tito Schipa Jr as Orpheus and Eva Axen (of SUSPIRIA fame) as Eurydice. It's still highly overlooked outside of Italy.

CHRISTINA, PRINCESS OF EROTICISM (1973) dir. Jess Franco

CHRISTINA, PRINCESS OF EROTICISM (1973) dir. Jess Franco

esprit d'amour (1983) dir. ringo lam ling-tung

My best, most carefully curated/researched lists often have zero likes. 💖

EXORCISM'S DAUGHTER (1971) dir. Rafael Moreno Alba