#FrancoFriday Venus In Furs (1969) Director Jesús Franco

Barbara Capell in LE NOCHE DE WALPURGIS (aka THE WEREWOLF VERSUS THE VAMPIRE WOMAN 1971▪️ Director León Klimovsky▪️Cinematographer Leopoldo Villaseñor▪️

Pier Paolo Pasolini e Anna Magnani a Venezia (1962), in occasione della presentazione del film "Mamma Roma" al Festival del Cinema.

Belita in Invitation to the Dance (1956) 🧊

Diary of a Madman (1963, Reginald Le Borg)

Les yeux sans visage (1960) Directed by #GeorgeFranju Starring #PierreBrasseur #AlidaValli #JulietteMayniel Cinematography by #EugenSchüfftan Music by #MauriceJarre #eyeswithoutaface #Lesyeuxsansvisage #1960s #Fantastique #Horror #frenchcinema #Cinémafrançais #HappyHalloween 🎃👻💀🧛‍♂️🦇

Barbara Steele▪️Photographed📷Jean-François Hauduroy 1964

Giovanna Ralli on the set of ESCAPE BY NIGHT 1960▪️ Director Roberto Rossellini▪️Photograhed📷Aldo Durazzi▪️

Figures & Gothic in LA RESIDENCIA (aka THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED) 1969▪️Director Narciso Ibáñez Serrador▪️ Cinematographers Manuel Berenguer & Godofredo Pachec▪️Production Designer Ramiro Gómez▪️Costume Designer Víctor María Cortezo▪️

Julie Saley as Countess Elisabeth Bathory in THE NIGHT OF THE WEREWOLF 1981▪️Director Paul Naschy▪️ Cinematographer Alejandro Ulloa▪️Costume Designer León Revuelta▪️Production Designer Modesto Pérez Redondo▪️

Nancy Sinatra at the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy 1966

The Leopard Man (1943) Directed #JacquesTourneur Starring #DennisOKeefe #Margo #JeanBrooks Cinematography #RobertDeGrasse Music by #RoyWebb Art Direction by #AlbertSD'Agostino #WalterEKeller #TheLeopardMan #1940s #classichollywood #classicfilm #classiccinema #Horror #fantasy

Florinda Bolkan in LE ORME (aka FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON) 1975▪️Director Luigi Bazzoni & Mario Fanelli ▪️Cinematographer Vittorio Storaroer▪️Production & Costume Designer Pier Luigi Pizzi▪️"My name is Alice. I am Alice Campos. This time I will not run away"▪️

The brilliant Halloween Herald @patrickbromley.bsky.social joins @elrickane.bsky.social and @bobfreelander.bsky.social as @purecinemapod.bsky.social brings us Horrorthon 2025! Stay up all night with tales of gorgons, slashers, and madcap Transylvanian shenanigans! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Yves Montand, Gian Maria Volonté, Alain Delon “LE CERCLE ROUGE” (1970) dir. Jean-Pierre Melville 🎬 Variety Distribution

Anna Karina photographed📷by André Grassart on the set of ALPHAVILLE 1965▪️Director Jean-Luc Godard

Barbara Bouchet in Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971, Paolo Cavara)

Coming to US streaming/digital this month - Alex Philippe's doc CHAIN REACTIONS on the 50th anniversary of Texas Chain Saw Massacre, w/ myself, Stephen King, Takashi Miike, Patton Oswalt + Karyn Kusama. Thanks for the signal boost @fangoria.bsky.social 💜

Virna Lisi on the set of OGGI, DOMANI, DOPODOMANI 1965▪️Photographed📷Angelo Frontoni

Desire (1936) Directed by #FrankBorzage Starring: #MarleneDietrich #GaryCooper #JohnHalliday Cinematography by #CharlesLang Music by #FrederickHollander Art Direction by #HansDreier #RobertUsher Costume Designer by #TravisBanton #Desire #1930s #classichollywood #classicfilm #romanticcomedy

Karen Black & sunlight☀️THE DAY OF THE LOCUST 1975▪️ Director John Schlesinger▪️Cinematographer Conrad L. Hall▪️Costume Designer Ann Roth▪️

Night of the Sea Gulls (1975, Amando de Ossorio)

Sorcerer (1977) Directed by William Friedkin starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer and Francisco Rabal.

Announcing the Hammer-Amicus Blogathon V, hosted by Yours Truly and @realweegiemidget.bsky.social: cinematiccatharsis.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr... #filmsky #horrorsky #classicsky #blogathons

◾️WEREWOLF IN A GIRL'S DORMITORY 1961 ◽️Director Paolo Heusch◾️Cinematographer Renato Del Frate◽️

Trailer for Mill of the Stone Women (1960, Giorgio Ferroni)

Silvia Monti at The Living Arts And Household Fair Les Arts Ménagers▪️6 March 1969▪️Paris, France▪️Photographed📷Philippe Le Tellier for Paris Match

Sophia Loren in Matrimonio all’italiana (1964) Directed by #VittoriodiSica Music by #ArmandoTrovajoli Cinematography by #RobertoGerardi Production design by #CarloEgidi Costume Design by #PieroTosi #Sophialoren #Marriageitalianstyle #Matrimonioallitaliana #1960s #Romanticomedy

Mill of the Stone Women (1960, Giorgio Ferroni)

Virna Lisi on the set of MEGLIO VEDOVA (BETTER A WIDOW) 1968▪️Dir. Duccio Tessari▪️Photographed📷Angelo Frontoni▪️

Helga Liné in THE VAMPIRES NIGHT ORGY 1973▪️Director León Klimovsky▪️Cinematographer Antonio López Ballesteros▪️

Anna Karina on the set of PIERROT LE FOU 1965◾️ Director Jean-Luc Godard◾️

Setting up a giant camera on a tripod as part of the preparations for the opening of the Kipho Cinema in Berlin, Germany, ca. 1930.

Nancy Sinatra THE LAST OF THE SECRET AGENTS? 1966

Animation August concludes (a day late) with a special 6-in-1 edition of Quick Picks and Pans: cinematiccatharsis.blogspot.com/2025/09/anim... #filmsky #animationsky

Marisa Mell photographed📷Angelo Frontoni 1970

The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971) Directed by #SergioMartino Starring #GeorgeHilton #AnitaStrindberg #AlbertodeMendoza #IdaGalli Cinematography by #EmilioForiscot Music by #BrunoNicolai Costume design by #LucianaMarinucci #TheCaseoftheScorpionsTail #Giallo #ItalianCinema #cinemaitaliano

Elsa Martinelli on the set of THE TENTH VICTIM 1965

EL RETORNO DE WALPURGIS (CURSE OF THE DEVIL) 1973💀Director Carlos Aured◾️Cinematographer Francisco Sánchez◾️Production Designer Gumersindo Andrés ◾️Costume Designer Antonio Muñoz◾️

Death Walks at Midnight (1972) Directed by #LucianoErcoli Starring #SusanScott #SimónAndreu #PeterMartell #ClaudieLange #CarloGentili Cinematography #FernandoArribas Music by #GianniFerrio #DeathWalksatMidnight #Lamorteaccarezzaamezzanotte #Giallo #thriller #ItalianCinema #cinemaitaliano

Horror Rises from the Tomb (1973, Carlos Aured)

Barbara Bouchet in RICCO THE MEAN MACHINE 1973▪️ Director Tulio Demicheli▪️Cinematographer Francisco Fraile▪️

Brigitte Bardot with her new Lancia In Paris 1967

Animation August begins with my review of Wizards (1977): cinematiccatharsis.blogspot.com/2025/08/wiza...

Rosalba Neri in IL P LENILUNIO DELLE VERGINI (aka THE DEVIL'S WEDDING NIGHT) 1973💀Directors Luigi Batzella & Joe D'Amato◾️Cinematographer Joe D'Amato◾️

Barbara Bouchet photographed in front of the Hotel Carlton in Cannes, May 1969.

Jean Brooks, publicity shot for The Seventh Victim (1943).

Tina Romero in ALUCARDA (1977) She was BOTD in 1949

Alain Delon in, Purple Noon (1960)

Mimsy Farmer and Klaus Grunberg in MORE (1969, Barbet Schroeder)