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Gorgon Video
Gorgon Video is a film production and distribution company focusing on the subgenre of extreme horror and "dark documentaries" based in Spain and the United States. The company is best known for the film '' Devil Doll'' (1964) and the ''Faces of Death'' series. It is an offshoot of MPI Home Video. Films * ''Grip of the Strangler'' (1958) * ''Blood of the Vampire'' (1958) * '' Devil Doll'' (1964) * '' La Sorella di Satana'' (1966) * '' La Horripilante bestia humana'' (1969) * '' La Bestia uccide a sangue freddo'' (1971) * '' El gran amor del conde Drácula'' (1972) * ''Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things'' (1972) * ''Frankenstein '80'' (1972) * ''The Forgotten'' (1973) * ''Deathdream'' (1974) * '' Bakterion'' (1976) * ''Faces of Death'' (1978) * '' Il Fiume del grande caimano'' (1979) * ''Des morts'' (1981) * ''Faces of Death II'' (1981) * '' A Night to Dismember'' (1983) * '' Faces of Death III'' (1985) * '' The Worst of Faces of Death'' (1987) * ''Evil Dead Trap ''Evil Dead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
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Frankenstein '80
''Frankenstein '80'' is a 1972 Italian film directed by Mario Mancini. Plot summary By day, Dr. Frankenstein (Gordon Mitchell) works innocuously in his lab. But at night, he works to perfect Mosaico (Xiro Papas), a monstrosity pieced together from dead bodies. Once completed, the behemoth escapes from the lab and embarks on a killing spree. Local beauties begin popping up dead, murdered in a variety of gruesome ways, as authorities attempt to stop Mosaico's rampage. Cast Production Despite the films title alluding to Mary Shelley's character, the film has little in common with her creation. The inspiration of Ferdinando De Leone and Mario Mancini's script was from the adult only comics such as ''Oltretomba''. Future Academy Awards winner Carlo Rambaldi provided the special effects in the film such as the monster named Mosaic. Curti referred to the special effects as "crude" and was an "early hint of the tendency towards excess that will characterise Italian genre cinema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil Dead Trap
''Evil Dead Trap'' (known in Japan as lit. Trap of The Dead Spirits) is a 1988 Japanese slasher film directed by Toshiharu Ikeda and produced by Japan Home Video. Plot TV show host Nami asks her viewers to send in home movies; she receives a snuff film apparently shot at a nearby factory. Taking a camera crew out to investigate, Nami finds the factory deserted. As Nami and her crew begin to scour the factory, they are murdered one-by-one in grisly fashion until only Nami remains. She ultimately discovers that the killer is Hideki, a small, fetus-like man conjoined to his fully grown, naive twin-brother, who seems unaware of the killings. Cast * Miyuki Ono as Nami Tsuchiya * Yuji Honma as Daisuke Muraki * Hitomi Kobayashi as Rei Sugiura * Shinsuke Shimada as the TV producer * Aya Katsuragi as Masako Abe * Masahiko Abe as Akio Kondou * Eriko Nakagawa as Rya Kawamura * Mari Shimizu as the voice of Hideki * Kyōko Hashimoto * Terumi Niki as the voice of Haha no Koe Production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Worst Of Faces Of Death
''Faces of Death'' (later re-released as ''The Original Faces of Death'') is a 1978 American mondo horror film written and directed by John Alan Schwartz, credited under the pseudonyms "Conan Le Cilaire" and "Alan Black" respectively. The film, shown in a documentary-like style, centers on pathologist Francis B. Gröss, played by actor Michael Carr. The narrator presents the viewer with a variety of footage showing different gruesome ways of dying from a variety of sources. Some of the most iconic scenes were faked for the film, while most of the film is preexisting video footage of real deaths or aftermath of death. ''Faces of Death'' received generally negative reviews, but was a huge success at the box office, reportedly grossing over $35 million worldwide. It gained a cult following, was eventually deemed artistically significant to film and also spawned several sequels, the first of which, ''Faces of Death II'', was released in 1981. All of the following sequels either ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Night To Dismember
''A Night to Dismember'' is a 1983 American slasher horror film, produced and directed by Doris Wishman. The film stars pornographic actress Samantha Fox as a psychotic young woman, recently released from a psychiatric institution, who is driven to kill by an ancestral curse. It was the first and only foray into the horror genre for Wishman, who mainly directed and produced sexploitation films. Inspired by the success of slasher films such as ''Halloween'' (1978), Wishman signed on to direct and produce the film, derived from a screenplay by Judith J. Kushner. Principal photography took place in New York in 1979, with the bulk of filming taking place at the homes of Wishman and her friends. The film had a troubled production history: Wishman alleged that multiple reels were destroyed in the photo processing lab, resulting in her having to re-film sequences to graft onto the existing footage, as well as adding in stock material in order to make the film into a releasable final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faces Of Death II
''Faces of Death'' (later re-released as ''The Original Faces of Death'') is a 1978 American Mondo film, mondo horror film written and directed by John Alan Schwartz, credited under the pseudonyms "Conan Le Cilaire" and "Alan Black" respectively. The film, shown in a documentary-like style, centers on pathologist Francis B. Gröss, played by actor Michael Carr. The narrator presents the viewer with a variety of footage showing different gruesome ways of dying from a variety of sources. Some of the most iconic scenes were faked for the film, while most of the film is preexisting video footage of real deaths or aftermath of death. ''Faces of Death'' received generally negative reviews, but was a huge success at the box office, reportedly grossing over $35 million worldwide. It gained a cult following, was eventually deemed artistically significant to film and also spawned several sequels, the first of which, ''Faces of Death II'', was released in 1981. All of the following seque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Fiume Del Grande Caimano
''The Great Alligator River'', originally ''Il fiume del grande caimano'' and also known as ''Alligators'', ''Caiman'', ''Big Alligator River'' and ''The Big Caimano River'', is a 1979 Italian adventure film directed by Sergio Martino. In the film, an African God takes the form of a giant man-eating crocodile and attacks tourists at a newly built resort after it becomes angered by encroachment on its land. Filming took place during the summer of 1979 in Sri Lanka and Italy, and began on 3 June; filming was originally slated to start on 20 May. '' Variety''. Cast *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakterion
''Panic'' (Originally ''Bakterion'', also released as ''Zombie 4'' in Greece) is a 1982 Italian / Spanish film directed by Tonino Ricci. Plot summary A scientist is accidentally mutated into a blood-drinking monster by the pathogens upon which he was experimenting. The government, fearful that the disease may be contagious, orders an air strike of the small town where the monster operates. With the lives of over a thousand people on the line, a lone agent must race against time to kill the monster before the air strike takes place. Cast *David Warbeck as Captain Kirk *Janet Agren as Jane Blake *Roberto Ricci as Professor Adams *José Lifante as Sergeant O'Brien * Miguel Herrera as Professor Vince *Eugenio Benito as Father Braun *Ovidio Taito *José María Labernié José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deathdream
''Deathdream'' (also known as ''Dead of Night'') is a 1974 horror film directed by Bob Clark and written by Alan Ormsby, and starring Richard Backus, John Marley, and Lynn Carlin. Filmed in Brooksville, Florida, it was inspired by the W. W. Jacobs short story "The Monkey's Paw". Plot In Vietnam 1972, American soldier Andy Brooks is shot by a sniper and falls to the ground. As he dies, he hears his mother's voice calling out, "Andy, you'll come back. You've got to. You promised." Sometime later, his family receives notice of his death in combat. Andy's father, Charles, and sister, Cathy, begin to grieve, but his mother, Christine, becomes irate and refuses to believe that Andy has died. Meanwhile, a trucker stops at a diner and says he's picked up a hitchhiker who's a soldier. Hours later, in the middle of the night, Andy arrives at the front door of the family house in full uniform, apparently unharmed; the family welcomes him back with joy, concluding the notice of his death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things
''Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things'' (also known as ''Revenge of the Living Dead'', ''Things from the Dead'', and ''Zreaks'') is a 1972 comedic horror film directed by Bob Clark. It later became a cult classic. This low-budget zombie film is the third film of director Bob Clark, who later became famous for directing the films '' Black Christmas'', ''A Christmas Story'', and ''Porky's''. The film was shot in 14 days on a budget of $50,000. Clark employed some of his college friends on it. Plot The story focuses on a theatre troupe who travel by boat to a small island off the coast of Miami that is mainly used as a cemetery for deranged criminals, to have a night of fun and games. Their director Alan (Alan Ormsby), a twisted, sadistic individual, tells his group — whom he refers as his "children" — numerous stories relating to the island's history and buried inhabitants. He leads them to a cottage, where they are supposed to spend the night. He then opens a chest th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine United States Minor Outlying Islands, Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in Compact of Free Association, free association with three Oceania, Pacific Island Sovereign state, sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Palau, Republic of Palau. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders Canada–United States border, with Canada to its north and Mexico–United States border, with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |