We’re all aware of the hokey old “the doctor is a woman!” riddle, but what if that doctor were Dr. Frankenstein? Distaff riffs on Mary Shelley’s Og horror novel do exist — schlocky 1971 Italian exploitation flick “Lady Frankenstein,” for one. But given that it’s a story of life-creation, it’s slightly surprising that it’s taken till now for it to be repurposed, however loosely, into a Midnight-Madness-style motherhood fable. Better late than never: Laura Moss’ superbly performed, enjoyably queasy “Birth/Rebirth” proves just how well the classic tale of scientific hubris and the desire to conquer death maps onto a gory maternity morality play, reanimating the truism that there’s little more (un)deadly than a mother’s love.
In a prologue, hospital midwife Celie (Judy Reyes) is assisting at an emergency C-section for a pregnancy gone suddenly, heinously wrong. The baby lives. The mother dies.
In a prologue, hospital midwife Celie (Judy Reyes) is assisting at an emergency C-section for a pregnancy gone suddenly, heinously wrong. The baby lives. The mother dies.
- 1/26/2023
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
The legend of Bigfoot is reborn in Patrick Magee's new movie Primal Rage, and to celebrate the movie coming to theaters for one night only on February 27th, we've been provided with a Q&A with one of the film's actors, Marshal Hilton. In today's Horror Highlights we also have details on how you can enter to become Screambox's first horror host, as well as info on the new comic book Lady Frankenstein and The Mummy's Brain.
Q&A with Primal Rage Actor Marshal Hilton: "Marshal Hilton (Bunnyman Vengeance) is back on the big screen this month in Patrick Magee’s frightening Bigfoot thriller Primal Rage.
Looking at your filmography, it’d seem you gravitate towards horror and sci-fi. Fair to say?
Marshal Hilton: I wish I could say something eloquent and thought-provoking, but the reality is sometimes they just fall in your lap, and sometimes you get what you can get.
Q&A with Primal Rage Actor Marshal Hilton: "Marshal Hilton (Bunnyman Vengeance) is back on the big screen this month in Patrick Magee’s frightening Bigfoot thriller Primal Rage.
Looking at your filmography, it’d seem you gravitate towards horror and sci-fi. Fair to say?
Marshal Hilton: I wish I could say something eloquent and thought-provoking, but the reality is sometimes they just fall in your lap, and sometimes you get what you can get.
- 2/20/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Dark Horse's The Strange Case of the Disappearing Man comic book series tops today's Horror Highlights, which also includes Wizard World Cleveland, new releases (respectively) from Cavity Colors and Blue Underground, Apocalypse Kiss, and the New Jersey Horror Con.
The Strange Case of the Disappearing Man Comic Book Series: Press Release: "Milwaukie, Ore., (March 14, 2017)—Victorian horror fans, rejoice! Dark Horse is delighted to announce the follow-up to 2011’s cult classic The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde, with The Strange Case of the Disappearing Man. Mr. Hyde’s Cole Haddon brings fans even more Thomas Adye adventures, while Sebastián Cabrol (Thief: Tales from the City, Caliban) lends his beautiful art to the story, and Hernán Cabrera (Caliban) brings the art to life with his gorgeously grotesque color palette.
The Strange Case of the Disappearing Man finds Inspector Thomas Adye of Scotland Yard struggling to return to normalcy after his run-in with...
The Strange Case of the Disappearing Man Comic Book Series: Press Release: "Milwaukie, Ore., (March 14, 2017)—Victorian horror fans, rejoice! Dark Horse is delighted to announce the follow-up to 2011’s cult classic The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde, with The Strange Case of the Disappearing Man. Mr. Hyde’s Cole Haddon brings fans even more Thomas Adye adventures, while Sebastián Cabrol (Thief: Tales from the City, Caliban) lends his beautiful art to the story, and Hernán Cabrera (Caliban) brings the art to life with his gorgeously grotesque color palette.
The Strange Case of the Disappearing Man finds Inspector Thomas Adye of Scotland Yard struggling to return to normalcy after his run-in with...
- 3/15/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Welcome to the latest edition of our regular crowdfunding feature here on Nerdly – Back This! – where we take a look at some of the cool content taking the crowdfunding route on sites such as Indiegogo, Sponsume and Kickstarter. This month we’re spotlighting two very different projects, yet two projects which share a common theme: movies.
The Viper’S Hex
The Viper’s Hex is a feature length Japanese horror film set in Tokyo. The film sets out to explore the psyche of Kiyo, a cursed and lonely hostess who falls pregnant to a foreigner named Anchin. The story is loosely based on the 11th century Yokai folklore tale named Kiyohime. It will be the fourth feature film by Black Forest Films – the teams behind Chocolate, Strawberry Vanilla, Under A Kaleidoscope, Lowlife Love, Mondo Yakuza and The Perfect Nonsense.
Kiyo, a cursed and lonely hostess is shunned by society. She...
The Viper’S Hex
The Viper’s Hex is a feature length Japanese horror film set in Tokyo. The film sets out to explore the psyche of Kiyo, a cursed and lonely hostess who falls pregnant to a foreigner named Anchin. The story is loosely based on the 11th century Yokai folklore tale named Kiyohime. It will be the fourth feature film by Black Forest Films – the teams behind Chocolate, Strawberry Vanilla, Under A Kaleidoscope, Lowlife Love, Mondo Yakuza and The Perfect Nonsense.
Kiyo, a cursed and lonely hostess is shunned by society. She...
- 11/16/2016
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
When I was just a boy I had a paperback that included Dracula by Bram Stoker, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Lewis Stevenson in one volume. There were certain books I would reread every year, that was one. Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury every summer, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens every December and that three in one book every October. I read it so many times I knew how to parcel it out daily up until Halloween, starting the first page of Dracula on October 1st up to the last page of Jekyll And Hyde on October 30th. That reading was just to get in the mood for Halloween.
I relate this, (not to brag,) to state I know those texts very well as a result. Dracula and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are great books, no doubt,...
I relate this, (not to brag,) to state I know those texts very well as a result. Dracula and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are great books, no doubt,...
- 4/1/2016
- by Sam Moffitt
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
They came to the sanitarium seeking help, but the women in 1971′s Slaughter Hotel have unknowingly checked into a building they may never leave alive. In director Fernando Di Leo’s Italian slasher film, a lunatic with an axe stalks the women of the sanitarium, pushing their sanities — and their bodies — to the breaking point. Raro Video USA is now bringing this bloody Italian shocker to Blu-ray and DVD in the Us.
Also known as La bestia uccide a sangue freddo, Slaughter Hotel stars the legendary Klaus Kinski, Margaret Lee, and Rosalba Neri. Blu-ray.com reports that the fresh high definition transfer of the film’s original 35mm negative will be hitting Blu-ray in the Us this September. It will also be released on DVD at the same time.
“From the maestro of mayhem, Fernando Di Leo (Rulers of the City, Manhunt) comes one of the sleaziest and nastiest slasher films ever made.
Also known as La bestia uccide a sangue freddo, Slaughter Hotel stars the legendary Klaus Kinski, Margaret Lee, and Rosalba Neri. Blu-ray.com reports that the fresh high definition transfer of the film’s original 35mm negative will be hitting Blu-ray in the Us this September. It will also be released on DVD at the same time.
“From the maestro of mayhem, Fernando Di Leo (Rulers of the City, Manhunt) comes one of the sleaziest and nastiest slasher films ever made.
- 5/30/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Originally titled La Casa Della Paura/The House of Fear, The Girl in Room 2A is American director William Rose’s 1974 giallo. Produced by Dick Randall, the man behind the infamous Pieces and Don’t Open‘Til Christmas, it’s his entry into the Italian thriller boom of the 1970’s that was spearheaded by Dario Argento with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage.
Beautiful Margaret Bradley (Daniela Giordano) has just been released from jail on a trumped-up drug charge and is sent to live at a boarding house run by a mysterious woman named Mrs. Grant (Giovanna Galetti). Mrs. Grant has a middle-aged son, Frank (Angelo Infanti) who has taken a shine to the new boarder. Settling into her new life, it isn’t long before this peaceful new home becomes a nightmare of hallucinations and nefarious goings on.
In one genuinely creepy scene, Margaret imagines being back in jail...
Beautiful Margaret Bradley (Daniela Giordano) has just been released from jail on a trumped-up drug charge and is sent to live at a boarding house run by a mysterious woman named Mrs. Grant (Giovanna Galetti). Mrs. Grant has a middle-aged son, Frank (Angelo Infanti) who has taken a shine to the new boarder. Settling into her new life, it isn’t long before this peaceful new home becomes a nightmare of hallucinations and nefarious goings on.
In one genuinely creepy scene, Margaret imagines being back in jail...
- 3/26/2012
- by Derek Botelho
- DailyDead
Now that our new house is settling, we wanted to bring back our weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Releases posts. We are calling this weekly post “Home Invasion”. If you plan on purchasing these items via Amazon, all you need to do is click on the buttons provided or on the artwork and not only do you get the same price you normally would with Amazon, but you help us out a little bit as well – which is all we ask because this list does take some time to put together.
All Descriptions are from Amazon.com unless otherwise noted. We have excluded the Netflix code on this particular post. This is due to all of the changes with Netflix and their DVD mailing program. If you want us to include the code in future Home Invasion posts, where you just click a button to add it to your queue, leave us a comment below.
All Descriptions are from Amazon.com unless otherwise noted. We have excluded the Netflix code on this particular post. This is due to all of the changes with Netflix and their DVD mailing program. If you want us to include the code in future Home Invasion posts, where you just click a button to add it to your queue, leave us a comment below.
- 9/26/2011
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
What’s at the bottom of a Bloody Pit of Horror? Let’s find out!
Just look at this:
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Well, you can’t get more basic than this still!
Jayne Mansfield’s bodybuilder ex-hubby Mickey Hargitay is popping his musculature to put the screws to a luckless Italian actress in his role as The Crimson Executioner (ineffably retitled Bloody Pit of Horror for more discerning Us audiences when it was barely released in 1967). Mansfield was to have co-starred, but the pair divorced before the movie began shooting in 1965.
Hargitay, whose 1957 film debut was with his wife in Frank Tashlin’s Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter, co-starred with Mansfield inThe Loves of Hercules, Promises Promises and Primitive Love. A few spaghetti westerns and Lady Frankenstein didn’t do much for his career, but today a popular nursery called Mickey Hargitay’s Plants still haunts the corner of Fountain and Sycamore Avenues in Hollywood.
Just look at this:
Click to enhuge-ify.
Well, you can’t get more basic than this still!
Jayne Mansfield’s bodybuilder ex-hubby Mickey Hargitay is popping his musculature to put the screws to a luckless Italian actress in his role as The Crimson Executioner (ineffably retitled Bloody Pit of Horror for more discerning Us audiences when it was barely released in 1967). Mansfield was to have co-starred, but the pair divorced before the movie began shooting in 1965.
Hargitay, whose 1957 film debut was with his wife in Frank Tashlin’s Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter, co-starred with Mansfield inThe Loves of Hercules, Promises Promises and Primitive Love. A few spaghetti westerns and Lady Frankenstein didn’t do much for his career, but today a popular nursery called Mickey Hargitay’s Plants still haunts the corner of Fountain and Sycamore Avenues in Hollywood.
- 9/21/2011
- by Danny
- Trailers from Hell
On September 27th, Shout! Factor will be releasing another Roger Corman’s Cult Classics set, which includes The Velvet Vampire, Lady Frankenstein, Grotesque, and Time Walker. We’ve included the official press release, which contains disc information and cover art.
“In The Velvet Vampire, a couple accepts an invitation from the mysterious Diane LeFanu (Celeste Yarnall, The Mechanic) to visit her in her secluded desert estate. Unaware that Diane is actually a centuries-old vampire, the couple soon realize that they are both the objects of her seduction and cravings . . .
When Baron Frankenstein is killed by his creation, his daughter Tania (Rosalba Neri, a/k/a Sarah Bay) creates her own creature using the brilliant mind of her assistant and the body of her dimwitted servant in Lady Frankenstein. She not only ends up with the perfect lover, but one that can destroy her father’s killer. Also starring Joseph Cotten...
“In The Velvet Vampire, a couple accepts an invitation from the mysterious Diane LeFanu (Celeste Yarnall, The Mechanic) to visit her in her secluded desert estate. Unaware that Diane is actually a centuries-old vampire, the couple soon realize that they are both the objects of her seduction and cravings . . .
When Baron Frankenstein is killed by his creation, his daughter Tania (Rosalba Neri, a/k/a Sarah Bay) creates her own creature using the brilliant mind of her assistant and the body of her dimwitted servant in Lady Frankenstein. She not only ends up with the perfect lover, but one that can destroy her father’s killer. Also starring Joseph Cotten...
- 8/12/2011
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Shout! Factory has not let up delivering fans quality editions of writer/director/producer Roger Corman films, and it continues in their latest set, a series of four films in what’s being called Roger Corman’s Cult Classics – All-Night Marathon: Vampires, Mummies, & Werewolves.
The four titles included in this set are: Lady Frankenstein, The Velvet Vampire, Time Walker, and Grotesque. Here’s the press release (via Dread Central), along with the extras:
Roger Corman’S Cult Classics: Vampires, Mummies & Monsters 2-disc Special Edition: The Velvet Vampire, Lady Frankenstein (theatrical cut and a longer international cut), Grotesque, and Time Walker! Own It On DVD September 27, 2011, From Shout! Factory. Featuring new anamorphic widescreen transfers and bonus features!
In The Velvet Vampire, a couple accept an invitation from the mysterious Diane LeFanu (Celeste Yarnall, The Mechanic) to visit her in her secluded desert estate. Unaware that Diane is actually a centuries-old vampire,...
The four titles included in this set are: Lady Frankenstein, The Velvet Vampire, Time Walker, and Grotesque. Here’s the press release (via Dread Central), along with the extras:
Roger Corman’S Cult Classics: Vampires, Mummies & Monsters 2-disc Special Edition: The Velvet Vampire, Lady Frankenstein (theatrical cut and a longer international cut), Grotesque, and Time Walker! Own It On DVD September 27, 2011, From Shout! Factory. Featuring new anamorphic widescreen transfers and bonus features!
In The Velvet Vampire, a couple accept an invitation from the mysterious Diane LeFanu (Celeste Yarnall, The Mechanic) to visit her in her secluded desert estate. Unaware that Diane is actually a centuries-old vampire,...
- 8/12/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
Even more Roger Corman spawned mayhem is on its way from our favorite purveyors of schlock, Shout! Factory, and this is one package you are not going to want to miss!
From the Press Release: Roger Corman’S Cult Classics: Vampires, Mummies & Monsters 2-disc Special Edition: The Velvet Vampire, Lady Frankenstein (theatrical cut and a longer international cut), Grotesque, and Time Walker! Own It On DVD September 27, 2011, From Shout! Factory. Featuring new anamorphic widescreen transfers and bonus features!
In The Velvet Vampire, a couple accept an invitation from the mysterious Diane LeFanu (Celeste Yarnall, The Mechanic) to visit her in her secluded desert estate. Unaware that Diane is actually a centuries-old vampire, the couple soon realize that they are both the objects of her seduction and cravings ...
When Baron Frankenstein is killed by his creation, his daughter Tania (Rosalba Neri, a/k/a Sarah Bay) creates her own creature using...
From the Press Release: Roger Corman’S Cult Classics: Vampires, Mummies & Monsters 2-disc Special Edition: The Velvet Vampire, Lady Frankenstein (theatrical cut and a longer international cut), Grotesque, and Time Walker! Own It On DVD September 27, 2011, From Shout! Factory. Featuring new anamorphic widescreen transfers and bonus features!
In The Velvet Vampire, a couple accept an invitation from the mysterious Diane LeFanu (Celeste Yarnall, The Mechanic) to visit her in her secluded desert estate. Unaware that Diane is actually a centuries-old vampire, the couple soon realize that they are both the objects of her seduction and cravings ...
When Baron Frankenstein is killed by his creation, his daughter Tania (Rosalba Neri, a/k/a Sarah Bay) creates her own creature using...
- 8/12/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Shout! Factory has sent along details on four titles hitting DVD under its Roger Corman's Cult Classics banner. These arrive on September 27. In The Velvet Vampire, a couple accepts an invitation from the mysterious Diane LeFanu (Celeste Yarnall, The Mechanic) to visit her in her secluded desert estate. Unaware that Diane is actually a centuries-old vampire, the couple soon realize that they are both the objects of her seduction and cravings... When Baron Frankenstein is killed by his creation, his daughter Tania (Rosalba Neri, a/k/a Sarah Bay) creates her own creature using the brilliant mind of her assistant and the body of her dimwitted servant in Lady Frankenstein. She not only ends up with the perfect lover, but one that can destroy her father.s killer. Also starring...
- 8/11/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Review by Colleen Wanglund, MoreHorror.com
Written and directed by Mario Caiano, The Faceless Monster (1965) is an Italian horror movie that was released in the United States with the original title Nightmare Castle. Upon its release to video it was given the different title. Although in my opinion, The Faceless Monster doesn’t fit the movie and is a bit misleading as to the subject matter.
The movie stars Barbara Steele in a dual role—as Muriel, the wife of scientist Stephen Arrowsmith (Paul Muller) and Jenny, Muriel’s step-sister. Muriel is having an affair with the handyman David (Rik Battaglia) and one night they are caught red-handed by Stephen. With the help of his loyal housekeeper Solange (Helga Line), Stephen kills Muriel and David, removing their hearts and using their blood for some experiments involving a youth serum.
Muriel was the one with the money and before her death...
Written and directed by Mario Caiano, The Faceless Monster (1965) is an Italian horror movie that was released in the United States with the original title Nightmare Castle. Upon its release to video it was given the different title. Although in my opinion, The Faceless Monster doesn’t fit the movie and is a bit misleading as to the subject matter.
The movie stars Barbara Steele in a dual role—as Muriel, the wife of scientist Stephen Arrowsmith (Paul Muller) and Jenny, Muriel’s step-sister. Muriel is having an affair with the handyman David (Rik Battaglia) and one night they are caught red-handed by Stephen. With the help of his loyal housekeeper Solange (Helga Line), Stephen kills Muriel and David, removing their hearts and using their blood for some experiments involving a youth serum.
Muriel was the one with the money and before her death...
- 5/22/2011
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Halloween may now be associated with the likes of Michael Myers and other hack-and-slash types, but for those of us of a certain age, at this time of year our thoughts return to the granddaddies of them all: Dr. Frankenstein and his Monster. In honor of that tradition, today Trembles takes a look back at the good doctor's daughter: Lady Frankenstein, directed by Mel Welles and Aureliano Luppi.
Synopsis:
When Dr. Frankenstein (Joseph Cotten) is killed by a monster he created, his daughter (Rosalba Neri) and his lab assistant, Marshall (Paul Muller), continue his experiments. The two fall in love and attempt to transplant Marshall's brain into the muscular body of a retarded servant, Stephen, in order to prolong the aging Marshall's life. Meanwhile, the first monster seeks revenge on the grave robbers who sold the body parts used in its creation to Dr. Frankenstein. Soon it comes...
Synopsis:
When Dr. Frankenstein (Joseph Cotten) is killed by a monster he created, his daughter (Rosalba Neri) and his lab assistant, Marshall (Paul Muller), continue his experiments. The two fall in love and attempt to transplant Marshall's brain into the muscular body of a retarded servant, Stephen, in order to prolong the aging Marshall's life. Meanwhile, the first monster seeks revenge on the grave robbers who sold the body parts used in its creation to Dr. Frankenstein. Soon it comes...
- 10/29/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
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