Black Candles (1982)

Review: Black Candles (1982)

Director: José Ramón Larraz

Cast: Helga Liné, Vanessa Hidalgo, Mauro Ribera, Alfred Lucchetti, Carmen Carrión,

Helga Liné
Helga Liné
Vanessa Hidalgo
Vanessa Hidalgo
Mauro Ribera
Mauro Ribera
Alfred Lucchetti
Alfred Lucchetti
Carmen Carrión
Carmen Carrión

Plot: A young woman travels with her partner to England on the unexpected death of her brother. Staying with her sister-in-law, she finds her companion soon drawn into a satanic cult based in the house whose rites seem to centre somewhat on large-scale sexual congress.

Read More

Winter viewing 3: Severin and Fractured Visions

Winter viewing 3: Severin and Fractured Visions

Continuing my quick survey of genre movies I watched over the past couple of months, I move on to a number of Severin releases, which include a few transgressive titles from the ’80s, pulpy kitsch from the ’60s and a couple of […]

Read More

Brief viewing notes, Winter 2019

Brief viewing notes, Winter 2019

A brief survey of recent viewing ranging from classics to contemporary, from class to cheese: thrillers, sci-fi and horror featuring black magic, killer robots, demons, evil stepdads and retro-’50s rock-n-roll biker […]

Read More