Another classic-era Eurohorror title has surfaced on Blu-ray. Straight from the exploitation trenches of postwar Germany, this elusive opus jangles plenty of nerves with its tale of mad surgery and crazy transplants. Partly a girlie show — most every scene involves some form of disrobing — it’s nevertheless an intriguing horror cocktail with top production values. The capable cast is really into the melodramatic shocks — it may not be Georges Franju but it’s several cuts above other ‘severed head’ epics — an insane carnival of flesh confusion that’s technically tame but truly adults-only by 1959 standards.
Die Nackte und Der Satan (The Head)
Blu-ray
Anolis Entertainment
1959 / B&w / 1:66 widescreen; 1:33 flat full frame / 97 min. / Standard Edition Street Date September 9, 2022 / Available from Diabolik DVD / 26.99
Starring: Horst Frank, Karin Kernke, Michel Simon, Christiane Maybach, Dieter Eppler, Helmut Schmid, Barbara Valentin, Kurt Müller-Graf, Paul Dahlke, Maria Stadler.
Cinematography: Georg Krause
Production Designers: Bruno Monden,...
Die Nackte und Der Satan (The Head)
Blu-ray
Anolis Entertainment
1959 / B&w / 1:66 widescreen; 1:33 flat full frame / 97 min. / Standard Edition Street Date September 9, 2022 / Available from Diabolik DVD / 26.99
Starring: Horst Frank, Karin Kernke, Michel Simon, Christiane Maybach, Dieter Eppler, Helmut Schmid, Barbara Valentin, Kurt Müller-Graf, Paul Dahlke, Maria Stadler.
Cinematography: Georg Krause
Production Designers: Bruno Monden,...
- 10/25/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
This week in history will be remembered as a transformative one, a week in which Mariah Carey and her husband Nick Cannon produced a pair of fraternal twins and named them Moroccan and Monroe.
Besides genetic disease, and the social or economic situation into which a child is born, a name represents the first piece of baggage with which a person arrives at the gates of life. It is the parents’ responsibility to pack lightly for that child, remembering that this poor creature will have to haul it around wherever he goes, for approximately 80 years.
In the case of the twin Cannons, Monroe came from actress Marilyn; and Moroccan from the style of room in Carey’s New York apartment in which Mr. Cannon proposed. It is of Moroccan-style, nicknamed the Moroccan Room, and overlooking Central Park.
On the spectrum of celebrity baby names, the situation could be worse. Monroe,...
Besides genetic disease, and the social or economic situation into which a child is born, a name represents the first piece of baggage with which a person arrives at the gates of life. It is the parents’ responsibility to pack lightly for that child, remembering that this poor creature will have to haul it around wherever he goes, for approximately 80 years.
In the case of the twin Cannons, Monroe came from actress Marilyn; and Moroccan from the style of room in Carey’s New York apartment in which Mr. Cannon proposed. It is of Moroccan-style, nicknamed the Moroccan Room, and overlooking Central Park.
On the spectrum of celebrity baby names, the situation could be worse. Monroe,...
- 5/6/2011
- by Caroline Dworin
- Huffington Post
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