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Friday Night At The Home Drive-In: A Dragonfly for Each Corpse (1975)

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Poster for A Dragonfly for Each Corpse (1975)A Dragonfly for Each Corpse (1975)
AKA Una libélula para cada muerto by #LeónKlimovsky

w/#PaulNaschy #ErikaBlanc #ÁngelAranda

A killer cleans up the streets of Milan by murdering those considered to be deviants and leaving behind an ornamental dragonfly, soaked in the blood of the victim.

#Horror #Spanish #Giallo
#NotQuiteClassicCinema
#FridayNightAtTheHomeDriveIn

A Dragonfly for Each Corpse (1975) is very different from the last Paul Naschy film I watched (and wrote about). I am referring to Hunchback of the Morgue (1973), which is one of my favourite Paul Naschy films. It may in fact be the first Paul Naschy film that I ever saw… Continue reading →

Friday Night At The Home Drive-In: Hunchback of the Morgue (1973)

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Poster for Hunchback of the Morgue (1973) Hunchback of the Morgue (1973) by #JavierAguirre
w/#PaulNaschy #RosannaYanni #VíctorBarrera

A hunchback working in a morgue falls in love with a sick woman. He goes berserk when she dies and seeks help from a scientist to bring her back from the dead.

“Beware The Hunchback! A freak of nature whose crimes go beyond your wildest terrors!“

#Horror #SciFi
#NotQuiteClassicCinema
#FridayNightAtTheHomeDriveIn

I remember renting Hunchback of the Morgue (1973) on VHS back in the late ’80s or early ’90s – mainly because I thought it looked insane. I don’t think I was disappointed. This was before I’d seen movies like Bloodsucking Freaks (1976), so my bar for insanity may have been somewhat lower (or should I say higher…?) I had never heard of Paul Naschy at that point – or maybe only in passing. I was really just beginning to explore the video fringes, looking for the weirdest, most wanton and wonderful cinema ever produced… So this was probably a seminal viewing experience for me. Continue reading →