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  • Manuel Mur Oti – A hierro muere AKA Kill and Be Killed (1962)

    Manuel Mur Oti1961-1970CrimeDramaSpain
    A hierro muere (1962)
    A hierro muere (1962)

    A former singer lives alone with her fortune – and with her nephew, Fernando, a low character to whom she refuses to lend more money. Elisa leaves prison and starts a new life as a personal attendant to the aging singer, using her knowledge as a former nurse – a profession she can not return to. Fernando meets Elisa, and together they plan to poison the lonely woman, and use her money abroad. They plan their alibis well. But those who kill by the sword will perish by the sword.Read More »

  • Eugenio Martín – Horror Express (1972)

    Eugenio Martín1971-1980HorrorUnited Kingdom

    Horror royalty and Hammer alumni Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee reunite for this tale of mad monks, primitive humanoids and bloodthirsty zombies set aboard a train bound for Moscow all aboard the Horror Express!

    Renowned anthropologist Saxton (Lee) boards the Trans-Siberian Express with a crate containing the frozen remains of a primitive humanoid which, he believes, may prove to be the missing link in human evolution. But all hell breaks loose when the creature thaws out, turning out to be not quite as dead as once thought!Read More »

  • Sergio Martino – La Coda dello scorpione AKA The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail (1971)

    1971-1980GialloItalySergio MartinoThriller

    Synopsis:
    Lisa Baumer’s husband dies in a dramatic airplane crash and the widow soon collects on his million-dollar insurance policy. As a suspicious insurance agent investigates the case, the inevitable corpses start piling up. Then, when the widow Baumer herself is found murdered, her million dollars mysteriously disappears! Smelling a hot scoop, an ambitious journalist begins to put together the pieces of an increasingly bloody puzzle.Read More »

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