100 European Horror Films

Steven Jay Schneider

• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9781844571642
• eBook ISBN:
  9781838714024
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Film & Video

From bloodsucking schoolgirls to flesh-eating zombies, and from psychopathic killers to beasts from hell, '100 European Horror Films' provides a lively and illuminating guide to a hundred key horror movies from the 1920s to the present day. Alongside films from countries particularly associated with horror production - notably Germany, Italy, and Spain and movies by key horror filmmakers such as Mario Bava, Dario Argento, and Lucio Fulci, '100 European Horror Films' also includes films from countries as diverse as Denmark, Belgium, and the Soviet Union, and filmmakers such as Bergman, Polanski and Claire Denis, more commonly associated with art cinema. The book features entries representing key horror subgenres such as the Italian 'giallo' thrillers of the late 60s and 70s, psychological thrillers, and zombie, cannibal, and vampire movies. Each entry includes a plot synopsis, major credits, and a commentary on the film's significance, together with its production and exhibition history. Films covered in the book include early classics such as Paul Wegener's 'The Golem,' Robert Wiene's 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,' and 'Murnau's Nosferatu'; 70s horror favorites such as 'Daughters of Darkness, The Beast,' and 'Suspiria'; and notable recent releases such as 'The Devil's Backbone, Malefique,' and 'The Vanishing.'

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Notes on Contributors
• Introduction
• Anatomy, Stefan Ruzowitzky, 2000
• Angst, Gerald Kargl, 1983
• Anguish, Bigas Luna, 1987
• The Awful Dr Orloff, Jesús Franco, 1962
• The Beast, Walerian Borowczyk, 1975
• A Bell of Hell, Claudio Guerín, 1973
• The Beyond, Lucio Fulci, 1981
• Beyond the Darkness, Aristede Massaccesi, 1979
• The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Dario Argento, 1970
• Blood and Black Lace, Mario Bava, 1964
• Blood and Roses, Roger Vadim, 1960
• The Blood Spattered Bride, Vicente Aranda, 1972
• Bloody Pit of Horror, Massimo Pupillo, 1965
• Brotherhood of the Wolf, Christophe Gans, 2001
• The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Robert Wiene, 1919
• Cannibal Ferox, Umberto Lenzi, 1980
• Cannibal Holocaust, Ruggero Deodato, 1979
• Cannibal Man, Eloy de la Iglesia, 1972
• The Castle of Terror, Antonio Margheriti, 1963
• The Church, Michele Soavi, 1989
• City of the Living Dead, Lucio Fulci, 1980
• Curse of the Devil, Carlos Aured, 1973
• Dark Waters, Mariano Baino, 1994
• Daughters of Darkness, Harry Kümel, 1971
• The Day of the Beast, Álex de la Iglesia, 1995
• Deep Red, Dario Argento, 1975
• Déjà vu, Goran Markovic, 1987
• Dellamorte Dellamore, Michele Soavi, 1994
• Demons, Lamberto Bava, 1985
• The Devil’s Backbone, Guillermo del Toro, 2001
• Les Diaboliques, Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1955
• Don’t Torture a Duckling, Lucio Fulci, 1972
• The Door with Seven Locks, Alfred Vohrer, 1962
• The Ear, Karel Kachyna, 1970
• Eyes Without a Face, Georges Franju, 1960
• Fascination, Jean Rollin, 1979
• Four Flies on Grey Velvet, Dario Argento, 1971
• The Fourth Man, Paul Verhoeven, 1983
• Funny Games, Michael Haneke, 1997
• The Girl Who Knew Too Much, Mario Bava, 1963
• The Golem, Carl Boese, Paul Wegener, 1920
• The Grapes of Death, Jean Rollin, 1978
• Häxan, Benjamin Christensen, 1922
• High Tension, Alexandre Aja, 2003
• The Horrible Doctor Hichcock, Riccardo Freda, 1962
• Hour of the Wolf, Ingmar Bergman, 1968
• The House That Screamed, Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, 1969
• House with the Laughing Windows, Pupi Avati, 1976
• Hunchback of the Morgue, Javier Aguirre, 1973
• I Vampiri, Riccardo Freda, 1957
• In a Glass Cage, Agustí Villaronga, 1986
• Inferno, Dario Argento, 1980
• Kill, Baby . . . Kill!, Mario Bava, 1966
• The Kingdom, Morten Arnfred, Lars von Trier, 1994
• Laurin, Robert Sigl, 1989
• Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, Jorge Grau, 1974
• The Lift, Dick Maas, 1983
• Lips of Blood, Jean Rollin, 1975
• Lisa and the Devil, Mario Bava, Alfredo Leone 1972
• Maléfique, Eric Valette, 2002
• Malpertuis, Harry Kümel, 1971
• Man Bites Dog, Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde, 1992
• Mark of the Devil, Michael Armstrong, 1970
• The Mark of the Wolfman, Enrique López Eguiluz, 1968
• The Mask of Satan, Mario Bava, 1960
• Mill of the Stone Women, Georgio Ferroni, 1960
• Nekromantik, Jörg Buttgereit, 1987
• Night Watch, Timur Bekmambetov, 2004
• Nightwatch, Ole Bornedal, 1994
• Nosferatu, F. W. Murnau, 1922
• Nosferatu the Vampire, Werner Herzog, 1979
• Opera, Dario Argento, 1987
• The Ordeal, Fabrice Du Welz, 2004
• Orgy of the Vampires, León Klimovsky, 1972
• The Perfume of the Lady in Black, Francesco Barilli, 1974
• Possession, Andrej Zulawski, 1981
• Schramm, Jörg Buttgereit, 1993
• Seven Blood-Stained Orchids, Umberto Lenzi, 1972
• Short Night of the Glass Dolls, Aldo Lado, 1972
• Spirits of the Dead, Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim, 1967
• The Stendhal Syndrome, Dario Argento, 1996
• Succubus, Jesús Franco, 1968
• Suspiria, Dario Argento, 1977
• The Tenant, Roman Polanski, 1976
• Tenebre, Dario Argento, 1982
• Thesis, Alejandro Amenábar, 1996
• Tombs of the Blind Dead, Amando de Ossorio, 1972
• Torso, Sergio Martino, 1973
• Trouble Every Day, Claire Denis, 2001
• Twitch of the Death Nerve, Mario Bava, 1971
• Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, Jaromil Jires, 1970
• Vampyr, Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932
• The Vanishing, George Sluizer, 1988
• Viy, Georgi Kropachyov, Konstantin Yershov, 1967
• What Have You Done to Solange?, Massimo Dallamano, 1972
• The Whip and the Body, Mario Bava, 1963
• The White Reindeer, Erik Blomberg, 1952
• Who Saw Her Die?, Aldo Lado, 1972
• Zeder, Pupi Avati, 1983
• Zombie, Lucio Fulci, 1979
• Notes
• Index
• List of Illustrations
• eCopyright