1. The Temptation of St Anthony / Georges Melies / France / 1898 Saint Anthony is practicing spiritual exercises in a cave in Egypt, but suddenly starts to see a naked woman instead of the body of Christ. What a mess! 2. Bestia / Alexander Hertz / Poland, Russian Empire / 1917 Young Polish lady escapes from home and makes a career in dirty dancin… 続きを読む

1. Eurotika! (1999) "Eurotika" is a wordplay of Euro and Erotica. It's a great documentary from Pete Tombs, author of the non-fiction book "Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984". The documentary consists of 12 episodes, with total length of six hours. The first chapter is dedicated to French director Jean Rollin, the second - to Spanish Jesus Franco; the others are about Jose Larraz, Jose Benazeraf, Max Pecas, Mario Bava and Michael Reeves. There's a… 続きを読む

Here she is, my favorite goddess. This figurine is dated circa 1600 BCE. There's an article about her on Wikipedia, you can read it. It's named "Snake Goddess".… 続きを読む

¡Hola! This is you know not the top of the top, it's just some cuts from my movie watching. 1. Satanico Pandemonium: La Sexorcista (1975) A Mexican horror movie. A young and beautiful nun is obsessed by devilish fleshly temptations, she tries hard to resist them, but no, it's stronger than her. I do understand what people expect from the words "Mexican Horror" - something like an American movie, but worse; but nah, it's a surprisingly original flick. 2. D… 続きを読む