100 European Horror Films

by Steven Jay Schneider (Editor)

Overview

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.'

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781838714024
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	07/25/2019
Series:	BFI Screen Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	18 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Steven Jay Schneider is a film scholar and producer whose books include Horror International (2005), Fear Without Frontiers: Horror Cinema Across the Globe (2003) and 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (5th edition, 2007).
STEVEN Jay SCHNEIDER is a film producer and film critic and scholar who has authored and edited numerous books on world cinema and horror. Schneider's producing credits include 2009's PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, James Wan's INSIDIOUS (2011), Barry Levinson's THE BAY (2011), William Brent Bell's THE DEVIL INSIDE (2011), Oren Peli's AREA 51 (2012), Rob Zombie's THE LORDS OF SALEM (2012), and the 2011 ABC/DreamWorks Television pilot, The River.

Table of 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 lglesia, 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 lglesia, 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, lngmar Bergman, 1968
The House That Screamed, Narciso lbáñez 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
N¡ghtwatch, OIe 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

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

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.' - Tangled Web