Author Archive: Retro

A ghost story set around the time of the Mexican Revolution, THE SCAPULAR concerns an old woman on her deathbed who tells the priest giving her last rites of the strange and powerful influence a religious medal had on her four sons. It’s told mostly in flashback and the fog-bound atmospherics “Golden Age” cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa provides in abundance makes it look like we’re observing the otherworldly goings-ons through the mists of time. If using black & white was a deliberate choice for this 1968 flick, it was a stoke of genius. 

The setting is a Central European kingdom, near the turn of the century. Bored by his very proper wife, the youthful heir to the throne spends his time in amorous dalliances at a sprawling country estate. His wife departs at the arrival of his friends, and they organize a celebration which becomes a wild orgy and culminates in death and tragedy.

Seven brothers come face-to-face with the infamous Count. AKA: LEGEND OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRES.

The marriage of a wealthy, outwardly happy couple is threatened by the husband’s alcoholism.

Exploitation film in “Olga” series about women enslaved in Chinatown.

Silent adaptation of Poe’s tale of madness and decay.

Years after retiring from the world of free fighting martial arts, a man returns to the deadly world of fighting after his best student is killed in the tournament.

Italian adventure sequel with White Fang aiding prospector.

A recovering alcoholic learns from a detective that a gruesome murder had been committed in her house.