#Alan Birkinshaw

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The House of Usher | Alan Birkinshaw | 1989

Carole Farquhar, Anne Stradi

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Ordeal by Innocence (1984) Desmond Davis and Alan Birkinshaw

December 7th 2024

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Yehuda Efroni-Branda Vaccaro "Muerte en el safari" (The little indiàns) 1989, de Alan Birkinshaw.

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THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH 1989 Herbert Lom, Brenda Vaccaro and Frank Stalone hold a Poe party

‘Death is the life and soul of the party’ The Masque of the Red Death is a 1989 horror film about a female photographer who sneaks into a lavish party at a Bavarian castle. Mayhem ensues as assorted Poe story devices start doing away with the guests. The movie was directed by Alan Birkinshaw (The House of Usher 1989 Ten Little Indians; Invaders of the Lost Gold aka Horror Safari; Killer’s…

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Jess Franco's NIGHT OF THE BLOOD MONSTER (aka THE BLOODY JUDGE) arrives on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray 4/26 from Blue Underground

Label: Blue Underground

Region Code: Region-Free

Rating: Unrated

Duration: 103 Minutes

Audio: English: 1.0 DTS-HD MA with Optional English Subtitles

Video: Dolby Vision HDR 2160p UHD Widescreen (2.35:1), 1080p HD Widescreen (2.35:1)

Director: Jess Franco

Cast: Christopher Lee, Maria Schell, Leo Genn, Hans Hass, Maria Rohm, Margaret Lee, Howard Vernon, Diana Lorys

Jess Franco's landmark epic of violence and sadism, NIGHT OF THE BLOOD MONSTER (aka THE BLOODY JUDGE), is coming to 4K UHD & Blu-ray on March 26, 2024!

Christopher Lee (THE WICKER MAN) gives one of his most unforgettable performances as Judge Jeffreys, the infamous 17th Century witchfinder whose unholy obsession with a luscious wench (Maria Rohm of EUGENIE) fuels a jaw-dropping spree of torture, brutality and flesh-ripping perversion. Howard Vernon (SUCCUBUS), Margaret Lee (FIVE GOLDEN DRAGONS), Maria Schell (99 WOMEN) and Oscar nominee Leo Genn (QUO VADIS) co-star in this landmark epic of sexual violence and sadism, complete with a superb score by Bruno Nicolai (COUNT DRACULA) and directed with spectacularly deviant glee by the one and only Jess Franco (VENUS IN FURS).

Blue Underground is proud to present the most complete and uncensored version of NIGHT OF THE BLOOD MONSTER (also known as THE BLOODY JUDGE) from a brand-new 2023 Dolby Vision HDR 4K master, painstakingly restored from various European vault elements featuring additional nudity, bloodshed and what Christopher Lee himself calls “scenes of extraordinary depravity!”

Special Features:

- WORLD PREMIERE! Brand-new 2023 4K master of the complete uncensored version

- Audio Commentary #1 with Film Historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson

- Audio Commentary #2 with Film Historians Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw

- Audio Commentary #3 with Film Historians David Flint and Adrian Smith

- Bloody Jess – Interviews with Director Jess Franco and Star Christopher Lee

- Judgement Day – Interview with Stephen Thrower, Author of “Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco”

- In The Shadows – Interviews with Filmmaker Alan Birkinshaw and Author Stephen Thrower on Harry Alan Towers

- Deleted and Alternate Scenes

- Limited Edition embossed slipcover and reversible sleeve with alternate artwork [First Pressing Only]

- Trailers and TV Spot

- Still Galleries

https://mcbastardsmausoleum.blogspot.com/2023/12/jess-francos-night-of-blood-monster-aka.html?m=1

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The House of Usher (Alan Birkinshaw, 1989)

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Killer's Moon (1978)

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Films Watched in 2021:

83. The Masque of the Red Death (1989) - Dir. Alan Birkinshaw

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Don’t Open Till Christmas (1984)

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The House of Usher | Alan Birkinshaw | 1989

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Killer’s moon (Alan Birkinshaw, 1978).

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Ten Little Indians (1989)

My rating: 4/10

So... they took a novel with a pretty nasty racial slur in the title, replaced the slur (though if the replacement is much better is debatable) and then set the whole thing in Africa so they could still show some stereotypical depictions of natives as superstitious cowards? I mean... I guess that's a compromise, of sorts.

Anyway, once it gets to the high-stakes game of Among Us, it's passably entertaining. The cast is solid, and the whole thing works passably well despite the overly dramatic 80s TV synth score and the complete anticlimax of an ending. This is not a good movie, but I suppose it passes the time.

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THE HOUSE OF USHER Oliver Reed and Donald Pleasence Poe-it-up Review and free on YouTube

‘A modern passion. An ancient terror.’ The House of Usher is a 1989 horror film about an engaged couple who are involved in an accident on the way to the man’s uncle’s mansion. The young woman becomes trapped in the house with deranged residents and weird happenings. Directed by Alan Birkinshaw (The Masque of the Red Death 1989; Invaders of the Lost Gold; Killer’s Moon) from a screenplay written…

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Killer's Moon (1978)

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The House of Usher (Alan Birkinshaw, 1989)