When her grave is disturbed by modern-day land developers, a 300-year-old witch is accidentally resurrected and terrorizes an English village.Read More »
1960s
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Don Sharp – Witchcraft (1964)
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Harry Kümel – Monsieur Hawarden (1968)
1961-1970ArthouseBelgiumDramaHarry KümelMonsieur Hawarden, accompanied by his beautiful maid Victorine, arrives to stay at a remote farmhouse in the Ardennes. The household retainers gossip about the newcomers and develop rivalries over Victorine which end in her death. Hawarden leaves for Spa and resumes ‘his’ true identity, that of Meriora Gillibrand, daughter of Viennese aristocrats, has a brief affair with an officer, and returns – as Hawarden again – to the French farm… Filmed with a cool, stylish elegance and an eye for period detail, this deliberately slow-paced film unfolds in the manner of a mystery story.Read More »
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Jesús Franco – The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
1961-1970AdventureHorrorJesus FrancoUnited KingdomThe evil mastermind Fu Manchu plots his latest scheme to basically freeze over the Earth’s oceans with his diabolical new device. Opposing him is his arch-nemesis, Interpol’s very British Dr. Nayland Smith.Read More »
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Mark Rydell – The Fox (1967)
1961-1970CanadaDramaMark RydellQueer Cinema(s)Quote:
‘Jill Banford and Ellen March have built a good life together on a hardscrabble Canadian farm. Then handsome Paul Grenfel enters their isolated world, and sets friend against friend. But is Paul the real trouble between Jill and Ellen? Or has his presence merely awakened the unspoken, unexplored sexual tension that always existed between the women? Sandy Dennis, Keir Dullea and Anne Heywood portray the three sides of an incendiary triangle in this breakthrough film that sparked controversy in its day and remains fascinating in ours. Based on a D.H. Lawrence novella and directed by Mark Rydell (On Golden Pond), The Fox probes the mysteries of human relationships with maturity, subtlety and candor.’Read More » -
Kaneto Shindô – Haha AKA Mother (1963)
1961-1970DramaJapanKaneto ShindôWarTamiko is a divorced mother with a seriously ill son, struggling to save him and give both a sense of their existence. She lives with her mother and brother, but will marry a man older than her. The dramatic shadow of Hiroshima bombs is always hovering over the fate of the characters.Read More »
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Haro Senft – Plakate der Weimarer Republik aka Posters of the Weimar Republic (1962)
1961-1970DocumentaryGermanyHaro SenftShort FilmWeimar Republic cinemaPosters and photos from the Weimar Republic serve as starting points for passing on the history of the first German republic and the reasons for its failure to future generations.Read More »
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Kôsaku Yamashita – Zoku kyôdai jingi AKA Family Obligations 2 (1966)
1961-1970CrimeDramaJapanKôsaku YamashitaThe services of a wandering gambler, Seiji, are called upon to protect the turf of his loyal friend Risaburo.Read More »
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Albert Zugsmith – The Chinese Room (1968)
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Shu Shuen Tong – Dong fu ren AKA The Arch (1968)
1961-1970ArthouseDramaHong KongShu Shuen TongA woman falls in love with a visiting cavalry captain, but chooses to suppress it for the sake of her daughter.Read More »









