Social Media Post - Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) or Father Doesn't Always Know Best.

 Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) or
Father Doesn't Always Know Best. 

In the fifth installment of Hammer Films’ Dracula series, director Peter Sasdy and screenwriter Anthony Hinds (as John Elder) visit the theme of corruption from the older, patriarchal generation in conflict with the youth, themes Sasdy would revisit in his script for Twins of Evil, his final Karnstein trilogy story. Count Dracula himself undergoes an unusual change as he becomes an anti-hero, removing three of society's hypocritical leaders. To do this, he sets their children against the fathers in a revenge orgy of spilled familial blood and terror.

The Whip and the Body (1963) [Horror Romance]

Directed by  Mario Bava (as John M. Old) 

Writing Credits Ernesto Gastaldi, Ugo Guerra, and Luciano Martino

There is no doubt after watching The Whip and the Body why Mario Bava was considered a master in the use of light, color and shadow! This 55 year old film is beautiful to watch. Replete with exterior shots of sunrises and sunsets through a gray sky and over a turbulent ocean and desolate beach and moody internal shots where the subjects move through a spectrum of color with each step, this film is a treat for the eye.

Vengeance of the Zombies (1973) [Paul Naschy]

Vengeance of the Zombies (1973) [Paul Naschy]

La rebelión de las muertas (original title)
Director: León Klimovsky (as Leon Klimovsky)
Writers: Paul Naschy (screenplay) (as Jacinto Molina), Paul Naschy (story) (as Jacinto Molina)

León Klimovsky's Vengeance of the Zombies draws from many sources.  It presents a jaw dropping mashup of Hindu mysticism, Satanism, and Voodoo, plus references to the  Kali Death cult thuggees and a nod to the writings of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. This willingness to clump all sorts of horror sources together in one movie was a trademark of Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter Paul Naschy (who provided the screenplay). A truly admirable quality from Naschy's large body of work, as uneven or downright weird as it could get, was his love of the genre. He truly was a Glenn Danzig before there was a Glenn Danzig.

The Skull (1965, Freddie Francis) Trailer

Found this today in a bargain bin; I am going to watch it tonight: