Walerian Borowczyk’s “Contes immoraux”: The bloodthirsty Countess meets...
A bevy of naked beauties in Walerian Borowczyk's "Contes immoraux" (1974). Walerian Borowczyk (1923-2006) was a Polish filmmaker who was, in the early years of his career, the creator of astounding...
View ArticleWalerian Borowczyk’s “La bête” (‘The Beast’)
Horror at the discovery of the slaughtered lamb and bear-like Beast in the surrealistic dream sequence. I wanted to revisit a film I’d mentioned in the previous post on Walerian Borowczyk. This blog...
View ArticleNostalgic for sleaze, part II: Nazis, nuns, and wicked prison wardens.
In my previous blog post, I waxed nostalgic over the print advertisements for grindhouse theatres that appeared in the newspapers back in the 1970′s, the heyday of exploitation cinema. I felt the need...
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