While this 1966 films producers should be applauded for their sensible approach in teaching parents how to talk to kids about sex, the awkward reading of cue cards and embarrassing situations will produce nervous giggles among even the most jaded audiences. This film was produced by some of the pioneers of sex education whose ideas are still being challenged by school boards today.
Sex Madness
F.W. Murnau's adaption of Bram Stoker's Dracula is a masterpiece and one of the earliest examples of the horror genre. Many of the genre conventions employed here live on today - the slow moving murderous villain, the screaming and seemingly paralized damsel. Remade by Werner Herzog in 1979.
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Shaolin Temple
The Secret Life of Adolf Hitler
The Lost World
The Phantom of the Opera
A violent criminal called The Butcher is brought back to life by a scientist using electricity. The Butcher becomes an invulnerable mute, and seeks vengeance upon those who caused his execution. Stars Lon Chaney Jr.
A prime example of the exploitation film that is now considered high-comedy (pun intended.) The film was rumored to have been funded by the US Government but, alas, it's origins are far more banal - the producers wanted to skirt the Motion Picture Code of Ethics (which prevents on screen portrayals of drug use) and hence adopted an instructive form.
Regarded as the prime example of Russian montage film making and probably director Sergei Eisenstein's most well known work. Must viewing for anyone interesting in understanding the dialectic nature of film editing.
Night of the Living Dead
The quinissential 60's camp Scifi/Horror film. A brilliant scientist keeps the severed head of his wife alive after she is involved in a car crash. These days the film leaves me thinking one thing - is this what Ted Williams' progeny had in mind?
Often cited as the first true horror film this is also the most well known example of German expressionist film making. The kanted camera and nightmare inspired mise-en-cine live on today in the works of Tim Burton, Sam Raimi and many others.
Tyrone Power and Dana Andrew with a huge cast.
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