MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN 1960 (SINISTER CINEMA) This is an excellent example of Euro horror. Based on a story in "Flemish Tales", this one really packs a wallop. A young man is drawn to a mysterious windmill where a reclusive doctor lives with his lovely daughter and a lot of bizarre wax figures.
It seems the daughter is dying and the mad doctor kidnaps women an uses them to keep her alive. He then uses them as his wax figures to be put on display to make money to finance his experiments. The deep rich colors are really something to see, an the cast really plays it out well.
The film works on many levels and should be seen by any horror fan. The print from Sinister is beautiful.
VOODOO ISLAND 1957 (MGM) Boris Karloff stars as a TV host whose job it is to expose superstition and voodoo as a hoax. He travels to a mysterious island that a big business man wants to build a hotel on. One of the six passengers on the flight to the island is under a voodoo spell and strange things happen on the flight as well as when they arrive on the island.
The group discovers man eating plants an strange voodoo rites. I first saw this when I was sick an home from school on KSTW TV in Seattle. I have always love this film an always will despite what others say. The rest of the cast includes Elisha Cook, Jr, Rhodes Reason, Beverly Tyler, Murvyn Vey, Jean Engstrom an a very young Adam West.
Director Reginald LeBorg does a good job with some pretty creepy scenes and a great music score. Recommended!
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