The Blood Stained Shadow 1978  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Antonio Bido
Cast: Lino Capolicchio, Stefania Casini, Craig Hill, Massimo Serato, Juliette Mayniel, Laura Nucci, Attilio Duse, Gianfranco Bullo, Sonia Viviani, Luigi Casellato, Alfredo Zammi, Alina De Simone
Stefano (Lino Capolicchio) travels to visit his brother, Don Paolo (Craig Hill), a priest. Don Paolo talks about the shady characters in town and how he has made enemies of some of them. When murders occur, Don Paolo begins to receive threatening notes. Stefano's flashbacks from his childhood may provide a clue to the solution.
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The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus 1959  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: Eyes Without a Face
Director: Georges Franju
Cast: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Edith Scob, Francois Guerin, Alexandre Rignault, Beatrice Altariba, Juliette Mayniel, Rene Genin
After his daughter Christiane's (Edith Scob) face is disfigured in a car accident, a surgeon, Dr. Genessier (Pierre Brasseur), begins a series of kidnappings of young girls. His goal is to obtain a new face for Christiane. Thus, one-by-one, kidnapped girls' faces are grafted onto Christiane. Although the effort proves futile and the kidnapped girls die, Genessier continues his search for "donors."
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Landru 1963 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Bluebeard
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Charles Denner, Michele Morgan, Danielle Darrieux, Hildegarde Neff, Juliette Mayniel, Stephane Audran, Catherine Rouvel, Denise Provence, Francoise Lugagne, Mary Marquet
Henri-Desire Landru (Charles Denner) was a mass murderer during World War I who preyed upon women with fortunes. After wooing and swindling them, he killed, dismembered, and burned them in his incinerator. This is Claude Chabrol's unique telling of the story.
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| 1. The Blood Stained Shadow (1978)
2. The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus (1959)
aka: Eyes Without a Face
3. Landru (1963)
aka: Bluebeard
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