French Horror Movies (1970-1989)
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- DirectorsPaul MorrisseyAntonio MargheritiStarsJoe DallesandroUdo KierDalila Di LazzaroBaron Frankenstein creates two "zombies" - one male, one female - planning to mate them in order to create a master race.
- DirectorJean RollinStarsFrançoise PascalHugues QuesterNatalie PerreyA young couple out for a walk decide to take a stroll through a large cemetery. As darkness begins to fall they realize they can't find their way out, and soon their fears begin to overtake them.
- DirectorJean RollinStarsBrigitte LahaieAlain DuclosDominique JournetFuturistic asylum residents in a skyscraper suffer insanity, amnesia. Blank-eyed inmates roam halls of "Black Tower" as tension escalates and bodies pile up.
- DirectorJean RollinStarsFranca MaïBrigitte LahaieJean-Marie LemaireA runaway criminal breaks into an eerie chateau, taking its two frightened chambermaids hostage. As night falls, a group of mysterious aristocratic women arrive and the criminal begins to realize the women are hiding a sinister secret.
- DirectorHarry KümelStarsDelphine SeyrigJohn KarlenDanielle OuimetWhile passing through a vacation resort, a newlywed couple encounters a mysterious, strikingly beautiful countess and her aide.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsAlan AldaJacqueline BissetBarbara ParkinsAn old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.
- DirectorAlain Robbe-GrilletStarsAnicée AlvinaOlga Georges-PicotMichael LonsdaleA cult erotic drama from the perverse imagination of Alain Robbe-Grillet, SUCCESSIVE SLIDINGS OF PLEASURE delves into the twisted mind of a young woman suspected in the stabbing death of her roommate Nora.
- DirectorJean RollinStarsJean-Loup PhilippeAnnie BelleNatalie PerreyFrederick sees a photograph of a ruined seaside castle, which triggers a strange childhood memory. He then goes on a strange quest to find the castle and the beautiful woman who lives there.
- DirectorJean RollinStarsMarina PierroFrançoise BlanchardMike MarshallA toxic spill revives a beautiful, dead heiress who, with the help of her childhood friend, must quench her insatiable thirst for blood.
- DirectorJuan Luis BuñuelStarsMichel PiccoliLiv UllmannOrnella MutiA female vampire rises from her crypt every night in search of children as her victims.
- DirectorJean BrisméeStarsErika BlancJean ServaisDaniel EmilforkA group of tourists traveling on a bus take a detour to stay overnight in a castle owned by a family cursed with a history of Satanism and death.
- DirectorJean RollinStarsMarie-Pierre CastelMireille DargentPhilippe GastéTwo girls on the run get lost in the French countryside, and wind up in a haunted chateau occupied by an ailing vampire and his servants.
- DirectorJoël SériaStarsJeanne GoupilCatherine WagenerBernard DhéranTwo bored Catholic schoolgirls spending summer in the countryside decide to become Satanists, and begin committing a series of morbid and increasingly dangerous crimes.
- DirectorBruno GantillonStarsDominique DelpierreAlfred BaillouMireille SauninTwo French girls get lost in the woods and accidentally enter the realm of sorceress Morgana Le Fay - who gives them the choice of either staying young forever as her lovers, or rot in a dungeon for eternity.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsAnne LibertCarmen YazaldeDoris ThomasA group of nuns become possessed by demons and are then tortured in a dungeon of horrors during the inquisition.
- DirectorJuan Luis BuñuelStarsFrançoise FabianJean-Marc BoryYasmine DahmA married couple purchases an abandoned house in the countryside. Soon they witness strange apparitions and events. Their son and their prepubescent daughter are haunted by a poltergeist.
- DirectorJérôme BoivinStarsLise DelamareJean MercureJacques SpiesserTold from a dogs perspective - the titular Baxter is moved from one owner to another, seemingly never being a good fit for anyone.
- DirectorClaude MulotStarsPhilippe LemaireAnny DupereyOlivia RobinA Famous artist becomes obsessed with restoring the beautiful face of his badly burned fiancée, resorting to blackmailing a plastic surgeon into shady operations involving the skin from young girls.
- DirectorAlain Robbe-GrilletStarsDaniel MesguichCyrielle ClairDaniel EmilforkWalter is told by his boss, Sara, to deliver an urgent letter to Henri de Corinthe. On the way he finds a beautiful woman he had been eying in a nightclub, lying in the road, bound up. He takes her to a villa to get a doctor, and ends up being locked in a bedroom with her. While she is making love to him, he has visions of surrealistic images from René Magritte's paintings. In the morning, the girl, Marie-Ange, has vanished, the villa looks derelict, and his neck is bleeding. Was it all just a nightmare?
- DirectorAlain Robbe-GrilletStarsCatherine JourdanPierre ZimmerRichard LeducThis enigmatic narrative and its outre content are pushed several degrees closer to total madness which scrambles an already ambiguous chronology to the point of free form collage.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsAlberto DalbésDennis PriceHoward VernonDr. Frankenstein and his assistant Morpho are killed just as they bring their creation to life. The monster is taken by Cagliostro and he now controls the monster and plans to have it mate and create the perfect master race.
- DirectorJean-Pierre MockyStarsMarie-José NatJean-Pierre MockyNino FerrerMarried couple Jock and Nora visit the town of Litan during its Carnival celebration. After having a nightmare of Jock's death, Nora sets out to find him but encounters strange people and dangerous events erupting all over town.
- DirectorFranco BrocaniStarsNicoletta MachiavelliTina AumontPierre ClémentiBizarre Art Movie which purports to be a 'statement about life'. The longer 120 minutes 35mm. version includes bloody Countess Elizabeth Bathory (here called Marthory), the Frankenstein monster, a really strange Satan, surrealistic King Kong, Attila the Hun, Montezuma, the fearful Minotaur and other hellish characters.
- DirectorLouis SoulanesStarsNicole DebonneDanièle ArgenceSolange PradelA disabled young woman is tormented by two female cousins who play sexual games while she's unable to escape from them.
- DirectorJoël SantoniStarsNicole GarciaJean-Pierre BacriDominique LavanantThriller about a psycho looking for revenge. Bronsky is a paraplegic because of an accident at a construction site that was partly due to the head architect, David Briand. Many years after the accident, Bronsky shows up at Briand's residence with his family and his trailer looking for assistance. He and his wife insinuate themselves into the household without revealing their true identity. They start to work for Briand and his wife Elaine as a gardener and a babysitter with the sole objective of wreaking havoc on their lives and avenging Bronsky's disabilities.