The Films of Paul Naschy

 
   The Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll: (1972) A.k.a. House of Psychotic Women. Uncut print of this enjoyable Paul Naschy outing that is more of a nifty giallo-mystery than anything else. Naschy plays an ex-con who murdered his wife and is trying to leave his past behind him by wandering through the country looking for work. After he gets a job as a handyman for a collection of demented sisters, blonde women start tuning up dead with their blue eyes cut out. Some fun plot twists make this one a cut above. In English with Dutch subtitles. [B]
 
 
   
The Devil’s Possessed: (1974) A.k.a. The Baron from Hell. Ok Paul Naschy outing that blends Mark of the Devil and Robin Hood. Paul plays a Baron who is under the spell of a sorceress who makes him be an all around asshole killing people and overtaxing the peasants. When an old war-buddy rides into town he decides to help the rebels put a stop to the tyranny.
 
 
   
Count Dracula's Great Love: (1972) Uncut print of Paul Naschy's atmospheric, bloody vampire flick. A group of stranded travelers happen upon a gothic castle in the middle of nowhere and are invited to stay the night. Naturally, things go bump in the night and we get about 70 minutes of lesbian vampirism, blood-letting, nudity and some emoting on Naschy's part. Highly recommended for fans of European vampire outings. [B]
 
Dr. Jekyll and the Wolfman
     Dr. Jekyll and the Wolfman: (1971) Cool Paul Naschy outing with Naschy once again playing el hombre lobo. This time out Waldemier runs afoul of a mad scientist who promises to relive him of the curse of the werewolf, which he does, but in return turns him into the infamous Mr. Hyde who proceeds to rape and torture any female he comes across. Naschy's transformation into Hyde is nothing short of chilling. Too bad he didn't play this character more often. [B]
 
 
    A Dragonfly for Each Corpse: (1974) Paul Naschy tries his hand at the giallo genre, with this cool murder-thriller shot on location in Italy. When various criminals start turning up butchered with a dragonfly left on their mutilated corpses, it’s time for a tough, cigar-chewing cop (Naschy) to step in and find out who is trying to "clean up" the town. Naschy fans and giallo aficionados should get a kick out of this. In fair to poor quality.
 
 
    Horror Rises from the Tomb: (1972) Uncut print of one of Paul Naschy's best films in which he plays a Count who is put to death, along with his wife, for various heinous acts including vampirism, necrophilia and Satanism (and that's on a good day!). Years later they rise from their graves to avenge their deaths. Fun Hammer rip-off with all of the heart-ripping, decapitations and general bloodletting and nudity intact. [B]
 
 
    Howl of the Devil: (1988) Excellent Paul Naschy outing is easily one of his best. The complex plot involves a child who lives with his abusive failed actor uncle (Naschy) after his father, a renown horror actor (also Naschy) dies. While a gloved killer stalks the countryside and his uncle's butler holds séances to bring the father back from the dead, the friendless kid has conversations with virtually every movie monster (all played by Naschy, including a fantastic Quasimoto). Oh, yeah, I almost forgot, the uncle likes to pick up hookers and get all gussied up in elaborate horror and historical outfits (like Fu Manchu and Ghengis Kahn) and play sadistic sex games. Caroline Munroe also stars in this gory, nudity filled outing. In Spanish with English subtitles, in slightly less than perfect quality. [18+]
 
Hunchback of the Morgue
     Hunchback of the Morgue: (1972) Uncut, letterboxed print of Paul Naschy's finest hour (ok, 85 minutes) released in the US as The Rue Morgue Massacre. This time out Naschy plays a Swiss (?!) hunchback who works in the local morgue and in between being laughed at by the locals, has a thing going with a girl who happens to be dying. After she kicks off, a deranged scientist tries to use her body in an experiment and all hell breaks loose! Disembowelings, beheadings, campy dialogue and yes, those viscous, flaming rats! A must see flick for fans of Euro-gore cinema! In English with Japanese subtitles. [B, 18+]
 


    Inquisition: (1976) More fine uncut Naschy mayhem, with Naschy playing a Grand Inquisitor (who bears a striking resemblance to John Belushi) in search of heresy and witchcraft. Naturally, he finds it in abundance, particularly in the hearts and minds of young, attractive females (who need to be relieved of their clothing before they are tortured, of course). Plenty of nudity, violence and clumsy dubbing. [B, 18+]
 
 
    Jack the Mangler: (1971) A.k.a. Seven Corpses for Scotland Yard. Talky suspenser with Paul Naschy as a man who keeps finding himself in compromising situations with dead women. Is he the modern day Jack, or is someone trying to set him up? For Naschy completists only. In Spanish with English subtitles, in fair quality.
 
 
    The Last Kamikaze: (1983) Cool action yarn starring Paul Naschy as a former Nazi who now works as a ruthless hitman who slaughters all in his way. Hot on his trail is a rival hitman who is clean and never kills any innocents in the way (even witnesses who have seen his face live). Seems to be the inspiration for Sly Stallone’s snoozer Assassins, as far as I can tell. A bit on the talky side but some of the incredibly bloody action sequences and tons of nudity make up for it. In Spanish sans subs. [B]
 
 
    Mark of the Wolfman: (1967) Uncut, letterboxed print of Paul Naschy's first hombre lobo outing with 22 minutes of footage cut from the US Frankenstein's Bloody Terror version. When a group of gypsies disregard all warnings and bust into the Dalinski family crypt and steal a silver dagger out of one of the corpses. Naturally this brings the fearsome Hombre Lobo back to life. By the way, please don't ask about a 133 minute version - there is no such beast (it came from a typo that was supposed to read 1 hour and 33 minutes). In fair quality, but the color drops out with annoying frequency. In German with English subtitles.
 
 
    Night of the Executioner: (198?) Kick-ass, violent-as-hell Death Wish knock-off starring Paul Nashy. Naschy plays a mild-mannered family man who’s home is invaded on his birthday (!) by a group of sadistic punks who rape his wife and daughter (killing her in the process and cut out his tongue so he can’t talk about it. Naturally our family man, starts pumping iron and pumping info from the local sleaze to find the punks and get bloody revenge. A classic urban-revenge outing. In Spanish without subs (but it’s pretty easy to follow anyway). [18+]
 
Night of the Howling Beast
     Night of the Howling Beast: (1975) A.k.a. The Werewolf vs. The Yeti. Highly entertaining Paul Naschy outing in which the lycanthropic one plays an explorer on an expedition into the mountains and stumbles across a clan of nubile female vampires (who run around naked - even though they are living in a snow-covered cave several thousand feet above sea-level), ruled over by a Mongol warrior who needs skin transplants to survive. Oh, yeah, the Yeti shows up at the end of the film, too. Great stuff. [B]