cult film freak: January 2026

Written by James M. Tate / 1/27/2026 / No comments / andrea montchal , beni cardoso , dennis price , ewa strömberg , heidrun kussin , jesús franco , josé martínez blanco , lesbian , soledad miranda , spanish horror , vampire

SOLEDAD MIRANDA BITING EWA STRÖMBERG IN 'VAMPYROS LESBOS'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCgbzq7k9z7_BAhvBENcEE9o7IHW4MTHV5j8BzBjFRfwhPrbjW7yRhLRej_ZTiR8H-zIsv1p49foJsvTRn8KIrgFmq7PoJMD4Xzno-_2HBc_JUVwTgH7jVP2AK8gHaY4QuAKUhSisYMYpQSXT7LGyJYayQOFkd44LtH49Bt_FCLm_nkUCsLXSBRivlZkE/s2682/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-26%20at%2011.40.15%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="2682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCgbzq7k9z7_BAhvBENcEE9o7IHW4MTHV5j8BzBjFRfwhPrbjW7yRhLRej_ZTiR8H-zIsv1p49foJsvTRn8KIrgFmq7PoJMD4Xzno-_2HBc_JUVwTgH7jVP2AK8gHaY4QuAKUhSisYMYpQSXT7LGyJYayQOFkd44LtH49Bt_FCLm_nkUCsLXSBRivlZkE/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-26%20at%2011.40.15%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Soledad Miranda in VAMPYROS LESBOS Year: 1971 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In what's otherwise infamously campy directing icon Jesús Franco's most creatively/artistic Spanish horror, just the mere casting of perhaps the most beautiful women ever filmed, round-faced brunette Soledad Miranda (who tragically died at 27 one year before release), makes VAMPYROS LESBOS more intriguing than the deliberately basic premise taken straight from both DRACULA and NOSFERATU...<br><br>A pawn in the form of contrasting blonde beauty Ewa Strömberg (in place of solicitor  Jonathan Harker), an insurance agent sent to the Turkish island lair to resolve an inheritance... where she's instantly smitten and bitten by Miranda's Countess Nadine Carody: followed by the usual sickly withdrawals during the human-to-vampire transition... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

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SOLEDAD MIRANDA BITING EWA STRÖMBERG IN 'VAMPYROS LESBOS'

Soledad Miranda in VAMPYROS LESBOS Year: 1971 Rating: ***1/2 In what's otherwise infamously campy directing icon Jesús Franco's most...

MARIBEL MARTÍN VAMPING AS 'THE BLOOD SPLATTERED BRIDE'

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MARIBEL MARTÍN VAMPING AS 'THE BLOOD SPLATTERED BRIDE'

Maribel Martín in THE BLOOD SPLATTERED BRIDE Year: 1972 Rating: ***1/2 Based on the Gothic vampire novel, perhaps second only to Bram Stoker...

MARIBEL MARTÍN AND MARY MAUDE IN 'THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED'

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MARIBEL MARTÍN AND MARY MAUDE IN 'THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED'

Maribel Martín in THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED Year: 1969 Rating: **** It initially seems like a tremendous flaw in Spanish horror director Narci...

MARÍA ELENA APRÓN SLASHING 'THE FISH WITH THE EYES OF GOLD'

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MARÍA ELENA APRÓN SLASHING 'THE FISH WITH THE EYES OF GOLD'

María Elena Arpón in The Fish With The Eyes Of Gold/ El pez de los ojos de oro Year: 1974 Rates: ***1/2 The primary cover art for Pedro L. R...

MARÍA ELENA APRÓN DYING FOR 'HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4I8k5CK3AOweYVE7FW8r7uXAbkAj3PV_CVfQ022A-Y9oLwKQtPzsmqVXuRfqVWgfpjjisd8JJMaOEo-BOZoSysZfEsZaXxuYv6VXoJePUEKEdd15ZD3wIq9G-4XFIrJfor_Z0ZT7nX2PDhZUHAXY0tgzrNO5sC-nizWiLvpnqEZioE3G8ENodLG_zO4p/s2084/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.53.34%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="2084" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4I8k5CK3AOweYVE7FW8r7uXAbkAj3PV_CVfQ022A-Y9oLwKQtPzsmqVXuRfqVWgfpjjisd8JJMaOEo-BOZoSysZfEsZaXxuYv6VXoJePUEKEdd15ZD3wIq9G-4XFIrJfor_Z0ZT7nX2PDhZUHAXY0tgzrNO5sC-nizWiLvpnqEZioE3G8ENodLG_zO4p/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.53.34%20PM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>María Elena Arpón in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE/ EL JOROBADO DE LA MORGUE Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>From Dracula to The Werewolf, Paul Naschy played every single classic monster in Spanish b-horrors, and in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE he's actually more Igor than Quasimoto, serving a creature-creating mad scientist/Dr. Frankenstein-type by fetching body-parts, and eventually kidnapping doomed girls from a mental hospital...<br /><br />But by this time the movie feels like its own choppy trailer... as the set-up's the most important, with María Elena Arpón returning to a medieval cavern like the previous years' <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2026/01/blinddead.html">TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD</a>... only here she's dead-on-arrival, and the gloomy locale's converted into a working bubbling-beaker laboratory... <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFt6OiBqfiaYwRSvTv0HwuGfe2P7dM4be8-2MffQWjIPE_iAfJYwD3Uuwq6YQ9NmhhqTdNRe3ZOfav9U98oYqAehgm2DPzDF_Vu5JeWOwWAHUAs6QExV6zz6R9K2hAeLreGWkix3HjPERAGv50WRovrgQAZ_VDe1qszfH0YxAk3FbogbgJ0cwKAgv9cae/s2084/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.10.56%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="2084" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFt6OiBqfiaYwRSvTv0HwuGfe2P7dM4be8-2MffQWjIPE_iAfJYwD3Uuwq6YQ9NmhhqTdNRe3ZOfav9U98oYqAehgm2DPzDF_Vu5JeWOwWAHUAs6QExV6zz6R9K2hAeLreGWkix3HjPERAGv50WRovrgQAZ_VDe1qszfH0YxAk3FbogbgJ0cwKAgv9cae/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.10.56%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Paul Naschy and Alberto Dalbés </u><u>in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>But Paschy's Wolfgang Gotho only does the mad doctor's nefarious bidding with the promise of reviving childhood friend Arpón... which never occurs since she's only in the catapulting first act, lying there, dying gorgeously...<br /><br />Enter another lovely ingenue in Rosanna Yanni, the only kind nurse to the titular hunchback, fitfully ambiguous and yet, with a kind of TV-movie aesthetic combined with a 1970's Hammer-vibe, his countenance is far more vulnerable than formidable — and ultimately, more monstrosity (beyond the last-minute creature) is needed. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifgVFw1VCM1SGVi-rtCazLxs2KTlaBCpLrC16hDb6s3PHcphntAGhBWuVqcADVgy07oazbguX43IkWe6enBQQcX8K6mnfAoYJL99fJ1iYSnyPIGVdzNlbRJpFfdGHOInvaxz3FhZB75vzxkgAYDr2RTO1NfzlyhOqRlGB6IMCIGZJ3TxgHBP6dzFyD1AY/s1744/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.12.23%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1744" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgifgVFw1VCM1SGVi-rtCazLxs2KTlaBCpLrC16hDb6s3PHcphntAGhBWuVqcADVgy07oazbguX43IkWe6enBQQcX8K6mnfAoYJL99fJ1iYSnyPIGVdzNlbRJpFfdGHOInvaxz3FhZB75vzxkgAYDr2RTO1NfzlyhOqRlGB6IMCIGZJ3TxgHBP6dzFyD1AY/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.12.23%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Rosanna Yanni in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEV0htAf1_WWRjNBFaB7rQc1O1skzVsgyi2FP8JygCvO4XKOxu-6NQ043GEe3h5Oq_A7Mndm4audsuES6VuCbRftC0wlpRSm7EOWQDf41BebfnVc1dpKNyT4Th-bl8kILKNu7zLVL5FaPzh8bU1bsXOjCR7T7EvYHX4RNM66SqtEdxRmc-EXsPTmB9lmq/s1746/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.12.32%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEV0htAf1_WWRjNBFaB7rQc1O1skzVsgyi2FP8JygCvO4XKOxu-6NQ043GEe3h5Oq_A7Mndm4audsuES6VuCbRftC0wlpRSm7EOWQDf41BebfnVc1dpKNyT4Th-bl8kILKNu7zLVL5FaPzh8bU1bsXOjCR7T7EvYHX4RNM66SqtEdxRmc-EXsPTmB9lmq/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.12.32%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Rosanna Yanni in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xOHg3ERfsRP4EJZQxo0wvej8ZaQf0NRjGeo-bsiAGcFf9ANS4X9H_J0UKDvO6RVFXo-Inq4WGPLWrikrCezAndLm3Oc8wBq6dcRh92CyY1vywHJcEBfvBFsAt0_3AtpzHsRgD6HDuL7evWXtdygUgdkkXl1zk3j5xn6xKrWixVmn3YxX8iy-F5feebQ4/s1746/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.12.43%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="1746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xOHg3ERfsRP4EJZQxo0wvej8ZaQf0NRjGeo-bsiAGcFf9ANS4X9H_J0UKDvO6RVFXo-Inq4WGPLWrikrCezAndLm3Oc8wBq6dcRh92CyY1vywHJcEBfvBFsAt0_3AtpzHsRgD6HDuL7evWXtdygUgdkkXl1zk3j5xn6xKrWixVmn3YxX8iy-F5feebQ4/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.12.43%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Rosanna Yanni in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7AmfZqGd2WowwfxUMgvRj4UlLplB2s5WSA_RtyYkJapi3JL6W1HVCm-5r4hyDLD5u32iIdRpb_va-Uct4Yb3kkYXc2rdadZdwxWTbb-jdmwpH0Uh2YaXOaRpLz-6ejJ4v6XLFaKGQnQIZ-UdaZT-GAspBxX5bJzTjLBi1OMlPmMlteaOkm6IjxAKuqq9/s1734/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.13.22%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="1734" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7AmfZqGd2WowwfxUMgvRj4UlLplB2s5WSA_RtyYkJapi3JL6W1HVCm-5r4hyDLD5u32iIdRpb_va-Uct4Yb3kkYXc2rdadZdwxWTbb-jdmwpH0Uh2YaXOaRpLz-6ejJ4v6XLFaKGQnQIZ-UdaZT-GAspBxX5bJzTjLBi1OMlPmMlteaOkm6IjxAKuqq9/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.13.22%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Rosanna Yanni in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE with Paul Naschy<br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYy_-50KDKvLlIXUdE5ihLibpIWkm32KSd1xn3IOWn2zSZOFUJGLEfld8Z8GCFyXXtoXIySxd8oKcGVEkrd4DIkhd_LWjvNaGi4a6bGIWopJv2b8Lir6sLEHWUI324f3ivrWhAzvmvWmg_tRLKEbWrAKh687yBhIHJQ_BjQV7i6gt5QWXnbn8cgsm9KY3I/s1730/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.13.38%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYy_-50KDKvLlIXUdE5ihLibpIWkm32KSd1xn3IOWn2zSZOFUJGLEfld8Z8GCFyXXtoXIySxd8oKcGVEkrd4DIkhd_LWjvNaGi4a6bGIWopJv2b8Lir6sLEHWUI324f3ivrWhAzvmvWmg_tRLKEbWrAKh687yBhIHJQ_BjQV7i6gt5QWXnbn8cgsm9KY3I/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.13.38%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Rosanna Yanni in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE with Paul Naschy</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_e3DDKc9GJ8lC84_29bKSeAUjjEY7DwSnzPcpcAHr3kvBitCoDTPLvwOnVwU1-5yBmomzOr5ktXbX64TXuTZZEIlGvaTYE35-yhyphenhyphendYmyaaclfSFJUIX4ceI9X6jsNeYjoQzbACbcGUU4PSojNmMPv4d7CddKm2vvD_9VQ16z17EQXlDYuTkVTVlJ42-8/s1684/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.14.24%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1684" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_e3DDKc9GJ8lC84_29bKSeAUjjEY7DwSnzPcpcAHr3kvBitCoDTPLvwOnVwU1-5yBmomzOr5ktXbX64TXuTZZEIlGvaTYE35-yhyphenhyphendYmyaaclfSFJUIX4ceI9X6jsNeYjoQzbACbcGUU4PSojNmMPv4d7CddKm2vvD_9VQ16z17EQXlDYuTkVTVlJ42-8/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.14.24%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Paul Naschy </u><u>in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9T3YCSz5pM7n2rCPt2ScRYhsoCTviQaqMRfDZ0Mz1LxfrQTVIKN5y6KyfnDL031CPX2kDPZR-K60ewnp8DeM2G6wBxaP5oIJdRexaagKt5g5vk6OdC40HXe_fGr0kAjKHLqwnJ24TcFCgm7amw7cNtTr4QEuRwigUWblYw3PK4lo7DydzFCjegFhPL1wf/s1718/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.14.36%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1718" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9T3YCSz5pM7n2rCPt2ScRYhsoCTviQaqMRfDZ0Mz1LxfrQTVIKN5y6KyfnDL031CPX2kDPZR-K60ewnp8DeM2G6wBxaP5oIJdRexaagKt5g5vk6OdC40HXe_fGr0kAjKHLqwnJ24TcFCgm7amw7cNtTr4QEuRwigUWblYw3PK4lo7DydzFCjegFhPL1wf/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.14.36%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Rosanna Yanni in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5PHS_oeuPjJ8MbUxDAcre52ECJsQhEznGmeXp3jAfJiivmRvrPobaSmDd126XDzE1Yvbix_XaTiZG0KzvA1_ucv4SxmGxSzJ7zb9WY1SeMdSJ44WIUOoqc6RcXy1uyIqrjh9S8DT5VRNgmtc95NI8lBePccQgXrNT3drLywYgJfk7Pw311CIkWtK_Ee6/s1692/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.14.43%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1692" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5PHS_oeuPjJ8MbUxDAcre52ECJsQhEznGmeXp3jAfJiivmRvrPobaSmDd126XDzE1Yvbix_XaTiZG0KzvA1_ucv4SxmGxSzJ7zb9WY1SeMdSJ44WIUOoqc6RcXy1uyIqrjh9S8DT5VRNgmtc95NI8lBePccQgXrNT3drLywYgJfk7Pw311CIkWtK_Ee6/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.14.43%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Maria Perschy in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjht3YifqZd1IsgTRv6bvWKoqLeQxv_QbQ6A_wCdpt3MHbuYxZOSYeD7Y3cxQcnn3xPRYvZpJssC5atPKMJogTFRQp0HDEuS6lErz2mKB1UekcsHTIdD9GGKv6z7E0rNlddxQtYc46XkDaSq5psDORM_7g6HcN4ma9whufJWB3dYukxWHvpFQU-V3QemAxA/s1706/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.15.34%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjht3YifqZd1IsgTRv6bvWKoqLeQxv_QbQ6A_wCdpt3MHbuYxZOSYeD7Y3cxQcnn3xPRYvZpJssC5atPKMJogTFRQp0HDEuS6lErz2mKB1UekcsHTIdD9GGKv6z7E0rNlddxQtYc46XkDaSq5psDORM_7g6HcN4ma9whufJWB3dYukxWHvpFQU-V3QemAxA/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.15.34%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Rosanna Yanni in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsNXWNyhBirX4XO77JfRThcHxQMDjdfoZNeRzzUt-punAQukwubpBstfGuvXsveC60ZUcFzaHHvEtHXL-ZxpDf_UKCnt6Ebm4uAF47atK-qu1MU6igQ3ptltoxaXfrIiXeVzcOkpFjh1ObpVe5sXdPgJfTCDxP3IGE3CBx1r5HToLZ4ITVkDJzfBAcRiv/s1670/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.15.55%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="910" data-original-width="1670" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsNXWNyhBirX4XO77JfRThcHxQMDjdfoZNeRzzUt-punAQukwubpBstfGuvXsveC60ZUcFzaHHvEtHXL-ZxpDf_UKCnt6Ebm4uAF47atK-qu1MU6igQ3ptltoxaXfrIiXeVzcOkpFjh1ObpVe5sXdPgJfTCDxP3IGE3CBx1r5HToLZ4ITVkDJzfBAcRiv/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.15.55%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Paul Naschy in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3i_iofPBli1zsWCrMwnzKQiDR8T5rO9BuUWvPVt_PpRK0tT7xwDyj1Qe9NePLc_BSsC9kNYGhNvzM27SvUjiXHYTFmFpehYKY20bLsQ9PG682H-Eq0o01fD2uam_3SUtO9tbKk46b9bg0oDosS-xfeHb2i2pzymvOshDlGBZdhe6W7dW7nXsHc2C1JKX/s1620/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.16.03%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="1620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3i_iofPBli1zsWCrMwnzKQiDR8T5rO9BuUWvPVt_PpRK0tT7xwDyj1Qe9NePLc_BSsC9kNYGhNvzM27SvUjiXHYTFmFpehYKY20bLsQ9PG682H-Eq0o01fD2uam_3SUtO9tbKk46b9bg0oDosS-xfeHb2i2pzymvOshDlGBZdhe6W7dW7nXsHc2C1JKX/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.16.03%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Paul Naschy in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDif8_3Sxeb2mc8YxjTJuucfIGzTkBzagYfOXMACvHCzdMqGH9QbSYk0IUtqdtJjtOmgy4tX9vehAmBYWKLKMga_PRlAd9VXq6VYpJum1vv1eZvIRtkR3Gt4bCqK0K72jNhcUqLB7zAKvmqZdkAxzQ-1asS79Tt9IuhpXd52L5QVbK4szD9veDbFmwAY4T/s1702/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.16.12%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="1702" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDif8_3Sxeb2mc8YxjTJuucfIGzTkBzagYfOXMACvHCzdMqGH9QbSYk0IUtqdtJjtOmgy4tX9vehAmBYWKLKMga_PRlAd9VXq6VYpJum1vv1eZvIRtkR3Gt4bCqK0K72jNhcUqLB7zAKvmqZdkAxzQ-1asS79Tt9IuhpXd52L5QVbK4szD9veDbFmwAY4T/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.16.12%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>María Elena Arpón in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE </u><u> with </u><u>Paul Naschy</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMcbfQj7egzDJ-b5CXw8bf-5yBanzxTlEQvkMfO_PMouo5cdsiPUVhDsOmnBIJpQLM2x8ZeOyQwDSFFDCjl5itp7mv69POB4ZXB5QN6UQFVJw_-mgT-hYMwDWx-k79QMEgMN5OY7-IUKAHsjXgzxNrYLIoxWewYuq339jZWA01oFKI5HO59ax1ObGZz1LK/s1744/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.16.29%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="1744" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMcbfQj7egzDJ-b5CXw8bf-5yBanzxTlEQvkMfO_PMouo5cdsiPUVhDsOmnBIJpQLM2x8ZeOyQwDSFFDCjl5itp7mv69POB4ZXB5QN6UQFVJw_-mgT-hYMwDWx-k79QMEgMN5OY7-IUKAHsjXgzxNrYLIoxWewYuq339jZWA01oFKI5HO59ax1ObGZz1LK/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-14%20at%209.16.29%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>María Elena Arpón in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE with </u><u>Paul Naschy</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

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MARÍA ELENA APRÓN DYING FOR 'HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE'

María Elena Arpón in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE/ EL JOROBADO DE LA MORGUE Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2 From Dracula to The Werewolf, Paul Naschy p...

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LORETA TOVAR NECKS MARÍA KOSTY IN 'NIGHT OF THE SORCERERS'

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LORETA TOVAR NECKS MARÍA KOSTY IN 'NIGHT OF THE SORCERERS'

Loreta Tovar in NIGHT OF THE SORCERERS/LA NOCHE DE LOS BRUJOS Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2 Spanish director Amando de Ossorio brings back THE L...

HELGA LINÉ SHADOWING SILVIA TOROSA IN 'THE LORELEY'S GRASP'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XZW3VioKBNawihHwAI3IzVy4iockRlazS6R77XmW5bWIeFVWSe9YK5iQayUsXIyVFLnC6nDBr8IZXKwQbYRYPJ6FGxUvVMyp5cc0oAz23DS5rLsun2W0_3sLmLReRZolgfeJ5MoS0uxrxA05H7OWWitOrd4ObCqDwfewPlwOn2l-aJVqB9IMm6Mn8GU2/s2088/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-12%20at%2012.37.18%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="2088" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XZW3VioKBNawihHwAI3IzVy4iockRlazS6R77XmW5bWIeFVWSe9YK5iQayUsXIyVFLnC6nDBr8IZXKwQbYRYPJ6FGxUvVMyp5cc0oAz23DS5rLsun2W0_3sLmLReRZolgfeJ5MoS0uxrxA05H7OWWitOrd4ObCqDwfewPlwOn2l-aJVqB9IMm6Mn8GU2/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-01-12%20at%2012.37.18%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Betsabé Ruiz in THE LORELEY'S GRASP/LAS GARRAS DE LORELEI Year: 1973 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>A year before the Peter Cushing/Christopher Lee reunion HORROR EXPRESS, Spanish filmmaker Amando de Ossorio brought train passengers Helga Liné and Silvia Tortosa back for a rural-village-set creature-slasher flick THE LORELEY'S GRASP... where Helga has the titular role while Tortosa's the vulnerable ingenue...<br><br>Who's the prettiest teacher taking care of a male horror fan's dream: a boarding school for super-hot young ladies, being stalked by a shadowy lizard-monster that's actually the equally lovely Liné by day... and who leading man Tony Kendall, hired to protect the girls from the stealthily menace, eventually falls in love with...<br></p><p><span></span></p>

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