Exploitation films

Horror Rises from the Tomb

A decapitated warlock's head, still working. Naschy wrote it himself.

The Loreley's Grasp

A Rhine myth relocated to Spain, with a monster that only works in long shot.

Night of the Seagulls

The Blind Dead ride out one last time. A quiet, sad closer to Spain's best monster series.

The Ghost Galleon

The Blind Dead put to sea on a model boat in a visible fish tank. The runt of the four.

Hunchback of the Morgue

Naschy's grisliest, and the one where the rats were not an effect.

Return of the Evil Dead

Blind Dead again, this time besieging a whole village. The best of the four.

The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman

Naschy's Waldemar Daninsky at his most enjoyable.

The Blood Spattered Bride

Spanish Carmilla adaptation with an unusually pointed anger about marriage.

Tombs of the Blind Dead

Eyeless Templars on skeletal horses in slow motion. Best monster design of the 70s.

Who Can Kill a Child?

Spanish, sun-bleached, upsetting. The opening newsreel is a hard sell.

Let Sleeping Corpses Lie

Spanish-Italian, shot in England, and much smarter than its stablemates.