Événement

HORROR RISES FROM THE TOMB

Dir. Carlos Aured, 1975
Spain, 95 min. (original cut)
In Spanish with English subtitles

"Bastards! I curse you all!"
It's been exactly four years since the great Jacinto Molina Álvarez, aka Paul Naschy, last graced a midnight here at Spectacle. The time has never been better for the Spanish Lon Chaney to haunt the twee streets of Williamsburg, his bare-chested bravado and wry wit a perfect balance to gallons of Tempra-red blood and unspeakable black magic. The lord of the night returns for midnights through 2017! It's time to get...AS NASCHY AS II WANNA BE!

The year is 1454, and the diabolical warlock Alaric de Marnac (Naschy, natch) and his mistress Mabille De Lancré (Emma Cohen, from CUT-THROATS NINE and Jess Franco's AL OTRO LADO DEL ESPEJO) are accused of witchcraft, vampirism and lycanthropy before being tortured and killed (and Marnac gets his head cut off!), but not before cursing the offspring of their killers. Now it's the 1970s, and a group of friends led by Hugo de Marnac (Naschy in a second role!) and Maurice Roland (Naschy regular Victor "Vic Morror" Alcazar) attend a seance, asking tongue-in-cheek about the location of Marnac's head. Spoiler hint: they find it, and a whole lot more...Directed by Carlos Aured (BLUE EYES OF THE BROKEN DOLL, THE MUMMY'S REVENGE, contrasting beautiful French landscapes with gruesome murders (don't worry, our cut's the original Spanish version with all gore/nudity intact), it's an excellent introduction to Naschy's non-werewolf roles, with everything you'd want from a midnight: gallows revenge speeches, nightgowns aplenty, and Naschy's talking head in a box! Be sure to join us this March as HORROR RISES FROM THE TOMB!