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I am forever trying to play catch up with foreign horror; France and Spain are two particular regions that give me foggy peepers, so I was delighted to come across the co-produced Bell from Hell (1973) - arthouse meets grindhouse in this fascinating pantsing of the bourgeois through the eyes of a madman.

Aka The Bells and La Campana Del Infierno, Bell from Hell opened in early October in Spain, and saw a U.S. TV premiere long after in ’75; while not a film that many saw (or had the opportunity to see) at the time, it’s an intriguing take on revenge that posits a touch of insanity lies in all of us.

We open with a young and handsome man, John (Renaud Verley – Snails in the Head) applying a plaster mold on his own face before being released on probation from an insane asylum. Placed there by his aunt...

A Virgin Among The Living Dead (1973) (Blu-ray Review) Directed By: Jess Franco Starring: Cristine von Blanc, Britt Nickols, Rosa Palomar Rated: Ur/Region A/1:66/1080p/Number of Discs 1 Available from Redemption After losing her mother at an early age and being raised at a boarding school, Cristina Reiner is notified of her fathers death and summoned to Monserrat Mansion for the reading of his will. Other members of her strange, accursed family…...