From bloodsucking schoolgirls to flesh-eating zombies, and from psychopathic killers to beasts from hell, '100 European Horror Films' provides a lively and illuminating guide to a hundred key horror movies from the 1920s to the present day. Alongside films from countries particularly associated with horror production - notably Germany, Italy, and Spain and movies by key horror filmmakers such as Mario Bava, Dario Argento, and Lucio Fulci, '100 European Horror Films' also includes films from countries as diverse as Denmark, Belgium, and the Soviet Union, and filmmakers such as Bergman, Polanski and Claire Denis, more commonly associated with art cinema. The book features entries representing key horror subgenres such as the Italian 'giallo' thrillers of the late 60s and 70s, psychological thrillers, and zombie, cannibal, and vampire movies. Each entry includes a plot synopsis, major credits, and a commentary on the film's significance, together with its production and exhibition history. Films covered in the book include early classics such as Paul Wegener's 'The Golem,' Robert Wiene's 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,' and 'Murnau's Nosferatu'; 70s horror favorites such as 'Daughters of Darkness, The Beast,' and 'Suspiria'; and notable recent releases such as 'The Devil's Backbone, Malefique,' and 'The Vanishing.'

AcknowledgmentsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionAnatomy, Stefan Ruzowitzky, 2000Angst, Gerald Kargl, 1983Anguish, Bigas Luna, 1987The Awful Dr Orloff, Jesús Franco, 1962The Beast, Walerian Borowczyk, 1975A Bell of Hell, Claudio Guerín, 1973The Beyond, Lucio Fulci, 1981Beyond the Darkness, Aristede Massaccesi, 1979The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Dario Argento, 1970Blood and Black Lace, Mario Bava, 1964Blood and Roses, Roger Vadim, 1960The Blood Spattered Bride, Vicente Aranda, 1972Bloody Pit of Horror, Massimo Pupillo, 1965Brotherhood of the Wolf, Christophe Gans, 2001The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Robert Wiene, 1919Cannibal Ferox, Umberto Lenzi, 1980Cannibal Holocaust, Ruggero Deodato, 1979Cannibal Man, Eloy de la lglesia, 1972The Castle of Terror, Antonio Margheriti, 1963The Church, Michele Soavi, 1989City of the Living Dead, Lucio Fulci, 1980Curse of the Devil, Carlos Aured, 1973Dark Waters, Mariano Baino, 1994Daughters of Darkness, Harry Kümel, 1971The Day of the Beast, Álex de la lglesia, 1995Deep Red, Dario Argento, 1975Déjà vu, Goran Markovic, 1987Dellamorte Dellamore, Michele Soavi, 1994Demons, Lamberto Bava, 1985The Devil's Backbone, Guillermo del Toro, 2001Les Diaboliques, Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1955Don't Torture a Duckling, Lucio Fulci, 1972The Door with Seven Locks, Alfred Vohrer, 1962The Ear, Karel Kachyna, 1970Eyes without a Face, Georges Franju, 1960Fascination, Jean Rollin, 1979Four Flies on Grey Velvet, Dario Argento, 1971The Fourth Man, Paul Verhoeven, 1983Funny Games, Michael Haneke, 1997The Girl Who Knew Too Much, Mario Bava, 1963The Golem, Carl Boese, Paul Wegener, 1920The Grapes of Death, Jean Rollin, 1978Häxan, Benjamin Christensen, 1922High Tension, Alexandre Aja, 2003The Horrible Doctor Hichcock, Riccardo Freda, 1962Hour of the Wolf, lngmar Bergman, 1968The House That Screamed, Narciso lbáñez Serrador, 1969House with the Laughing Windows, Pupi Avati, 1976Hunchback of the Morgue, Javier Aguirre, 1973I Vampiri, Riccardo Freda, 1957In a Glass Cage, Agustí Villaronga, 1986Inferno, Dario Argento, 1980Kill, Baby . . . Kill!, Mario Bava, 1966The Kingdom, Morten Arnfred, Lars von Trier, 1994Laurin, Robert Sigl, 1989Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, Jorge Grau, 1974The Lift, Dick Maas, 1983Lips of Blood, Jean Rollin, 1975Lisa and the Devil, Mario Bava, Alfredo Leone, 1972Maléfique, Eric Valette, 2002Malpertuis, Harry Kümel, 1971Man Bites Dog, Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde, 1992Mark of the Devil, Michael Armstrong, 1970The Mark of the Wolfman, Enrique López Eguiluz, 1968The Mask of Satan, Mario Bava, 1960Mill of the Stone Women, Georgio Ferroni, 1960Nekromantik, Jörg Buttgereit, 1987Night Watch, Timur Bekmambetov, 2004N¡ghtwatch, OIe Bornedal, 1994Nosferatu, F. W. Murnau, 1922Nosferatu the Vampire, Werner Herzog, 1979Opera, Dario Argento, 1987The Ordeal, Fabrice Du Welz, 2004Orgy of the Vampires, León Klimovsky, 1972The Perfume of the Lady in Black, Francesco Barilli, 1974Possession, Andrej Zulawski, 1981Schramm, Jörg Buttgereit, 1993Seven Blood-Stained Orchids, Umberto Lenzi, 1972Short Night of the Glass Dolls, Aldo Lado, 1972Spirits of the Dead, Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim, 1967The Stendhal Syndrome, Dario Argento, 1996Succubus, Jesús Franco, 1968Suspiria, Dario Argento, 1977The Tenant, Roman Polanski, 1976Tenebre, Dario Argento, 1982Thesis, Alejandro Amenábar, 1996Tombs of the Blind Dead, Amando de Ossorio, 1972Torso, Sergio Martino, 1973Trouble Every Day, Claire Denis, 2001Twitch of the Death Nerve, Mario Bava, 1971Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, Jaromil Jires, 1970Vampyr, Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932The Vanishing, George Sluizer, 1988Viy, Georgi Kropachyov, Konstantin Yershov, 1967What Have You Done to Solange?, Massimo Dallamano, 1972The Whip and the Body, Mario Bava, 1963The White Reindeer, Erik Blomberg, 1952Who Saw Her Die?, Aldo Lado, 1972Zeder, Pupi Avati, 1983Zombie, Lucio Fulci, 1979NotesIndex