Spirits of the Dead

horror x52 2019 horror anthology watched on arrow academy blu-ray. what an interesting movie. i'm not sure if roger vadim, louis malle or federico fellini ever did horror again, but it's a neat entry to the horror genre. ok, none of these segments are scary, but the last two segments ("william wilson" directed by malle and "toby dammit" directed by fellini) are pretty good. vadim's segment i found rather boring, even though it's really stylish. malle's segment was probably the best segment, with the card game between alain delon and brigitte bardot and delon's doppelgänger fucking him... read more

(Review about the "Toby Dammit" episode only)* A washed-out British movie star comes to Italy for a spaghetti western and meets his doom. Fellini's nightmarish contribution to Poe-inspired 1968 anthology "Histoires extraordinaires" is a deeply disturbing trip through hell. Visually striking, flaunting its admiration for Mario Bava's earlier "Kill Baby Kill", a rare specimen of a horror film that completely evades any genre traps. * Letterboxd originally had a separate entry for the three episodes composing this anthology film, which was at some point merged with the others read more