Welcome to episode 65 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts.

This week we are covering two suitably autumnal films, both of which share a memorable filming location of Bishops Park in London, and both of which explore themes of Satanism in the UK’s capital city.

First up, we are back with director Sergio Martino and actors Edwige Fenech, George Hilton and Ivan Rassimov for All the Colors of the Dark from 1972.

Then we remain in the 1970s for one of the biggest horror blockbusters of all time, which is, as of the time of recording, coincidentally celebrating its 50th anniversary. This is The Omen, from director Richard Donner, starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Patrick Troughton and Billie Whitelaw.

Along the way, we’ll be discussing the life and careers of George Hilton and Ivan Rassimov, why the whisky brand J&B became ubiquitous with the gialli, outrageous Satanic panic around the first TV screening of The Omen in the UK, the career of actor Gregory Peck, and much more.

References

All the Colors of the Dark (interviews and extras on the Blu-ray release of the film from Shameless Entertainment)

House of Psychotic Women by Kier-La Janisse

La Dolce Morte by Mikel J. Koven

Italian Giallo in Film and Television by Roberto Curti

So Deadly So Perverse by Troy Howarth

https://www.shameless-films.com/2022/06/01/the-london-locations-of-sergio-martinos-all-the-colours-of-the-dark/

https://www.bietti.it/riviste/sergio-martino/tutti-i-colori-del-buio-le-strane-inquietudini-della-signora-harrison/

https://hacerselacritica.com/entrevista-a-george-hilton-por-dario-cosenza-y-marcos-vieytes/

https://cerebrin.wordpress.com/2018/01/19/entrevista-a-sergio-martino/

https://www.nanarland.com/interviews/entretiens/fr/sergio-martino.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hilton_(actor)

https://www.the-independent.com/news/obituaries/ivan-rassimov-36364.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Rassimov

The Omen, by Adrian Schober (Devil’s Advocates)

Billie Whitelaw... Who He? By Billie Whitelaw

Cinefantastique Volume 5, issue 3

https://www.moviesinfocus.com/interview-richard-donner-on-the-omen-superman-part-1/

https://asitecalledfred.com/2021/07/05/richard-donner-ken-plume-interviews/

https://www.avclub.com/david-warner-on-twin-peaks-tron-titanic-time-bandits-1798265384

https://www.startrek.com/en-un/news/david-warner-recounts-his-trek-adventures

https://absoluteunderground.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AU_72_web.pdf

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/the-omen-writer-david-seltzer-talks-horror-classic-nearly-50-years-later

https://youtu.be/caa0DW-hrXQ?si=fzkMYw0718wEg60x

https://youtu.be/IClFcTnP0N0?si=QzYGNR6RL_wEU_dH

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Welcome to episode 64 of The Horror Double Bill, the podcast where each week we pair two movies to create something greater than the sum of their parts

This week we are returning to the world of sapphic blood suckers, with two films about female vampires that were, to some extent or another, inspired by the novella Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu

First up, we have Dracula’s Daughter from 1936, Universal Studios follow-up to their 1931 Bela Lugosi classic Dracula. This was directed by Lambert Hill and stars Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill, and Edward Van Sloan.

Then we follow this with the appropriately named The Blood Spattered Bride, a Spanish production from 1972 directed by Vicente Aranda. This stars Maribel Martin, Simon Andrew, Alexandra Baestedo, and Dean Selmiar

Along the way will be deep diving into the story Carmilla and its influence on the modern vampire, queer coding in Dracula’s Daughter, pro and anti-feminist sentiments in the Blood Spattered Bride, whether actor Dean Selmier was in fact an undercover contract killer and much, much more

References

Universal Horrors: The Studio’s Classic Films, 1931–1946, written by Tom Weaver, Michael Brunas and John Brunas

Dracula’s Daughter by Gary D. Rhodes, Tom Weaver, Michael Lee and David Colton (Scripts from the Crypt)

Sex, Sadism, Spain, and Cinema by Nicolás G. Schlegel

Euro Gothic by Jonathan Rigby

The Aurum Film Encyclopedia of Horror, edited by Phil Hardy.

The Blood Spattered Bride - interviews and commentaries on the Blu-ray release of the film from Mondo Macabro

https://www.aisge.es/vicente-aranda

https://cerebrin.wordpress.com/2020/01/24/entrevista-a-simon-andreu/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Aranda

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11899128/Vicente-Aranda-film-director-obituary.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula%27s_Daughter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Holden

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/107212334/

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