"Actor: Howard Vernon"

• She Killed In Ecstasy | DVD | (27/12/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Horror classic in which a young doctor commits suicide after a medical committee terminates his research into human embryos considering it too inhumane. His wife then seeks revenge on those who drove her husband to his death by luring each member of the committee into compromising situations and then killing them one by one... Also known as ""Mrs. Hyde"".

• The Demons | Blu Ray | (20/11/2017) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Two orphaned sisters living quietly in a convent - free-spirited Kathleen (Anne Libert) and God fearing Margaret (Britt Nichols) are persecuted by the wicked Lady De Winter (Karin Field) who tells them they are daughters of a condemned witch burned at the stake. Believing the girls will seek vengeance, De Winter sends Kathleen to witch-hunter Judge Jeffries to be tortured and burned. Pious Margaret is spared, but when she learns of her sister's agony she rejects God and enters a carnal relationship with the Devil himself. As Kathleen falls in love with one of her captors, Margaret stalks the house of De Winter, her Satanic kisses bringing terror and death...

• The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein | Blu Ray | (22/01/2018) from £12.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Cagliostro, an immortal magician with fearsome hypnotic powers, sends his murderous assistant Melissa (half woman, half bird) to kill Dr. Frankenstein and steal his Monster. He commands the creature to abduct young women whose bodies will provide material for a female counterpart: the two monsters will then copulate, creating a master race of slaves under Cagliostro's mesmeric control! Bending man, woman and monster to his terrifying will, Cagliostro rules an empire of passion in his castle by the sea, a place where lust and cruelty meet strange supernatural forces. As the police question the deceased Dr. Frankenstein by reviving him with his monster apparatus, his scientist daughter Vera falls under Cagliostro's spell and agrees to build the female monster: can anything now stop the wicked mesmerist from ruling the world? Features: Starring Cult horror legend Howard Vernon Directed by sultan of sleeze Jess Franco First ever UK Blu-Ray release Fully uncut

• Manina, The Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter] (1952) Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (13/11/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release MANINA [The Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter], starring screen icon Brigitte Bardot in one of her first ever on-screen performances, on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK on 13 November 2017. A Parisian student, Gérard Morere, sets off to recover a lost treasure contained in a sunken Phoenician ship near an island off the coast of Corsica. With funds supplied by his fellow students, Gérard convinces a smuggler named Eric (played by Jess Franco favourite Howard Vernon) to be his transportation. Whilst diving for the treasure off the picturesque Lavezzi islands, Gérard gets to know Manina (Brigitte Bardot), the attractive daughter of the local lighthouse keeper Notable for being one of Bardot's first on-screen performances, five years before her appearance in And God Created Woman launched her to super-stardom, Manina, The Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter is presented here for the first time ever on Blu-ray. Bonus Features: 1080p presentation Optional English subtitles 56 Rue Pigalle (88 mins) - Director Willy Rozier's little-seen noir-melodrama Footage of the infamous Rozier-Chalais duel, between director Willy Rozier and film critic François Chalais Stills gallery containing rare photos of Bardot taken during the film's production

• Alphaville | DVD | (07/01/2008) from £8.00   |  Saving you £9.99 (124.88%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A cockeyed fusion of science fiction pulp characters and surrealist poetry Jean-Luc Godard's irreverent journey to the mysterious Alphaville remains one of the least conventional films of all time. Eddie Constantine stars as intergalactic hero Lemmy Caution on a mission to kill the inventor of fascist computer Alpha 60.

• She Killed in Ecstasy | DVD | (28/10/2016) from £9.85   |  Saving you £3.14 (31.88%)   |  RRP £12.99

  For his follow-up to VAMPYROS LESBOS, writer/director Jess Franco delivered perhaps his most twisted shocker of the ˜70s: In what fans and critics consider to be her greatest role, the luscious Soledad Miranda in one of her final performances before her tragic death stars as the vengeful widow who seduces then murders the men and women responsible for her husband's suicide. Howard Vernon (THE AWFUL DR. ORLOFF), Paul Muller (BARBED WIRE DOLLS), Ewa Strömberg (VAMPYROS LESBOS) and Jess himself co-star in this EuroCult classic featuring another epic sexadelic lounge score by Manfred Hübler & Siegfried Schwab now remastered in HD and featuring all-new Extras. It's Franco at his perversely erotic best, like you've never seen or heard it before! Jess Killed In Ecstasy Interview with Director Jess Franco Sublime Soledad Interview with Soledad Miranda Historian Amy Brown Stephen Thrower on She Killed in Ecstasy Interview with the author of Murderous Passions The Delirious Cinema of Jess Franco Paul Muller on Jess Franco interview with the frequent Franco star Original German trailer

• Le Silence de la mer | Blu Ray | (23/01/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Le Silence De La Mer - Jean-Pierre Melville's debut film - is an adaptation of the novella of the same title by celebrated French Resistance author Vercors (the pen name of Jean Bruller). Clandestinely written in 1942 during the Nazi occupation of France and furtively distributed, it captured the spirit of the moment, and quickly became a staple of the Resistance.Melville's cinematic adaptation - partly shot in Vercors' own house - tells the story of a German officer, Werner von Ebrennac (Howard Vernon), who is billeted to the house of an elderly man (Jean-Marie Robain) and his niece (Nicole Stphane) in occupied France.One of the most important French films to deal with World War II, and a landmark in Melville's distinguished oeuvre, Le Silence De La Mer is a lyrical, timeless depiction of the experiences and struggles of occupation and resistance.

• Castle Of The Creeping Flesh | Blu Ray | (23/02/2021) from £18.78   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Bob Le Flambeur | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Once a renowned criminal Bob the Gambler now contents himself with gambling frequenting casinos in the shady districts of Paris. He is convinced his gangster days are over - until he meets up with an old accomplice who has news which interests him. The casino at Deauville has a safe which is loaded with several hundred million francs. Short of cash Bob decides to plan one last great robbery. He recruits a number of former fellow criminals and plans the theft to the greatest detail. Unfortunately on the day of the robbery things rapidly begin to go wrong. Bob's luck appears to have taken an unexpected turn - for the better.

• Zombie Lake | DVD | (20/03/2017) from £8.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In a small lakeside town in the French countryside, young women are disappearing without a trace. A Parisian reporter begins to uncover the deadly secrets of the 'lake of ghosts' and the dead, green Nazis who are aroused to action.

• Zombie Lake | DVD | (09/02/2004) from £4.03   |  Saving you £5.96 (147.89%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In a small lakeside town in the heart of the French countryside young women are disappearing without trace. Superstitious locals blame the 'Lake Of Ghosts' but the town's Mayor (Howard Vernon) seems reluctant or powerless to take any action. When the body of a girl is found with her throat ripped out a parisian reporter begins to uncover the deadly secrets of the lake and the undead Nazis who are aroused to action...

• A Virgin Among The Living Dead | DVD | (25/09/2017) from £8.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Cristina Reiner is notified of her father's death and is summoned to Monserrat Mansion for the reading of his will. Other members of her strange, accursed family are found there awaiting. When Death finally visits the castle in the person of an elegantly attired Queen of Darkness, Cristina is approached by the ghost of her father, who advises her to flee the castle and her cold-skinned, bloodthirsty relatives. But is it already too late?

• She Killed in Ecstasy | Blu Ray | (30/11/2015) from £12.45   |  Saving you £3.54 (28.43%)   |  RRP £15.99

  For his follow-up to VAMPYROS LESBOS, writer/director Jess Franco delivered perhaps his most twisted shocker of the ˜70s: In what fans and critics consider to be her greatest role, the luscious Soledad Miranda in one of her final performances before her tragic death stars as the vengeful widow who seduces then murders the men and women responsible for her husband's suicide. Howard Vernon (THE AWFUL DR. ORLOFF), Paul Muller (BARBED WIRE DOLLS), Ewa Strömberg (VAMPYROS LESBOS) and Jess himself co-star in this EuroCult classic featuring another epic sexadelic lounge score by Manfred Hübler & Siegfried Schwab now remastered in HD and featuring all-new Extras. It's Franco at his perversely erotic best, like you've never seen or heard it before! Extras: Jess Killed In Ecstasy Interview with Director Jess Franco Sublime Soledad Interview with Soledad Miranda Historian Amy Brown Stephen Thrower on She Killed in Ecstasy Interview with the author of Murderous Passions The Delirious Cinema of Jess Franco Paul Muller on Jess Franco interview with the frequent Franco star Original German trailer Cast and Crew: Soledad Miranda, Ewa Stromberg, Howard Vernon, Paul Muller Jess Franco (director) Awards and Reviews: Stunning. A superior slice of eroticism The Spinning Image Truly shows what a creative genius Franco can be when at the top of his form Classic Horror

• Revenge in the House of Usher | DVD | (08/05/2017) from £3.12   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Dr. Alan Harker rides to the crumbling castle of his former university professor, Dr. Eric Usher, to find the old man caught in the grip of paranoia, his mind eroded by his ongoing attempts to resurrect his comatose daughter Melissa with the blood of abducted women. As he nears inevitable death, Usher enters a twilight world that exists between life and death, where he is met by some unsavoury souls.

• Virgin Among The Living Dead | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  London dweller Christina is called to a castle in a small village for the reading of her father's will. Soon after meeting her peculiar family her nights are filled with strange apparitions and supernatural happenings.

• The Awful Doctor Orlof | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Jesús Franco, Spain's crazed cult auteur, had made a couple of features before The Awful Dr Orloff, but this infamous thriller (reportedly Spain's first horror film) gave birth to Franco's brand of erotic horror and surreal madness. The story of a mad surgeon who kidnaps and disfigures beautiful showgirls in an attempt to restore the face of his scarred daughter is clearly influenced by George Franju's Eyes Without a Face. The style, however, is a mix of foggy Universal monster movies and sexed-up Hammer horror, which Franco pushes to the limits of Spain's 1960s censorship restrictions (and beyond). A gaunt and hollowed Howard Vernon plays the sadistic surgeon Orloff (a role he revived in a number of sequels), and Ricardo Valle dons a phoney but freaky mask to play his grunting, blind, bug-eyed henchman, Morpho, who has a savage habit of taking a big bite of the victims. It's a smooth, elegantly orchestrated thriller with handsome sets and vivid locations, and the fogbound cobblestone streets, dark alleys and eerily empty mansions create a genuinely spooky ambience. He also tosses in a wild, creepy, thoroughly modern experimental score. Franco went on to direct more than 150 films under a dozen pseudonyms, most of which make the brief flashes of flesh and perversity here look tame, but this trendsetting landmark is still considered one of his greatest.--Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• The Awful Dr. Orloff | DVD | (12/06/2017) from £9.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When beautiful music hall entertainers begin to disappear under mysterious circumstances, Inspector Tanner is summoned to investigate. His resourceful fiancee decides to help him by going undercover as a cabaret singer, and succeeds all too well, attracting the attention of the diabolical Dr. Orlof, who, with his blind henchman Morpho, is using the skin of slain women to restore the beauty of his disfigured sister, Melissa!

• Orloff Against the Invisible Man | DVD | (12/06/2017) from £8.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One rainy night, Dr. Garondet is summoned to the castle of Professor Orloff. Making it to the castle on foot, the good doctor meets Cecile, Orloff's daughter, a seemingly deranged girl who is convinced that an invisible phantom is at large on the premises. Orloff explains the story behind Cecile's insanity to the doctor--a tale involving premature burial, grave-robbing and flagellation--and invites him to stay over. As Garondet spends an uneasy night at the castle, he finds himself sharing in Cecile's delusions.

• The Sadist Baron Von Klaus | DVD | (08/05/2017) from £8.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When violent crime strikes a tiny hamlet, the townsfolk suspect the distant relative of a sadistic 17th century baron who cursed the village.

• Le Silence de la mer (Masters of Cinema) | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Le Silence De La Mer - Jean-Pierre Melville's debut film - is an adaptation of the novella of the same title by celebrated French Resistance author Vercors (the pen name of Jean Bruller). Clandestinely written in 1942 during the Nazi occupation of France and furtively distributed it captured the spirit of the moment and quickly became a staple of the Resistance. Melville's cinematic adaptation - partly shot in Vercors' own house - tells the story of a German officer Werner von Ebrennac (Howard Vernon) who is billeted to the house of an elderly man (Jean-Marie Robain) and his niece (Nicole Stphane) in occupied France. Resisting the intruder the uncle and niece refuse to speak to the German officer who warms himself by the fire each evening espousing idealistic views about the relationship between France and Germany. These propagandised illusions are shattered however when a trip to Paris reveals the truth of what is really going on. One of the most important French films to deal with World War II and a landmark in Melville's distinguished oeuvre Le Silence de la mer is a lyrical timeless depiction of the experiences and struggles of occupation and resistance. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Melville's debut film for the first time on home video or DVD in the UK.