Karin Field Movies
- 1974
- R
A foreign film of obscure origin, Office Girls doesn't pretend to be anything other than a sexploitationer. Karin Field and Emely Reuer are among the office "help", whose extracurricular duties go far beyond fetching the boss a cup of coffee. The dialogue is on the level of "Won't you make yourself comfortable?" "Do you mind if I slip into something more comfortable?" and "Oh...oh....OHHHHH!!!!" One suspects that most of the lines were made up as the actors went along. Oh, well, at least Office Girls delivers what it promises. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1972
This patchwork Argentine film is two-thirds of a trilogy originally called Obras Maestras del Terror, made in 1960 but released in the U.S. in 1965. The segment entitled "The Tell-Tale Heart" was expanded and new footage was shot for American release (in 1972). The plot involves a man named Pierre who is thrown into a foul, rat-filled dungeon with a bearded old prisoner called Sydney. The two of them escape, and Pierre meets up with his old girlfriend. Meanwhile, crazed Sydney starts murdering people. The new footage, for some reason, features clips from old Roger Corman films, the soundtrack from The Astounding She Monster, and flashbacks that tell how Sydney went to work for his creepy, nasty, one-eyed old uncle in a shop filled with loud clocks. ~ Brian Gusse, Rovi
An ex-butcher (Victor Buono) escapes from an institution and wreaks havoc with a varied array of meat cutters. ~ John Bush, Rovi
In this remake of his own La Danza Macabra, director Antonio Margheriti casts Anthony Franciosa as writer Alan Foster, who accepts a bet from Edgar Allan Poe (Klaus Kinski) and his friend Thomas Blackwood (Enrico Osterman). No one has ever survived a night in Blackwood's castle, but the skeptical Foster gladly accepts the dare. The castle is striking and scary, which soon begins to affect Foster's mind. He meets Blackwood's sister Elisabeth (Michele Mercier) and the jealous Julia (Karin Field). Julia's portrait had intrigued him earlier, but it is Elisabeth whom Foster beds, only to see her stabbed by a stranger. The attacker's body vanishes after Foster kills him, and he quickly realizes that the castle is inhabited by vampiric ghosts. Foster must survive the horrors of the night and hold on to not only his life, but his sanity as well. This is an atmospheric film, full of crypts, skulls and mist, and Margheriti's direction is assured. The acting is solid all around, with a fine supporting cast including Peter Carsten, Raf Baldassare, and Silvano Tranquilli, though fans of the original might miss Barbara Steele just a little. Overall, this is a worthy remake with some spooky moments and a well-written script by Bruno Corbucci and Giovanni Grimaldi. The music was composed by the prolific Riz Ortolani. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- 1968
In this comedy, set in an Austrian mountain village, the town leaders conspire to attract tourists by touting a mythical "fountain of love" that runs nearby the village. When the minister of tourism discovers this, she immediately sends her agents to check out the veracity of the potentially scandalous water. After the village mayor declares a 3-day ban on sexual activity, he then plugs up the fountain. When the agents come, they find nothing. One of the agents wants to have his boss come and check it out personally, but changes his mind after he drinks some of the water. It really is an aphrodisiac! Soon tourists are arriving by the hundreds to sample the mysterious water. Unfortunately, the minister finds out and claims the water for the state. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Eddie Arent, Hans-Juergen Baeumler, (more)
In this lively horror film, a number of young women have mysteriously vanished and now Inspector Doren is assigned to find them. He goes to the village where the seven murdered maidens lived and ends up assisted by the town witch who leads him to a strange laboratory located in the deepest dungeons of an abandoned castle, where they find the blood-chilling solution to the mystery: the slain women have been rendered undead by their ruthless bloodsucking master, a psychotic professor. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
