Herve Hachuel Movies
- 1991
- R
This sex-horror film from producer Roger Corman was filmed in Spain with a mostly American cast. Cliff De Young (Shock Treatment) is Michael, the heir to a cursed castle, who marries pretty Susan (Maryam d'Abo) and moves her in. Unfortunately for the newlyweds, an oversexed succubus named Diana (Shari Shattuck) is out to break up the couple. Director Herve Hachuel's film is mostly an excuse for Shattuck to be naked a lot, but undemanding genre devotees should find the film entertaining enough to watch on a rainy night. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- 1987
In this romantic farce, Macarena is a pretty French girl who has come to Cordoba in southern Spain in search of a man she believes may be her father. She finally tracks him and his clan down in a minor city museum: they have become squatters there during one of the museum curator's brief absences. Two policemen have been given the job of persuading the wacky family to vacate the premises. Their response to these blandishments is to threaten to destroy the museum's treasures. At the same time her maybe-father's two sons are putting the make on her, one of the policemen has taken up residence with the family and is dancing with them, as a police SWAT team prepares to storm the building. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Fernando Rey, Juan Diego, (more)
- 1986
- R
This surreal drama, based on a novel by John Franklin, is dominated by symbolism and mystery intended to work on several levels at once. Philip Banter (Scott Paulin) is quite disturbed by the collapse of his marriage, so he's quite upset when goes to his office one day and sees a manuscript sitting on his desk. As he starts to read it, scenes from the manuscript are interspersed with scenes from Banter's own life, and no distinction is made between the two. Circumstances have left Banter suffering from paranoia, but at the same time it does seem as though someone is out to get him. Does the answer lie somewhere in the manuscript? ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Scott Paulin, Irene Miracle, (more)
- 1986
This is an enigmatic tale of a man's attempt to regain a lost period of youthful happiness. Peter (Bruno Ganz) and his somewhat broken-down wife arrive at a friend's house for an extended visit. Peter has been attracted to the woman of the house; he also once spent an idyllic summer here. He takes up with the couples' three children and engages them in games and child's play, partly as an attempt to regain the joy of that one summer. As the relationships between Peter and the other three adults shift around, his own objective for this visit remains well-hidden from view. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ángela Molina, Bruno Ganz, (more)
- 1984
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Filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, the Luis Buñuel of the 1980s, cooks up another perversely funny descent into urban hell in What Have I Done to Deserve This? Carmen Maura plays a middle-class housewife hemmed in by her wildly eccentric relatives. Her principal purpose in life is a balancing act: to keep her head fastened on securely while all others are losing theirs. Film buffs will have a field day toting up Almodóvar's visual and verbal allusions to the works of Buñuel, Brian De Palma, Billy Wilder, John Waters, and even Andy Warhol. What Have I Done to Deserve This? was originally titled ¿Que He Hecho Yo Para Merecer Esto? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Carmen Maura, Ángel de Andrés Lopez, (more)
