They utilized a lot of russian film footage mostly because of their superior big budget special effects a soviet fable called mechte navstrechu from 1963 shooting the action scenes around the cannibalized footage. Queen of blood is the spiritual sequel to his first work, blood for irina and although alexander has stated that the two exist independently and. Fifteenhundredthirtysix her age has come, the crown affixed her only wish is to conceive while burning those that shun belief countless years of bloodthirst and hundreds. Queen of blood 1966 basil rathbone, john saxon, judi meredith, dennis hopper and the mysterious vampire alien queen florence marly.
The queen of blood is full of rich tension from the opening scene to the nailbiting finale. Originally published in 1966, and now available for the first time in hardcover the paperback is a fairly expensive item, queen of blood was also a terrific american international picture. Made the whole thing seem cheaperlooking and tackier than it really is. The film tells the story of a group of scientists in the distant future of 1990 who are sent from earth to investigate a distress call coming from a crashed alien spacecraft on mars. Fifteenhundredthirtysix her age has come, the crown affixed her only wish is to conceive while burning those that shun belief countless years of. Queen of blood seems to be about some of the surviving characters from the first instalment and how they get involved somehow with a new house of blood.
The source films dealt with a journey to mars and contact with an alien race, and so does the american version, though eventually harrington sidelines the plot into aip territory with a space vampire feeding on a crew of tootrusting astronauts. You only need to hear a few notes and you know where it came from. Mar 26, 2010 off beat cinema queen of blood duration. The best and certainly weirdest of this aip batch is queen of blood, which pulls some truly surreal, beautiful imagery from the soviet film a dream come true mechte navstrechu to tell a completely different story incorporating elements of previous scifi staples like planet of the vampires and it. None of them are the sort of characters you want to root for or engage with. Much of the impressive special effects are stolen uncredited from a couple of big budget soviet. Like blood bath which preceeded it, queen is also an excellent example of the roger corman school of hybrid cinema.
If youre a commuter with data restrictions, these tv shows and movies can be downloaded for offline viewing on stan. In the first of a new fantasy series by durst the girl who could not dream, 2015, etc. Made in 1966, the story of queen of blood takes place in 1990, a time when space has been conquered, quilted clothing is at the cutting edge of fashion, and macho astronauts call each other baby or at least, they do if theyre played by dennis hopper. The care taken in the shooting, and those expressive episodes with the menacing florence marly, make what might have been a throwaway film into a solid demonstration of the directors talent. The queen of blood the queen of blood audiobook, by sarah beth durst. Queen of blood 1966 is one of the films made by aip, at the time roger corman was working for them. Queen of blood wormcastlevania complete spacebattles.
Planet of blood is a 1966 color science fiction horror film, produced by george edwards and samuel z. The queen of blood by sarah beth durst, 9780062474094, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The oxford companion to english literature margaret. Leader of the blood red moon and mortal enemy and exlover of andrew bennett. Her father was baron george vi bathory of the ecsed branch of the family, brother of andrew bonaventura bathory, who had been voivode of transylvania, while her mother was baroness anna bathory 15391570, daughter of stephen bathory of somlyo. Queen of blood is a 1966 color science fictionhorror film directed by curtis harrington, that stars john saxon, basil rathbone, dennis hopper, and judi meredith.
Queen of blood mgm limited edition collection, aka mgm classics collection make up your minds 1966 color 1. The film is based on the screenplay for the earlier soviet feature film mechte navstrechu a dream come true. How did you rework the russian material for this eerie, dreadinspiring forerunner to alien. Eventually a surviving female is located and brought onboard the earth ship. Blood bath 1966 film complet en francais film complet francais. A great red welt sprang out against the white skin, with drops of blood. Queen of blood 1966 used footage from a soviet scifi movie, but is a bonafide curtis harrington film.
I saw the footage and wrote a screenplay around it. Set in the magical world of renthia, the queen of blood is sarah beth dursts ambitious entry into adult epic fantasy. Mar 11, 2018 queen of blood is a 1966 color science fictionhorror film directed by curtis harrington, that stars john saxon, basil rathbone, dennis hopper, and judi meredith. Great acting, one of the best shoot out scenes in all of movies at the end with the 3 stars. The movie somewhat unique as it handles a subject rarely seen in horror movies. The film is based on the screenplay for the earlier soviet feature film mechte navstrechu a dream come. Queen of blood is a 1966 color science fictionhorror film based on the screenplay for the earlier, soviet film called mechte. John saxon, basil rathbone, judi meredith, dennis hopper en florence marly. Irresistible to men, one by one the queens charms seduce her rescuers into a fatal embrace as the queen herself eyes the earth as a new hunting ground. The kl studio classics bluray of queen of blood is a real beauty. Thanks to the interesting cast and the unique, otherworldly florence marly she really seems to be into her part queen of blood comes off quite well and deserves to have its reputation ratcheted up a. Harringtons answer to this challenge was queen of blood 1966. It imagines a 1990 in which everyone dresses the same but noone has a mobile communications device. Logos, backgrounds, posters and more for your movies.
An alien species makes contact with earth through radio transmission, notifying of an imminent visit. Growing up as a teen in the 70s even if you had cable it was. Not to be mistaken for the 1966 movie of the same name, this is a recent lowbudget affair shot with consumer equipment from canadian filmmaker chris alexander, who is noted on the cover as also being the editorinchief of fangoria magazine. It was released by american international around 1966. Queen of blood was released in 1966 by american international pictures on a double bill with jack hills blood bath. They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood its evident they have rescued a bloodsucking monster. The mgm limited edition collections dvd of queen of blood is a surprisingly good enhanced transfer of a film ive previously seen only in miserable tv prints. As he often did in the 1960s, corman bought the distribution rights to a foreign film in this case two soviet era scifi flicks and then turned it over. Alien ship crash lands on mars, and a rescue team is sent out from earth. For its admitted shoddiness, queen of blood manages to be quite unnerving at moments and the resolution is. Your internet archive email address will be used to login to the bookshare system. Queen of blood is the spiritual sequel to his first work, blood for irina and although alexander has stated that the two exist independently and that seeing the first should not be a requirement to enjoy the second, the first movie is included on this disc as a bonus feature so i will go into that one first.
An idealistic young student and a banished warrior become allies in a battle to save their realm in this first book of a mesmerizing epic fantasy series, filled with political intrigue, violent. Death is administered in every way possible shooting, stabbing, bludgeoning, magical exploding, and so on. With the danger of peter bretts the warded man, heart of naomi noviks uprooted, and lyricism of patrick rothfuss the name of the wind, this is the first chapter in a series destined to be a classic. Planet of blood is a 1966 color science fictionhorror film, produced by george edwards and samuel z.
The problem of traveling to the moon has been solved for many years. For years, my opinion of queen of blood was tainted by the fact that the tv prints of it were in horrible shape overly dark, muddy, dupey, scratchy, with ugly faded color. An alien ship crash lands on mars, and a rescue team is sent from earth. An idealistic young student and a banished warrior become allies in a battle to save their realm in this first book of a mesmerizing epic fantasy series, filled with political intrigue, violent magic, malevolent spirits, and thrilling adventure. While there are several gradeb horror films of the period that manage to be quite eerie and dreamlike carnival of souls being the most prominent example, the low budget scifi films of the period often didnt manage this. Live at pinkpop 20 20 0 images queens of the stone. The oxford companion to english literature the oxford companion to english literature. Queen of blood 1966 alien derelict, marsphobos and rescue sequences by steve nyland. With john saxon, basil rathbone, judi meredith, dennis hopper. A spaceship is sent to mars after a alien distress signal is picked up. Blood bath 1966 film complet en francais a 20171116t01. In fact, the film is so cheaply made that it consists of only a handful of plain sets. The answer smacked into me like a baseball thrown by alexandria.
Night tide is an effective low budget horror that works mainly thanks to the surreal and creepy atmosphere. Florence marly celebrity profile check out the latest florence marly photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Space stations have been built there and authorized personnel come and go as they wish. As he often did in the 1960s, corman bought the distribution rights to a foreign film in this case two soviet era scifi flicks and then turned it over to one of his proteges to see what they could do with it. Reguardless of its low budget,it is a combination of science fiction and horror, with more attention being paid to its scifi side. A title interrupts to tell the audience about where we are. Aratay is a land where all the villages and even the cities are. The queen of blood book one of the queens of renthia.
French polynesia, journal of the polynesian society, vol 75, no 3, 1966, pp 286303. Blood bath 1966 film complet en francais film complet. I recently took one of my occasional dives into american international pictures with curtis harringtons queen of blood, a talky, slowmoving, scifi feature from 1966 about an illfated space voyage to mars in response to an alien distress call most striking in the film are the very brief, gauzy, luminous shots of the alien ship, precrash, with no dialogue, lots of slow, silent. To use bookshare, readers must have a qualifying disability. The cold rain soaked through me, but it didnt hurt. Arkoff, directed by curtis harrington, that stars john saxon, basil rathbone, dennis hopper, and judi meredith. Bookshare is an online reading service for people with dyslexia, learning disabilities, blindness, low vision, retinitis pigmentosa, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers. Cult movie fans should notice that it is actually a foreign movie bought by american international and reworked for american audiences. Queen of blood 1966 0 images queen of brazil 2008 0 images queen of broadway 1942 0 images queen of burlesque 1946 0 images queen of carthage 20. The transfer helps harringtons film footage match the original russian effects scenes. Elizabeth bathory was born on a family estate in nyirbator, kingdom of hungary, in 1560 or 1561, and spent her childhood at ecsed castle. They utilized a lot of russian film footage mostly because of their superior big budget special effects a soviet fable called mechte navstrechu from 1963 shooting the action scenes around the cannibalized footage finished. Overview of queen of blood, 1966, directed by curtis harrington, with john saxon, basil rathbone, judi meredith, at turner classic movies.
Live at pinkpop 2008 2008 0 images queens of the stone age. Concerning queen of blood also known as planet of blood writerdirector curtis harrington was quoted as saying, roger corman had acquired some spectacular russian footage of spaceships. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Queen of blood 1966 hideous beyond belief with an inhuman craving. Nov 16, 2017 blood bath 1966 film complet en francais a 20171116t01. Queen of blood 1966 queen of blood 1966 charles thaxton. Eventually a surviving female is located and brought on to the human ship.
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