Howard Vernon — Actor (51)

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Mr. Orchid (1946)
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other title: Le Père tranquille / 安详的父亲 …
This character study of a French patriot during the Nazi Occupation has comedian Noel as the chief of the underground who uses his hobby of growing orchids to hide his radio equipment.

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Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972)
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other title: Die Nacht der offenen Särge / Dracula prisonnier de Frankenstein …
Dracula kills another innocent victim and Dr. Seward decides it's time to wipe him off the face of the earth. Armed with a hammer and a wooden stake, he arrives at Castle Dracula and duly dispatches the vampire Count. Next day, however, Dr. Frankenstein arrives with his assistant, Morpho, and a large crate containing the monster. Using the blood of a pub singer who has been abducted by his creation, the doctor brings Dracula back to life and uses him for his own ends. The Count and a female vampire continue to terrorise the town, so Dr Seward once again sets out for Castle Dracula. Unfortunately, he is attacked by the Frankenstein monster and left for dead. Amira, a gypsy, rescues him and summons up a werewolf to do battle with the forces of evil...

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Sex Charade (1972)
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other title: 性猜谜 / A comme apocalypse …
The story revolves around Anne who is held hostage by an escaped maniac from an insane asylum. The fugitive forces her to tell stories to prevent her from getting help. Anne then spins a fanciful tale about a girl's escape from her imprisonment by savages and her longing to return to captivity.

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彬彬有礼 (1978)
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让-克劳德·吉盖 actor: 埃莱娜·叙尔热尔 / Emmanuel Lemoine …
other title: Les Belles Manières / Fine Manners
卡米尔,一个年轻的,乡土的,无产阶级的男人为Hélène Courtray工作,她仍然美丽迷人。她是一个老练、有教养和富有的女人,她让他照顾她过去几年一直自愿锁在房间里的与世隔绝的儿子……

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不要换手 (1975)
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Paul Vecchiali actor: 埃莱娜·叙尔热尔 / 让-克里斯托夫·布维 …
other title: Change pas de main / Don't Change Hands
A well-known politician woman receives a tape showing her son in a porno movie. She decides to hire a female detective to figure out who is trying to black-mail her.

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Celestine (1974)
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other title: Célestine... bonne à tout faire / Celestine - Mädchen für intime Stunden …
The story opens with Celestine eluding arrest with a friend as the police raid a brothel. While hiding out in the hayloft of the Count de la Braquette's estate, she meets the hayseed handyman Sébastien and the butler Malou, who reward her favors with the offer of employment. In a manner recalling Terence Stamp's effect on the household in TEOREMA, Celestine's open and relaxed attitude toward sexuality has a transformative effect on the isolated, moribund inhabitants of the mansion, imbuing them with gift of renewed life for the men and women alike, that remains even after a third act twist that forces her to betray them.

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Women in Cellblock 9 (1978)
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other title: 감옥의 여인들 9 / Frauen für Zellenblock 9 …
A group of female freedom-fighters led by Karine Levere is caught by the warden of a women's prison, located somwhere in the South American jungle. None of them will reveal the secrets of their organisation or the names of their collaborators in the cities, so they are handed over to Dr. Costa who, after four years inactivity in Europe, is delighted to be able to practice his torture techniques once more. Laverne fails to resist the inhuman treatments and reveals all. The only hope of saving the organization is for the girls to warn the city cell before it's too late. They trick the prison guard into having sex with them, knock him out and break out of prison. The warden and Dr. Costa must prevent them from revealing the practices inside the prison. The hunt is on and it's shoot to kill...

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The Lake of the Living Dead (1981)
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other title: 魔鬼湖 / Le Lac des morts vivants …
Set in an unspecified French village, the locals are shocked when a group of girls skinny dipping in the nearby lake (all very tastefully done I hasten to add) are killed by a group of zombiefied Nazi soldiers, that spring up out of the waters and drag them down to their demise. A couple of detectives are brought in to try and solve the mysterious murders, only to end up as the zombies next victims. It turns out that during the war, the French resistance ambushed and killed a squad of German soldiers and dumped the bodies into the nearby lake, but failed to take notice of any of the local superstitions (never a wise move). Although, seeing as this film appears to be set in the early 80's, why it's taken so long for them to emerge and start killing people is a bit of a mystery, but there you go. Not-with-standing, the villagers quickly organise a lynch mob to take down the zombie menace, only to end up being decimated by the undead soldiers, who's 'convincing' zombie make-up basically consists of green paint, which doesn't even cover the whole of the actors faces and keeps washing off in the lake. There's also a bizarre sub plot about one of the zombies visiting his former daughter, who strangely still looks all of 12 despite the fact she should be in her 40's if she was born near the end of the war, but then since when did logic ever come into these films? Such as why do their uniforms still look almost new despite being underwater for 40 years, or how come the skinny dipping girls are only knee deep in the water when viewed from the lakeside, yet appear to be swimming in 12 feet of it from the underwater shots? Bad acting, naff zombie make-up (the aforementioned green face paint), painfully obvious underwater shots filmed in a swimming pool, not to mention the plot inconsistencies bigger than the aforementioned lake itself. Low budget doesn't even begin to describe this film, which quite unbelievably was directed by respected Eurohorror director Jean Rollin, albeit under the pseudo name J A Laser. That's not to say the film isn't without merit. I bust a gut laughing at the thoroughly ridiculous scenes of the zombies attacking the naked young girls, and the equally ridiculous slapstick battle with the angry villagers. Utterly hilarious, grab the six pack and the popcorn and have a blast!

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Faceless (1987)
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other title: 花容劫 / 姓名不详 …
弗蒙(赫尔穆特·贝格 Helmut Berger 饰)是一名美容医生,表面看来,他衣冠楚楚非常值得信赖,但实际上,他的内心里藏着许许多多的邪恶想法。这么多年来,他一直联手残忍的院长尼坦丽(碧姬·莱尔 Brigitte Lahaie 饰),干着绑架妙龄少女的勾当,他们将少女残忍杀死,抽出她们的骨髓和鲜血,制成能够回春的美容药物,卖给阔太太们。 终于有一天,弗蒙遭到了受害者亲人的报复,可是倒霉的却是他的妹妹英格(Christiane Jean 饰)。英格的脸遭到了硫酸毁容,痛心疾首的弗蒙发誓一定要让妹妹恢复美貌,于是开始绑架美女,剥下她们的面皮,试图嫁接到英格的脸上,但这些试验无一不失败了。

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The Girl in the Bikini (1952)
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other title: 比基尼女郎 / Manina, la fille sans voile …
在这部愚蠢的喜剧中,漂亮女孩玛丽娜和负责看管灯塔的父亲同住在海边。一天,玛丽娜遇上两个在岸边搜寻宝藏的小伙子,并对其中一个迷恋不已。很快两人间萌发出爱意……本片是碧姬·芭铎最早的出演主角的影片,拍摄于1952年,本片除了在法国外,很少在其它国家上映,直到5年后《上帝创造女人》将碧姬·芭铎捧成了国际明星后才得以在英美等地上映。

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Seven Women for Satan (1976)
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other title: 扎洛夫伯爵的邪恶周末 / Les week-ends maléfiques du Comte Zaroff …
Boris Zaroff is a modern businessman who is haunted by his past -- his father was the notorious Count Zaroff of The Most Dangerous Game fame. Consequently, Boris is subject to hallucinations and all-too-real social lapses which normally involve sadistic harm to beautiful naked young women. His butler is sworn to indoctrinating him into the evils of the family line, and their castle's torture dungeon proves quite useful in this regard. However, Boris is periodically lured away from his destiny by the romantic apparition of the deceased countess who previously owned the castle.