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The EOFFTV World of Horror: Portugal
Portugal has had a thriving film industry since at least 1896, when
Edwin Rousby presented his Animatógrafo machine at the Real Colyseu
da Rua da Palma nº 288, in Lisbon, presenting a programme of films
from British film-maker R. W. Paul. While on tour with the machine,
Rousby met photographer Manuel Maria da Costa Veiga, who was so inspired
that he became the country's first exhibitor. Costa Veiga was also Portugal's
first film-maker, his debut film being Aspectos da Praia de Cascais
in 1899.
Despite this early start, horror came late to Portuguese cinema and
has been largely unpopular since. In 1941, Víctor Manuel made
O Louco and it remained the
country's only genre film until José Luis Merino's O
Cinco Avisos de Satanás in 1970.
Portugal's best known horror film wasn't even a purely home grown production
– Amando de Ossorio's La
noche del terror ciego / Tombs of the Blind Dead [1971] was a Spanish
co-production.
FILMS
1941
O Louco
1970
O Cinco Avisos
de Satanás
Las cinco advertencias de Satanás - Spanish title
1971
La noche del terror
ciego
The Blind Dead - US title
Crypt of the Blind Dead
Mark of the Devil, Part 4: Tombs of the Blind Dead - US title
Die Nacht der reitenden Leichen - West German title
Night of the Blind Dead
La noche de la muerta ciega
A Noite do Terror Cego - Portuguese title
Revenge from Planet Ape - US title
La révolte des morts-vivants – French title
Le tombe dei resuscitati ciechi - Italian title
Tombs of the Blind Dead
1972
Les démons
Le demone - Italian title
Los demonios - Spanish title
Os Demonios - Portuguese title
The Demons - English language title
Die Nonnen von Clichy - West German title
The Sex Demons - English language title
She-Demons - US advertising title
La fille de Dracula
Daughter of Dracula
A Filha de Dracula - Portuguese title
La hija de Drácula - Spanish title
De Vloek van Dracula - Dutch title
1977
El espiritista
O Espirita - Portuguese title
1980
Sinfonía erótica
[1980]
Symphonie érotique - French title
1981
O Território
Le territoire – French title
The Territory - English language title
1990
A Maldição
do Marialva
1995
Schizophrenia
2003
I'll See You
in My Dreams
2006
Coisa Ruim
Last Updated:
20 April, 2008
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