The Rah Rah Girls

So strange...

Just came across this trailer for The Rah Rah Girls which is in fact an alternate title for What Have You Done to Solange? and totally misrepresents the film as a raunchy sex comedy! 

Dead Eyes of London slideshow

 I enjoyed creating my first Krimi related slideshow on YouTube so much that I decided to do a second one, this time dedicated to DIE TOTEN AUGEN VON LONDON/DEAD EYES OF LONDON (1961), Alfred Vohrer's Edgar Wallace-debut featuring a very experimental track by composer Heinz Funk.

Der Hexer Slideshow

 So just did a thing and uploaded a slideshow to YouTube with posters, lobby cards and promotional images for the Rialto Edgar Wallace Krimi DER HEXER aka THE MYSTERIOUS MAGICIAN based on Wallace's novel THE RINGER.

Hope you like. I may do more along those lines sometime in the future.

YouTube Playlist with English subbed Krimis

Just discovered this YouTube channel and playlist with a range of Krimis with English subs: Edgar Wallace, Bryan Edgar Wallace, Mabuse and others. 

Well worth checking out given how difficult it is to come across English friendly versions of those movies otherwise. If only some of the niche labels would finally come around to release proper box sets of those films for the International market.

To access the relevant Rialto Wallaces I had to change my region via VPN as they weren't available in my area.

The Case of the Krimi (Severin Feature)

 A chat with another fellow Krimi Fan reminded me that Severin Films had produced a Krimi feature by Marcus Stiglegger for one of their releases which is available on YouTube. 

Unfortunately playback of the video has been disabled by the owner for other websites so I can't embed it here, so instead just go directly to the relevant link on YouTube. 

Now if only they could make those films available in English friendly versions as well....

The Terror (1938)... and other YouTube Wallace gems

It ain't German but it is a classic British Wallace adaptation. And best of all it is available for free viewing from YouTube who seem to have more and more full length movies available.

The Terror (1938) had previously been filmed twice before and was also going to be adapted twice by Rialto as Der unheimliche Mönch/The Sinister Monk (1965) and Der Mönch mit der Peitsche/The College Girl Murders (1967). The 1938 version downplays the aspect of a mysterious Monk prowling a stately mansion until the very end making this a bit of a wasted opportunity though it is still a very entertaining way to pass 70 minutes of a Sunday afternoon.



And just after passing those 70 minutes I discovered that this is not the only Edgar Wallace movie on YouTube. Also available are The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940) and Sanders of the River (1935) both of which also received German adaptations in the 1960s. I haven't seen any of those two yet but will certainly catch up on them in due time.