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Leptirica (Serbian Cyrillic: Лептирица, transl. The She-Butterfly) is a 1973 Yugoslav made-for-TV folk horror film directed by the Serbian and Yugoslav director Đorđe Kadijević and based on the short story After Ninety Years (1880) written by Serbian writer Milovan Glišić. [2]
There have been a number of vampire films based on or inspired by Countess Elizabeth Báthory (1560-1614), a reputed serial killer from the noble family of Báthory, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Hungary, Slovakia and Romania).
Družba Pere Kvržice ("Pero the Lump's gang") is a 1933 children's novel written by Croatian children's novelist Mato Lovrak.The plot concerns a group of children headed by Pero "Kvržica", who secretly decide to restore a disused village mill.
Đorđe Kadijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Кадијевић; 6 January 1933) is a Serbian and Yugoslav film director, screenwriter and art critic. [1] Kadijević is well known for his horror films and for TV series Vuk Karadžić, [2] [3] which won the Grand prix in Rome and was protected as European Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO, on the proposition of Umberto Eco. [4]
Sava Savanović appears in the story Posle devedeset godina (Ninety Years Later), written by the Serbian realist writer Milovan Glišić, and in the horror film Leptirica inspired by the story.
The Nazi book burnings horrified Ray Bradbury and inspired him to write Fahrenheit 451. The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), formed in 1938 to investigate American citizens and organizations suspected of having communist ties, held hearings in 1947 to investigate alleged communist influence in Hollywood movie-making. [17]
Tales from the Crypt is a 1972 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis. [3] It is an anthology film consisting of five separate segments, based on short stories from the EC Comics series Tales from the Crypt by Al Feldstein, Johnny Craig, and Bill Gaines.
Cry of the Banshee is a 1970 horror film directed by Gordon Hessler and starring Vincent Price. [4] [5] It was released by American International Pictures.It was written by Tim Kelly and Christopher Wicking.