Elsa Martinelli Archives

Blood and Roses (1960)

Rating: ★★½

Jun 2, 2000Lesbian Vampire/Carmilla Adaptation

Roger Vadim conducts a very sofctore adaptation the classic vampire story Carmilla but this seems pallid and bloodless in contrast to the Hammer Films of the same period, not to mention their later adaptations of the same story

Director: Roger Vadim

Actors: Annette Vadim, Mel Ferrer, Elsa Martinelli, Serge Marquand

Category: Horror

2 June 200023 September 2025 by Roog

The Trial (1962)

Rating: ★★★★

Nov 5, 2001Bureaucratic Nightmare World/Kafka Adaptation

Orson Welles's adaptation of the Frank Kafka novel about a man caught in a nightmare bureaucracy is one of the most visually stunning black-and-white films ever shot

Director: Orson Welles

Actors: Anthony Perkins, Orson Welles, Romy Schneider, Jeanne Moreau, …

Category: Fantasy

5 November 20017 May 2025 by Roog

The Tenth Victim (1965)

Rating: ★★½

Jan 18, 2000Killing as a Future Sport

Satiric film set in a future where contestants hunt and kill one another on a tv show. The first film on the theme of human bloodsports later popularised by The Hunger Games and others

Director: Elio Petri

Actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Massimo Serato, Elsa Martinelli

Category: Science Fiction

18 January 200020 March 2024 by Roog

Candy (1968)

Rating: ★

Jul 30, 2003Alien Visitor/Complete Innocent's Sexual Travails

A bad movie classic. Ewa Aulin is an alien innocent who passes through a series of sexual encounters. Based on a satirical novel, this mostly serves as the opportunity for several name stars to give embarrassingly bad performances

Director: Christian Marquand

Actors: Ewa Aulin, Richard Burton, Marlon Brando, John Astin, …

Category: Science Fiction

30 July 200328 December 2025 by Roog