Carl Schenkel Archives

Dracula Blows His Cool (1979)

Rating: ½

Aug 28, 2012Vampire Sex Comedy

Excruciating West German-made vampire sex comedy (that doesn't feature Count Dracula despite the title). Painful and agonisingly unfunny comedy routines directed by someone who has no idea how to set them up

Director: Carl Schenkel

Actors: Gianni Garko

Category: Horror

28 August 201231 August 2020 by Roog

Knight Moves (1992)

Rating: ★★

Aug 3, 2000Chess-Playing Serial Killer

Christopher Lambert and Diane Lane star in a thriller about a serial killer who treats his victims like a chess game and has turned an entire isolated island into a chessboard

Director: Carl Schenkel

Actors: Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt, Daniel Baldwin, …

Category: Horror

3 August 200013 June 2026 by Roog

Exquisite Tenderness (1995)

Rating: ★★½

Dec 27, 2007Psycho Surgeon

A medical horror film concerning a disfigured surgeon killing his way through a hospital as he seeks revenge. This is notable for its degree of gore-drenched sadism

Director: Carl Schenkel

Actors: Isabel Glasser, James Remar, Charles Dance, Malcolm McDowell, …

Category: Horror

27 December 200731 January 2026 by Roog

Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)

Rating: ★★

Nov 28, 2004Jungle Hero

A German-made Tarzan film that resurrects most of the adventure film tropes to negligible effect. As Tarzan, Caspar Van Dien looks like an Ivy League college student in the jungle.

Director: Carl Schenkel

Actors: Casper Van Dien, Jane March, Steve Waddington, Ian Roberts

Category: Fantasy

28 November 200410 February 2026 by Roog