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PHANTOM OF SOHO(1964): (Krimi#5 11/01)Quite a few of the British upper class frequent the strip club Zanzibar.A killer wearing a skull mask and glittering gloves begins killing a goodly amount of the patrons and leaving money on them.There is a connection between the corpses and not just the strip club either.Crisp thriller that moves along quite well with a twist at the end.
MONSTER OF LONDON CITY(1964):The play Jack The Ripper is enacted nightly to a sold out crowd.But on the streets a killer is targeting prostitutes just like jacky boy.Is there a connection with the former drug addict who is the star of the show?Gritty and a tad bit on the sleazy side.
THE SQUEAKER(1965):The mad killer The Squeaker has London in panic using the venom of a snake to kill his enemies.Klaus Kinski is quite screwy in this flick.
MYSTERIOUS MAGICIAN(1965):When his sister is killed, the vigilante known as The Ringer returns from exile to England.The criminal gang that did the deed begins to suffer at the hands of this shadowy, unknown vigilante.Scotland Yard can't even figure out who this master of disguise really is.
THE SINISTER MONK(1965):A girl's school is terrorized by the black robed killer The Monk. No one is safe and Scotland Yard is baffled!One of the last b&w krimis.
HUNCHBACK OF SOHO(1966):The first EW krimi in color.The evil leaders of a reform school for girls put the young lasses to work...the wrong kind.A hunchback killer is in their employ.To be honest this is a very strange film.
CIRCUS OF FEAR(1966):(Krimi#7 11/01)The film begins with an armored car robbery on a bridge overlooking the Thames.All goes well until the inside man kills a guard.The gang is forced to flee and hide the currency.The winter home of a circus becomes the target of a Scotland Yard investigation.Blackmail and murder are the main attractions.Stars Christopher Lee and Klaus Kinski.Pick up the 90 minute print if you can.Alpha has a 75 minute EP print that is sad.The titled Psycho Circus print runs a scant 65 minutes!
CREATURE WITH THE BLUE HAND(1967)(Krimi#1)David Emerson is locked away in a mental institution for murders he may or may not have committed.He escapes the asylum and heads home to clear his name.When he does a metal gloved killer with knife blades for fingers strikes.Secret passageways,hanging mannequins,bloody murder and insanity abound.One of the last good EW thrillers.
COLLEGE GIRL MURDERS:Krimi #8 3/2002
HAND OF POWER(1968):When a laughing corpse comes back to life to kill his heirs Scotland Yard is called in.Campy fun as you really can't take what is going on very seriously.Scotland Yard is portrayed as horny buffoons.The Laughing Corpse does look kind of cool in his black outfit and skull faced mask.