Spoiler-Free Reviews: Alraune and Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel (OVID)
Here are reviews of two gorgeous looking, recently restored films from Deaf Crocodile, now playing on OVID. Alraune Directed by Henrik Galeen Deaf Crocodile, Horror, 1927, 121 mins Germany Official synopsis A deranged Weimar-era erotic sci-fi/horror starring Brigitte Helm (Metropolis) as the unholy offspring of a genetics experiment conducted by her scientist “father” (Paul Wegener), who implants the semen of a hanged man in the womb of a prostitute. As an adult, the lithe, sinuous Helm drives men to suicide and madness – including her own pseudo-father Wegener. Review Brigitte Helm is a force of nature in her portrayal of Alraune ten Brinken in the silent film Alraune (AKA A Daughter of Destiny). Alraune is a young woman who is the product of a mad scientific experiment in which Professor Jakon ten Brinken (Paul Wegener, who played the titular supernatural entity in Der Golem, 1914) implanted the semen of a hanged criminal in the womb of a prostitute. Listen, if
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