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THE SNAKE WOMAN (1961, Anamorphic Widescreen) John McCarthy, Susan Travers, Elsie Harker, Geoffrey Denton. A crazed scientist injects his wife with a cobra venom formula to cure her mental illness; but it has a horrid effect on the woman’s unborn child, who’s born with cold blood. Thinking that the baby is cursed, an old hag convinces villagers to storm the scientist’s home, break into his lab, and set fire to everything. The scientist and his wife die but the baby survives. Years later a young woman wanders the countryside, occasionally turning into a cobra. When bodies pile up, Scotland Yard is called in. From 35mm.
THE ANATOMIST (1961) Alastair Sim, George Cole, Michael Ripper, Jill Bennett, David Kelly. Another retelling of the horrible exploits of the world's most famous body snatchers: Burke and Hare. This literate British version takes a more historic overview of the grisly events than other filmed versions. Still chilling, though, with fine performances by all, especially Ripper, who--as Hare--gives perhaps the most horrific role of his long career with Hammer and other British studios. 16mm.
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