Holger Haase
@holgerhaase.bsky.social
Lover of cult films and paperbacks. Writer. Photographer. Salaryman. Loves to travel.
Co-editor of the new KRIMI! Magazine.
Check out my books:
THE MANY MASKS OF DR MABUSE
YOURS TRULY, JACK THE LODGER
OLLIE'S LAST ROUND
https://linktr.ee/holgerhaase
Co-editor of the new KRIMI! Magazine.
Check out my books:
THE MANY MASKS OF DR MABUSE
YOURS TRULY, JACK THE LODGER
OLLIE'S LAST ROUND
https://linktr.ee/holgerhaase
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Super happy to have contributed another article to a new Blu-ray box set by Eureka Entertainment covering the Karl May adventure films by CCC.
Dashed off a quick review for "Die seltsame Gräfin/The Strange Countess" (1961)
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Die seltsame Gräfin/The Strange Countess (1961)
Margaret Reedle (Brigitte Grothum) accepts a position as companion to the eccentric - and unfortunately named - Countess Moron (Lil Dagover)...
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February 18, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Dashed off a quick review for "Die seltsame Gräfin/The Strange Countess" (1961)
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I wrote this almost 10 years ago, and I still stand by it (just replace "Twitter" with Bluesky, and you get the idea): cinematiccatharsis.blogspot.com/2016/11/ten-...
#filmsky #moviesky
#filmsky #moviesky
Ten Things I’ve Learned from Movie Blogging
...Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Blog Six years of Cinematic Catharsis has taught me some important lessons...
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February 10, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I wrote this almost 10 years ago, and I still stand by it (just replace "Twitter" with Bluesky, and you get the idea): cinematiccatharsis.blogspot.com/2016/11/ten-...
#filmsky #moviesky
#filmsky #moviesky
February 6, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Seems that there is now an official poster out for the new Mabuse series.
February 3, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Seems that there is now an official poster out for the new Mabuse series.
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File this under "You don't see stuff like that in the cinema any more."
February 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM
File this under "You don't see stuff like that in the cinema any more."
Quick update from a shoot last summer where the weather was equally as unpleasant as this winter.
Plus ça change....
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Plus ça change....
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Not the sunniest day…
Gradually making progess with this website. It is now February 2026 and I have reached a shoot for June last year. Not a lot of images. Had planned for more but the weather was just a disaster but …
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February 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Quick update from a shoot last summer where the weather was equally as unpleasant as this winter.
Plus ça change....
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Plus ça change....
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Jess Franco & comic Quixote PI Marlboro welcome you to Shit City, the fictitious locale of parody pastiche LOS BLUES DE LA CALLE POP (1982)—a charming Godardian brigante of the 80's Manacoa Films period combining classic Bogart noir & Diabolik cheek with Walter Hill. #FrancoFebruary
February 1, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Jess Franco & comic Quixote PI Marlboro welcome you to Shit City, the fictitious locale of parody pastiche LOS BLUES DE LA CALLE POP (1982)—a charming Godardian brigante of the 80's Manacoa Films period combining classic Bogart noir & Diabolik cheek with Walter Hill. #FrancoFebruary
The "Nurses for Sale" review from @nuts4r2.bsky.social comes in handy for an alternative look at the Al Adamson cut of "Käpt'n Rauhbein aus St. Pauli".
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Nurses For Sale
Curd Immunity Nurses For Sale aka Käpt'n Rauhbein aus St. Pauli West Germany 1971 Directed by Rolf Olsen (and Al Adamson) IIP/Severin Blu ...
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January 31, 2026 at 11:42 AM
The "Nurses for Sale" review from @nuts4r2.bsky.social comes in handy for an alternative look at the Al Adamson cut of "Käpt'n Rauhbein aus St. Pauli".
nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2021/08/nurs...
nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2021/08/nurs...
Having a feeling I may now go into blogging hibernation for a little while.
January 30, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Having a feeling I may now go into blogging hibernation for a little while.
Wrapping up my series about Rolf Olsen's St Pauli films with a look at "Käpt'n Rauhbein aus St. Pauli/Nurses for Sale" (1971).
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Käpt'n Rauhbein aus St. Pauli/Nurses for Sale (1971) (Rolf Olsen's St Pauli Films - Part 7)
Continued (and concluded) from Part 6 This is Olsen’s final St Pauli film and truth be told: Only the first few scenes of this movie play i...
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January 30, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Wrapping up my series about Rolf Olsen's St Pauli films with a look at "Käpt'n Rauhbein aus St. Pauli/Nurses for Sale" (1971).
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krimifilm.blogspot.com/2026/01/kapt...
Super happy to have contributed another article to a new Blu-ray box set by Eureka Entertainment covering the Karl May adventure films by CCC.
January 29, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Super happy to have contributed another article to a new Blu-ray box set by Eureka Entertainment covering the Karl May adventure films by CCC.
The penultimate part of my Rolf Olsen/St Pauli retrospective is now up with a focus on "Das Stunden-Hotel von St. Pauli/Hotel by the Hour" (1970).
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Das Stunden-Hotel von St. Pauli/Hotel by the Hour (Rolf Olsen's St Pauli Films - Part 6)
Continued from Part 5 A “Stundenhotel” is a hotel that can be rented by the hour, similar to the Japanese Love Hotels. The film Das Stunde...
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January 29, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The penultimate part of my Rolf Olsen/St Pauli retrospective is now up with a focus on "Das Stunden-Hotel von St. Pauli/Hotel by the Hour" (1970).
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From Corleone to Brooklyn (1979). Maurizio Merli escorts a witness from Sicily to NY to testify against a mob boss (Mario Merola doing what he does best). A good one from Umberto Lenzi.
January 29, 2026 at 1:05 AM
From Corleone to Brooklyn (1979). Maurizio Merli escorts a witness from Sicily to NY to testify against a mob boss (Mario Merola doing what he does best). A good one from Umberto Lenzi.
I hate the current oversized paperback format that has been in vogue for years now.
Strangely enough other countries like France still have smaller sized formats that are much easier to carry around and look better.
Strangely enough other countries like France still have smaller sized formats that are much easier to carry around and look better.
All the blockbuster IP franchises you love today only exist because of mass market paperbacks. How can we stop this? goodereader.com/blog/digital...
Mass Market Paperbacks are discontinued
Publishers Weekly last month reported that ReaderLink, the largest full-service distributor of
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January 29, 2026 at 7:16 AM
I hate the current oversized paperback format that has been in vogue for years now.
Strangely enough other countries like France still have smaller sized formats that are much easier to carry around and look better.
Strangely enough other countries like France still have smaller sized formats that are much easier to carry around and look better.
The January/February episode of the @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social podcast is out and I am one of guest contributors on it talking about Brian DePalma's BODY DOUBLE.
(Note to self: Never try and say "humiliation" in public again.)
Available on Spotify or elsewhere
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(Note to self: Never try and say "humiliation" in public again.)
Available on Spotify or elsewhere
open.spotify.com/episode/2qk9...
January 27, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The January/February episode of the @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social podcast is out and I am one of guest contributors on it talking about Brian DePalma's BODY DOUBLE.
(Note to self: Never try and say "humiliation" in public again.)
Available on Spotify or elsewhere
open.spotify.com/episode/2qk9...
(Note to self: Never try and say "humiliation" in public again.)
Available on Spotify or elsewhere
open.spotify.com/episode/2qk9...
Here we go again... Part 5 of my Rolf Olsen St Pauli overview, this time dedicated to "Der Pfarrer von St Pauli" (1970).
Two more films to go before we cross the finish line.
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Two more films to go before we cross the finish line.
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Der Pfarrer von St Pauli (1970) (Rolf Olsen's St Pauli Films - Part 5)
Continued from Part 4 Der Pfarrer von St Pauli (tr. “The Priest of St. Pauli”, 1970) did not see an English language release and Curd Jürg...
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January 25, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Here we go again... Part 5 of my Rolf Olsen St Pauli overview, this time dedicated to "Der Pfarrer von St Pauli" (1970).
Two more films to go before we cross the finish line.
krimifilm.blogspot.com/2026/01/der-...
Two more films to go before we cross the finish line.
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Happy #FrancoFriday
Daughter of Dracula (1972, Jess Franco)
Daughter of Dracula (1972, Jess Franco)
January 23, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Happy #FrancoFriday
Daughter of Dracula (1972, Jess Franco)
Daughter of Dracula (1972, Jess Franco)
January 23, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Part 4 of my exploration of the St Pauli films by Eurocult favourite Rolf Olsen is now up with a focus on "Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins/The Bedroom" (1969)
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Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins/The Bedroom (1969) (Rolf Olsen's St Pauli Films - Part 4)
Continued from Part 3 This is in some ways Olsen’s most “prestigious” St Pauli film as it comes with a lot of baggage based on the title a...
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January 21, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Part 4 of my exploration of the St Pauli films by Eurocult favourite Rolf Olsen is now up with a focus on "Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins/The Bedroom" (1969)
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All our ebooks have the least amount of DRM possible.
I'm worried about AI consuming us, being unable to pay our freelancers because stores pay out slim royalties, and being banned because our books may not appease some puritanical overlord.
Someone stealing an ebook doesn't keep me up at night.
I'm worried about AI consuming us, being unable to pay our freelancers because stores pay out slim royalties, and being banned because our books may not appease some puritanical overlord.
Someone stealing an ebook doesn't keep me up at night.
January 20, 2026 at 11:54 PM
All our ebooks have the least amount of DRM possible.
I'm worried about AI consuming us, being unable to pay our freelancers because stores pay out slim royalties, and being banned because our books may not appease some puritanical overlord.
Someone stealing an ebook doesn't keep me up at night.
I'm worried about AI consuming us, being unable to pay our freelancers because stores pay out slim royalties, and being banned because our books may not appease some puritanical overlord.
Someone stealing an ebook doesn't keep me up at night.
Seems like a new German Dr Mabuse series will launch in 2027
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THE RETURN OF DR MABUSE IN 2027 OFFICIAL CCC ANNOUNCEMENT!
KRIMI! the magazine for continental european crime cinema culture, Edgar Wallace, Dr. Mabuse, Dr. Fu Manchu, Bryan Edgar Wallace, Gialli, Fantomas
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January 20, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Seems like a new German Dr Mabuse series will launch in 2027
krimimagazine.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
krimimagazine.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
Flipping Hell !!!!!
Can't remember another series that four films in and a quarter of a century later still delivers so strongly. (Don't say Star Wars!)
Each film is different but they are all fantastic and together they make a hell of a saga.
Can't remember another series that four films in and a quarter of a century later still delivers so strongly. (Don't say Star Wars!)
Each film is different but they are all fantastic and together they make a hell of a saga.
January 18, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Flipping Hell !!!!!
Can't remember another series that four films in and a quarter of a century later still delivers so strongly. (Don't say Star Wars!)
Each film is different but they are all fantastic and together they make a hell of a saga.
Can't remember another series that four films in and a quarter of a century later still delivers so strongly. (Don't say Star Wars!)
Each film is different but they are all fantastic and together they make a hell of a saga.
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Not seen these but I have a little of the music.
January 18, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Not seen these but I have a little of the music.
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Now watching Jean Rollin’s Girls without Shame/Schoolgirl Hitchhikers (wish I could have found an original poster for this)
January 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Now watching Jean Rollin’s Girls without Shame/Schoolgirl Hitchhikers (wish I could have found an original poster for this)
Continuing my look at this overlooked series of Eurocult... Part 3 of the St Pauli films by Rolf Olsen with a look at "Der Arzt von St Pauli/Females for Hire" (1968)
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Der Arzt von St Pauli/Females for Hire (1968) (Rolf Olsen's St Pauli Films - Part 3)
Continued from Part 2 Der Arzt von St Pauli/Females for Hire (1968) came out the year after Nacht . (In English the title translates as “Th...
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January 17, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Continuing my look at this overlooked series of Eurocult... Part 3 of the St Pauli films by Rolf Olsen with a look at "Der Arzt von St Pauli/Females for Hire" (1968)
krimifilm.blogspot.com/2026/01/der-...
krimifilm.blogspot.com/2026/01/der-...