Celebrating Valerie Leon’s Bloody Shocktober!

I came across a classic Hammer horror film from the early 70’s and was mesmerized by the star, Valerie Leon!

Shocktober Day #28 has a closer look at Valerie and her Hammer Horror gem from the 70’s!

This British Actress got her start as a chorus girl – and appeared with Barbra Streisand in “Funny Girl” at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London’s West End – not a bad start to the business!

She appeared in the film “Zeta One” in 1969, but it was in the 1971 Hammer horror film “Blood From The Mummy’s Tomb” that she really became a star!

Leon had a dual starring role, as a reincarnated Egyptian queen.

Here is the IMDB summary of the film:

An archaeological expedition brings back to London the coffin of an Egyptian queen known for her magical powers. Her spirit returns in the form of a young girl and strange things start to happen.

The film was one of Hammer’s great 70’s films that offered a more erotic take on traditional horror…check out the vintage movie trailer:

Hammer horror films from this era hold up well…historical horror with plenty of moderns touches like nudity and blood, which were unusual for traditional British horror at the time…

These vintage posters showcase the gothic nature of the film – and Leon was absolutely mesmerizing on screen, and look at these costumes!

She also appeared in the British sex comedy “Can You Keep It Up For A Week?” The film was one of those “nudge nudge wink wink” films that the British seemed to love in the 70’s…

If you want to see more of Valerie in these sex comedies – and find out how she ended up being a “Bond Girl” with TWO different 007’s, click on my story here:

Valerie was one of many “Cult Horror Queens” from the early 70’s…another was Ann Michelle, who was “The Virgin Witch!”

The sister were up for anything as you can see:

You can click here to see much much more of Ann:

In the 80’s, a new era of horror Queen emerged, thanks in part like phone calls like this from Freddy Kruger:

Heather Langenkamp starred in several Freddy Kruger horror films, click here to see the trailers:

If you like these stories, you can go to my website’s front page and sign on to follow me – there are NO ads at all, just lots of stories to come about the wild world of exploitation and cult films!

Click here and see the “follow” button on the upper right!

https://jrsploitation.com

Let me know how many of Valerie’s films you’ve seen and bravo to her on a great career!

Categories: 70's Films, Classic Horror, Cult Classics, Exploitation Films, Grindhouse, Horror films, JRsploitation, sex kittens, Talent / Celebrites

Tags: #31daysofhalloween, #31daysofhorror, 70's cult classic, 70's cult classics, 70's cult movies, 70’s classic cult films, 70’s entertainment, 70’s exploitation classics, 70’s exploitation movies, 70’s Hammer films, 70’s Hammer horror, 70’s nude scenes, 70’s obscure cult films, 70’s sex kitten, 70’s sex kittens, 70’s sex starlet, 70’s sexploitation classics, 70’s sexploitation movies, 70′s classic cult films, 70′s cult classic, 70′s cult movies, 70′s obscure cult films, 70s horror films, Actress Ann Michelle, Actress Ingrid Pitt, actress nude scenes, Actress Valerie Leon, Ann Michelle nude, Anne Michelle The virgin Witch, best Bond girls, best british thrillers, best erotic Halloween horror, best halloween ample nudity, best halloween films, best halloween movies, best Halloween sexual horror, best horror film downloads, best horror film rentals, best horror films, best horror movies, best horror movies of all time, best horror nude scenes, best movie nude scenes, best naked horror films, Bond girls, british carry on films, British sex comedies, british sex kittens, can you keep it up for a week, classic halloween horror, classic sex kittens, Collinson twins, Countess Dracula, cult erotic horror films, cult horror, cult sex kittens, entertainment, erotic horror, erotic horror The Virgin Witch, erotic vampires, graphic nudity in film, great film trilogies, halloween, halloween horror, Hammer films, hammer horror films, hollywood sex kittens, Hollywood starlet, hollywood starlets, Horror actress Ingrid Pitt, horror film The Virgin Witch, horror films, horror trilogies, iconic sex kittens, Ingrid Pitt, JR-sploitation, Jr-sploitation website, JRsploitation, Jrsploitation classic, JRsploitation website, JRsploitation.com, Karnstein triology, legendary hollywood sex kittens, legendary horror sex kittens, lesbian vampire movies, naked Collinson photos, naked horror films, naked vampire movie, nude Collinson twins, nude horror films, nude starlets, Playboy Playmates Mary and Madeleine Collinson, sex and blood, sex kitten INgrid Pitt, sex kitten Valerie Leon, sex kittens, sex symbols, sexy Bond girls, sexy halloween horror, sexy horror films, sexy horror movies, sexy vampires, shocking horror films, Shocktober, Shocktober horror countdown, shocktober horror films, shocktober horror movie list, swinging 70’s, The Vampire Lovers, the virgin witch, the Virgin Witch Ann Michelle, The Virgin Witch Shocktober, twins of dracula, Twins Of Evil, valerie león dual role look front eh mummy tomb, Valerie Leon, Valerie Leon Blood From The Mummy's Tomb, valerie leon can you keep it up for a week, vampire erotica, Vampire Girl horror, virgin witch, witchcraft movies