Incubus: Esperanto, Satanic Ritual, William Shatner and Conrad Hall
Another cult classic to add to the must-see list:
Incubus, the 1965 black and white horror film starring William Shatner, was the second movie ever released in the artificial language Esperanto (The first, Angoroj, appeared a year earlier). Though Incubus is considered something of a joke today — at most a a curious piece of film trivia — it’s actually quite striking in several respects. The cinematographer, Conrad Hall, went on to win three Academy Awards.
For many years, the original print of Incubus was thought to have been lost and all copies destroyed, but the film turned up in Paris 1996 and was re-released on DVD in 2001. According to Salon Magazine, the movie may be cursed.
The Incubus re-release trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Spyt7bjFk
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