An Old Kind of Terror:

Bondage & Cliffhanger Scenes

Linda Stirling, legendary beauty and star of thrilling Republic Serials of the 1940s once said:"I made my living getting beat up tied up and gagged and being thrown off a horse..." and it is a matter of fact that bondade had been an integral part of crime dramas, western and adventure movies, thrillers and horror movies from the days of silent movies till today. From Pearl White to Emma Peel and Karin Dor, from Lois Lane to Wonder Woman we watched the most beauriful actresses being tied to railway tracks or in other deady perils. Right from the start of the Unhappy End! series till now we used bondage as a tool to create suspense: The beautiful heroine helpless bound and gagged at the mercy of a maniac. And in our series the maniac usually is a woman...