Tag: horror movies
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The Scattershot Lunacy of Movie Director Richard E. Cunha
Anyone who has visited Bill Ectric’s Place for any length of time knows that I like reading about low budget B movies, especially horror and science fiction. Sometimes watching them can be fun; sometimes reading about them is better than actually watching them. Unless you are either watching them on Mystery Science Theater, or with…
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Remembering the Midnight Monster Shows
At Paleofuture, Matt Novak has a good essay on the “spook shows” of the 1940s, 50s, & 60s. We had a couple of these in my home town when I was a kid. Of course, I was always there in the thick of it. Midnight ghost shows (sometimes called “spook,” “voodoo,” or “monster” shows) promised…
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Three Films From 1973
From The Guardian: One morning in 1973, Christopher Lee requested a pre-release showing of his latest film. ‘What do you think of it?’ asked Michael Deeley, British Lion’s managing director. ‘It’s an extraordinary movie,’ Lee enthused. He never forgot Deeley’s reply. ‘He just looked at…
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Awful News
Quentin Tarantino names him as an influence. When we were kids, our parents wouldn’t let us watch his movies, but sometimes we did anyway. Now we search out the ones we missed on DVD. Sadly, Jesus “Jess” Franco has passed away. From Yahoo!Movies: A legendary figure in international genre cinema is gone. Jesus Franco, a Spanish writer…
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Charles Wadsworth Camp at the Movies
In my previous discussion of Charles Wadsworth Camp, I mentioned that several of Camp’s books later became films. I hope to track down all the movies and watch them, if possible. Last night I watched the very entertaining silent murder mystery, The Last Warning (1929, Universal Pictures). Based on Camp’s novel, The House of Fear…
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SUSPIRIA
Suspiria (1977, directed by Dario Argento) is one of the most visually pleasing horror films I have ever seen. Almost every frame is an artistic composition. In kinoeye, Linda Schulte-Sasse analyses the movie, discussing the use of gothic spaces, references to fascism, and the film’s eligibility for being “Disney’s hidden reverse.” Read entire article