Monthly Archives: January 2012

Alien (1979)

Posted on January 30, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Here is how I first become conscious of Alien (1979). I was very young – no idea how young, but too young – and my family had innocuously left “Entertainment Tonight” on the television. This was back when ET covered … Continue reading →

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The Iron Rose (1973)

Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

In an interview published in the Fall 1973 Cinefantastique, Jean Rollin couldn’t contain his excitement for his latest project: “It won’t be expensive; there will be none of the usual fright effects, no corpses, no blood, just one set, two … Continue reading →

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Switchblade Sisters (1975)

Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

It’s nice to know that movies like Switchblade Sisters (1975) exist. Because the 1970’s weren’t like this – they ought to have been – although I suspect that director Jack Hill was simply expressing what he felt all drive-in films … Continue reading →

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