Monthly Archives: August 2020

Daughters of Darkness (1971)

Posted on August 28, 2020 at 11:29 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Two traveling newlyweds, Stefan (John Karlen) and Valerie (Danielle Ouimet), arrive by train to Ostend on the northern coast of Belgium in the off-season. The ocean churns against a desolate beach, and the cries of seagulls slice crisply through the … Continue reading →

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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

Posted on August 21, 2020 at 12:23 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Each time I watch Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) – the final entry in Hammer’s Frankenstein films – there’s a twitching part of me that wants to leap out and declare this my favorite of the series. What … Continue reading →

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Flash Gordon (1980)

Posted on August 20, 2020 at 3:11 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Watching the interviews and reading the essays included in Arrow Video’s new deluxe Blu-ray edition of Mike Hodges’ Flash Gordon (1980), I’m struck at how poorly received the film was on release. At the time, I was too young to … Continue reading →

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