Author Archives: Jeff Kuykendall
Barbarella (1968)
My first viewing of Barbarella (1968) was held to commemorate the purchase of a lava lamp, which, in retrospect, was ideal, because the film seems to exist inside of one. Roger Vadim’s science fiction spectacle is at its grooviest when … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 60's, angel, cheesecake, Comedy, Fantasy, Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Psychedelic, Roger Vadim, Science Fiction, sexploitation, Surreal
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Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)
The fourth in Hammer’s Dracula cycle, Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968) begins where Dracula Prince of Darkness (1966) ended: with the Count (Christopher Lee) frozen beneath the ice in a mountain stream not far from his castle. (Actually, … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 60's, Christopher Lee, Dracula, Hammer, horror, Vampire, Veronica Carlson
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Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)
The opening titles proclaim this to be “Thomas De Quincey’s classic Confessions of an Opium Eater.” Make no mistake, this has nothing to do with the landmark account of drug addiction from 1821 (Confessions of an English Opium-Eater); and, perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Psychotronic
Tagged 60's, opium, Psychedelic, Surreal, Vincent Price
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