Author Archives: Jeff Kuykendall

Don’t Look Now (1973)

Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:04 am by Jeff Kuykendall

This is a difficult one for me to approach. Don’t Look Now (1973) – as serious as it is, as complexly designed – is not a particularly difficult film. By its end, all the mysteries are solved, all the questions … Continue reading →

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Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:38 am by Jeff Kuykendall

I saw a snippet of Phantom of the Paradise (1974) on television as a child; I remember Paul Williams talking to the masked Phantom, and thinking, “Who is this little man with the giant glasses and the shaggy blond hair, … Continue reading →

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Shiver of the Vampires (1971)

Posted on October 21, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Jean Rollin immediately followed The Nude Vampire (1970) with another low-budget piece of vampire erotica, Shiver of the Vampires (Le frisson des vampires, 1971), and although he would continue to pursue the same Gothic obsessions until his death in 2010, … Continue reading →

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