Author Archives: Jeff Kuykendall
Ellie (1984)
A steamy Southern gothic which incorporates the best elements of Hamlet, Tennessee Williams, I Spit on Your Grave, and Hee-Haw, 1984’s daring, country-music-infested Ellie is a nail-biting exposé of the travails of a vivacious, innocent country girl forced to rely … Continue reading
Wizards (1977)
Wizards is a film that only seems to make some kind of logical sense when viewed as part of a Ralph Bakshi marathon. Placed in context within his body of work, sandwiched between the radically cartoonish, venomously indignant Coonskin (1975) … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, Fantasy, Midnight Movie, Psychedelic, Ralph Bakshi, Science Fiction, Sword and Sorcery
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House (1977)
My favorite movie subgenre is the haunted house film. Jack Clayton’s The Innocents (based on Henry James’ Turn of the Screw), Robert Wise’s Shirley Jackson adaptation The Haunting, Lewis Allen’s The Uninvited, John Hough and Richard Matheson’s The Legend of … Continue reading
