Author Archives: Jeff Kuykendall
The Pit (1981)
When I began dating my wife in the mid-90’s, she talked often of a horror film shot in her hometown of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, when she was a child. We hung out in Beaver Dam all the time on visits … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, babysitter, Canuxploitation, Halloween, horror, Madness, Neanderthal, teddy bear, Troglodyte, wheelchair
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Double Feature: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)/Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
In revisiting the “Friday the 13th” series (this post will likely be the last of my reviews, wrapping up the 1980’s), I have been diligent to scribble down the name of every character as they’ve been introduced on-screen – each and every naïve hitchhiker, … Continue reading
Posted in Double Feature, Theater Caligari
Tagged 80's, Camping, Friday the 13th, horror, Jason Voorhees, Kane Hodder, psychiatrist, psychic, Sauna, Slasher, telekinesis, trapped on a boat
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The Sentinel (1977)
Only in the Satanic panic of the 70’s could there be a crazy, overstuffed occult thriller like The Sentinel (1977), based on a novel by Jeffrey Konvitz describing the portal to Hell as located in a New York brownstone apartment building. Konvitz … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Ava Gardner, Beverly D'Angelo, Burgess Meredith, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Walken, Cristina Raines, demons, Dick Smith, Eli Wallach, Freaks, Hell, horror, Jeff Goldblum, Jerry Orbach, John Carradine, José Ferrer, Martin Balsam, Michael Winner, Sylvia Miles, Tom Berenger
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