Author Archives: Jeff Kuykendall
Fantasia (1940)
Fantasia (1940) is not an animated film, not by its own description. The film’s narrator, Deems Taylor – an announcer for broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera – describes what you are about to experience as “a new form of entertainment.” … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Inkwell
Tagged 40's, Animation, ballet, classical music, dinosaurs, fairies, Fantasy, Greek Mythology, lovable animals, Magician, Mickey Mouse, Pegasus, prehistoric, Walt Disney
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Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966)
The title is irresistible. If Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966) is ultimately a let-down, well, perhaps it’s because of the finale, in which Billy quick-draws on Dracula, and the bullets pass right through. Of course they do. And while … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Leone
Tagged 60's, Dracula, horror, John Carradine, Vampire, Western
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The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
“Someone in this village is practicing witchcraft. That corpse wandering on the moors is an undead. A zombie.” Before George A. Romero came along, zombies were all about voodoo and Haiti, and Hammer Films understood the immortal truth that there … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 60's, Andre Morell, Hammer, horror, Jacqueline Pearce, voodoo, Zombie
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