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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
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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
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Tagged 60's, opium, Psychedelic, Surreal, Vincent Price
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Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
There is a key scene which sums up the whole of Rosemary’s Baby (1968). We are just over halfway through the film. Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow), who has been chalk-white, ruddy-eyed, and in physical pain since the start of her … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, horror, John Cassavetes, Mia Farrow, pregnancy, Roman Polanski, Satanism, The Devil, William Castle, witches
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