Tag Archives: 60’s

Rape of the Vampire (1968)

Posted on October 17, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Jean Rollin (1938-2010) did not direct films; he directed dreams. And they were no one’s dreams but his. Prolific from the 60’s until his death, he was also an obsessively personal filmmaker, and a smotheringly intense fetishist, like Luis Buñuel … Continue reading →

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Blood and Roses (1960)

Posted on October 12, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Roger Vadim was one of the most sensationalistic directors of his day; beginning with the risqué And God Created Woman… (1956), which introduced the world to Brigitte Bardot, each of his films was an event, and, along with his personal … Continue reading →

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She (1965)

Posted on September 26, 2011 at 5:14 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Hammer Films had grown steadily since the box office breakthroughs of The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) and The Curse of Frankenstein (1957). Distributors knew that the British studio’s genre product was reliably classy and literate, but also sexy and violent; they … Continue reading →

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