Tag Archives: Dean Stockwell

Blue Velvet (1986)

  In some alternate reality, Blue Velvet (1986) must have been David Lynch’s sophomore feature film, following Eraserhead (1977). That seems most logical in retrospect, given the Lynch we know now. But in the nine years separating the films, Lynch … Continue reading

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Dune (1984)

It’s the 50th anniversary of Frank Herbert’s Dune, the science fiction novel which broadened the scope and ambition of the space opera. Herbert’s novel nudged the genre into new degrees of sophistication with its dense plotting, elaborate backstory, wide cast … Continue reading

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The Dunwich Horror (1970)

The Dunwich Horror (1970) ought to have been the launch of a new series at American International Pictures, one along the lines of the Roger Corman/Vincent Price/Edgar Allan Poe films of the 60’s, but this cycle delving into H.P. Lovecraft’s … Continue reading

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