Tag Archives: Fantasy

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

Posted on August 8, 2011 at 6:39 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Conan and I go way back.  My first impression of the character was when I went to Universal Studios in California in 1983, just a wee tyke, taking notice of the brochure’s advertisement for the Conan the Barbarian stunt show … Continue reading →

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Night Tide (1961)

Posted on August 4, 2011 at 8:36 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Curtis Harrington’s Night Tide (1961) suggests what might have happened had Jean Cocteau been hired to direct an episode of The Twilight Zone. Perhaps it lacks Cocteau’s style of experimentation, but there is a romantic and eerie quality to this … Continue reading →

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Black Moon (1975)

Posted on July 12, 2011 at 12:08 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

“The most beautiful things in the world are the most useless.  Peacocks and lilies, for instance.” – The Unicorn, Black Moon I slept through Sunday night until my weather radio blared in the pre-dawn hours, a piercing siren noise. I … Continue reading →

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