Tag Archives: horror
Fade to Black (1980)
Movie-obsessed Eric Binford (Dennis Christopher, Stephen King’s It) lives with his wheelchair-bound aunt (Eve Brent), spending most of his time inside a womb-like room plastered with vintage celebrity stills and film posters, watching old films on a small black-and-white TV … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 80's, Dennis Christopher, Dracula, Hopalong Cassidy, horror, James Cagney, Linda Kerridge, Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Rourke, Mummy, Slasher, Tim Thomerson, Vernon Zimmerman
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The White Reindeer (1952)
Deep in the Arctic wilderness of Lapland, the young Sámi woman Pirita (Mirjami Kuosmanen), newly married to the kind but intimately remote reindeer herder Aslak (Kalervo Nissilä), takes drastic measures to relieve her sexual frustration. During one of her husband’s … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 50's, Erik Blomberg, fairy tale, Fantasy, Finland, horror, Lapland, Mirjami Kuosmanen, reindeer, Vampire, Witch, Wizard
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Double Feature: The Naked Zoo (1970)/Mako: Jaws of Death (1976)
The third disc in Arrow Video’s He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection matches a reconstructed director’s cut of Grefé’s druggy, campy melodrama The Naked Zoo (1970) with one of his best known grindhouse efforts, the sharksploitation feature Mako: … Continue reading
