Tag Archives: John Saxon
The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)
So much in Mario Bava’s masterful Hitchcock riff The Girl Who Knew Too Much (aka Evil Eye, 1963) relies upon the luminous, feline features of Letícia Román. Bava puts his heroine through the ringer, but often stays close to her … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, AIP, John Saxon, Letícia Román, Mario Bava, Valentina Cortese
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Black Christmas (1974)
The creaking of a rocking chair. A tune hummed very softly. Corpses strewn about an attic. The girl in the chair, with the defaced plastic doll in her arm, has long ago been smothered by a plastic bag, and she … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 70's, Andrea Martin, Art Hindle, Bob Clark, Canuxploitation, Christmas, college, horror, John Saxon, Keir Dullea, lovable animals, Margot Kidder, Olivia Hussey, Slasher, sorority
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Imagine that there were no sequels to A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), no endless stream of Freddy Krueger merchandise, no Freddy vs. Jason, no parodies even after the series itself had become self-parodying, no 2010 reboot or the many reboots … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, Amanda Wyss, Charles Fleischer, dreams, Freddy Krueger, Heather Lagenkamp, horror, John Saxon, Johnny Depp, nightmares, Robert Englund, Ronee Blakley, Slasher, Surreal, Wes Craven
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