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The Uninvited (1944)

Though it may not be strictly accurate, in many ways it feels that the haunted house genre was born with The Uninvited (1944). An indelible supernatural cocktail mixing equal parts the Old Dark House genre with Hitchcock & Selznick’s adaptation … Continue reading

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Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)

John Harrington (Stephen Forsyth) is handsome, seductive, and constantly surrounded by beautiful women – in bridal gowns. His Paris-based studio designs wedding dresses, and he lords over his models like a sheik in his harem. His wife Mildred (Laura Betti, … Continue reading

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Night of the Demon (1957)

“The paper was narrowly examined. As Harrington had said, the characters on it were more like Runes than anything else, but not decipherable by either man, and both hesitated to copy them, for fear, as they confessed, of perpetuating whatever … Continue reading

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