Tag Archives: William Cameron Menzies
24 Hours of Halloween – 2018 Edition
It’s become my annual tradition to recommend 24 hours’ worth of horror films for your Halloween viewing – understanding, of course, that you can just pick what seems interesting to you and not actually indulge in the full 24 hours … Continue reading
Posted in Marathon
Tagged 30's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, Amicus, Carnival, Dana Andrews, Dario Argento, David Cronenberg, demons, Freaks, Halloween Marathon, Haunted House, horror, Jacques Tourneur, Japan, Jessica Harper, Joe Dante, Linda Blair, Oliver Reed, Paul Naschy, Paul Williams, Peter Cushing, Slasher, Tod Browning, Vampire, Werewolf, William Cameron Menzies, witches
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Chandu the Magician (1932)
In The Spider (1931), Edmund Lowe (Dinner at Eight) portrayed Chatrand the Great, a hypnotist and magician who solves a murder. Its success led Lowe to take on the role of the similar (and similarly named) Chandu the Magician (1932), reuniting … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 30's, Action, astral projection, Bela Lugosi, Chandu, death ray, Edmund Lowe, Egypt, Fantasy, hypnotism, Irene Ware, Marcel Varnel, William Cameron Menzies, Yogi
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Things to Come (1936)
By the 1930’s, H.G. Wells had become one of the most prominent political and sociological thinkers and futurists of his time, writing volume after volume speculating on where mankind was headed and where it ought to go, with technology and … Continue reading
