Author Archives: Jeff Kuykendall

Bedazzled (1967)

Posted on June 26, 2020 at 1:36 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

The exploding British comedy scene of the 60’s was fueled in large part by the breakthrough success of Beyond the Fringe, a theatrical revue with an emphasis on anti-establishment satire – both intellectual and unapologetically silly – featuring Peter Cook, … Continue reading →

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Horrors of Spider Island (1960)

Posted on June 20, 2020 at 7:23 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

The 1960 German film Horrors of Spider Island (Ein Toter hing im Netz, or “A Corpse Hangs in the Web,” among its many titles) is famously terrible – it was deservedly included in the tenth season of Mystery Science Theater … Continue reading →

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Clue (1985)

Posted on June 19, 2020 at 11:27 am by Jeff Kuykendall

In recent years we’ve had intermittent threats of board games becoming movies. Candy Man and Monopoly have been in development for a long while, the latter most recently announced with Kevin Hart attached. Yet this has been an intellectual property … Continue reading →

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