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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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The Mummy’s Shroud (1967)
Hammer’s Mummy films were always a bit of a second tier series for the studio. The first film, The Mummy (1959), was an obvious decision to capitalize on a deal with Universal to remake their classic monsters, following Hammer’s success with … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, Andre Morell, crystal ball, David Buck, Egypt, fortune teller, Hammer, horror, John Gilling, Michael Ripper, Mummy
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Eraserhead (1977)
One of the most important images in David Lynch’s debut feature Eraserhead (1977) comes toward the end of a surreal montage, meant to establish a chain of strange motifs and to cold-immerse the viewer into the nightmare world of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Chicken, David Lynch, dreams, Fantasy, horror, Jack Nance, Midnight Movie, Mutant Baby, Stop Motion, Surreal
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