Category Archives: Theater Caligari

Kwaidan (1964)

Posted on October 5, 2013 at 10:21 am by Jeff Kuykendall

On Friday night Masaki Kobayashi’s classic anthology of Japanese ghost stories, Kwaidan (Kaidan, 1964), kicked off the month-long series “International Horror Classics” at Madison, Wisconsin’s Cinematheque. It’s hard to pass up the opportunity to see this film projected in lustrous … Continue reading →

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Last House on Dead End Street (1977)

Posted on September 27, 2013 at 6:45 am by Jeff Kuykendall

To avoid fainting, keep repeating, it’s only a movie (in a movie)… That wasn’t its tagline, but should have been. Last House on Dead End Street (1977) obviously owes its title to Wes Craven’s The Last House on the Left … Continue reading →

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The Ghastly Ones (1968)

Posted on September 23, 2013 at 6:45 am by Jeff Kuykendall

You have to set your expectations appropriately when you walk into an Andy Milligan picture. The Ghastly Ones (1968): what are we dealing with here? A movie shot on about $13,000 at his house on Staten Island with some friends … Continue reading →

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