Tag Archives: 60’s

Dr. Orloff’s Monster (1964)

Posted on March 23, 2014 at 3:47 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Jess Franco’s The Awful Dr. Orlof (Gritos en la noche, 1962), despite its Z-grade budget and numerous limitations, crafted a template for the many, many Franco exploitation films to come. He built upon Universal Frankenstein films and the sensual qualities … Continue reading →

Posted in Theater Caligari | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Dr. Orloff’s Monster (1964)

The Snow Maiden (1968)

Posted on February 27, 2014 at 1:22 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Continuing our foray into the colorful world of Russian fairy tale cinema, The Snow Maiden (1968), like its protagonist, has a foot in two different worlds. It has touches of the candy-coated, hyper-imaginative fairy tale films of Aleksandr Ptushko (Sadko, … Continue reading →

Posted in Theater Fantastique | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on The Snow Maiden (1968)

The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1967)

Posted on February 25, 2014 at 12:04 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Aleksandr Ptushko’s penultimate special effects fantasy (before the sublime Ruslan and Ludmila) was The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1967), based on another of Pushkin’s poems and filled with rhyming dialogue and rich storybook imagery. The film opens with a Pushkin … Continue reading →

Posted in Theater Fantastique | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1967)