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Requiem for a Vampire (1972)

Posted on November 9, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

This, Jean Rollin’s fourth vampire film, would be his last for a while – he would try something artsier next, before getting sidelined into the sexploitation market. You can begin to see that grindhouse pull with Requiem for a Vampire … Continue reading →

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The Movie Orgy (1968-197?)

Posted on November 6, 2011 at 10:01 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Before Joe Dante established a Hollywood career as the director of Piranha (1978), The Howling (1981), Gremlins (1984), Explorers (1985), and Innerspace (1987), among many others, he was a cinephile collecting 16mm footage along with his friend Jon Davison. They … Continue reading →

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Viy (1967)

Posted on November 4, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Often cited as Russia’s first horror film, Viy (1967) faithfully adapts a 19th-century tale by Nikolai Gogol which, like the tales of Poe and Hawthorne, became a classic of modern folklore. The opening titles state that it’s directed by “graduates … Continue reading →

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