Tag Archives: Surreal
Sampo (1959)
Longtime readers of this website (are there such things?) may recall that I have reviewed several Soviet-made fairy tale films in the past. Well, hoist your shields, lift your swords to the air, and invoke the firebird, because we’re about to … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 50's, Aleksandr Ptushko, fairy tale, Fantasy, Finnish, Russian, Sampo, Surreal, Sword and Sorcery, Witch
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24 Hours with Ken Russell
There is a Monty Python sketch which only lasts about twenty-five seconds, but that’s all it needs. Stately music plays on the soundtrack. It’s a simple country garden. A businessman enters the scene, pursued by a nude woman. They’re chased by … Continue reading
Posted in Marathon
Tagged 60's, 70's, 80's, Amanda Donohoe, Ann-Margret, Automaton, Christ, Christopher Gable, Comedy, demons, Drama, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Frankenstein, Gabriel Byrne, Glenda Jackson, horror, Hugh Grant, Imogen Millais-Scott, Jack Nicholson, Julian Sands, Ken Russell, Liszt, Madness, Mahler, Mary Shelley, Max Adrian, Michael Gough, Musical, Natasha Richardson, Oliver Reed, Oscar Wilde, Peter Capaldi, Peter Vaughan, Pinball, Richard Chamberlain, Ringo Starr, Rock Musical, Roger Daltrey, Surreal, Tchaikovsky, The Devil, The Who, Timothy Spall, Tina Turner, Tommy Tune, Twiggy, Vanessa Redgrave
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Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood (1973)
Filmed after hours in a Pennsylvania amusement park called Six Gun Territory (now abandoned), Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood (1973) was, for decades, completely forgotten, but thanks to champions such as Nightmare USA author Stephen Thrower, this surreal gem of regional horror has … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 70's, Carnival, Ghoul, Hervé Villechaize, horror, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Lon Chaney, Phantom of the Opera, Rollercoaster, Surreal, Tunnel of Love, Vampire
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