aka De Dodes Tjern The things I put myself through for this column. I think 1950 was the last time I really struggled to put a column together, and that was for a full year. Lake of the Dead is a Norwegian film, and like many of these older, less popular foreign films, they can … Continue reading Lake of the Dead (1958)
“Francois...I’ve killed Andre.” This admission comes right after we’ve seen the same woman flee from a factory floor, leaving a bloody corpse. The body is that of her husband, and he has had his head and arm crushed into nothing by an industrial press. Even today, it’s pretty horrifying. I’m a little embarrassed to admit … Continue reading The Fly (1958)
The main character’s name is Sawyer Valentini, which while hilarious, is the least of its problems. Let me apologize in advance for this review. It is rare that I encounter a film that has so many aspects of it that I am familiar with. I worked at a psychiatric hospital for over a year, and … Continue reading Unsane (2018)
The first of the two Hammer horrors I’ll cover in 1958, The Revenge of Frankenstein is probably the lesser known. A sequel to the previous year’s Curse of Frankenstein, it starts right where the last one left off. Frankenstein (again played by Peter Cushing) is on his way to the guillotine, when a fight breaks … Continue reading The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
I don't remember my earliest interactions with Adam. That's how young I was. In 1985, my parents and I were living in Mount Pleasant, just outside of Charleston. My mom was pregnant with my little sister, who would be born just before Christmas. At some point, we got to know the family down the street, … Continue reading Adam C. Cullum
There was a time where I stayed really on top of the new releases. I’d be following IMDB week per week, and writing down everything I was interested in. I still make some effort these days, but I am far less diligent about it, and more often than not, small films slip between the cracks. … Continue reading Upgrade (2018)
Hey, do you want to watch Boris Karloff as a mad scientist? Of course you do. The same year that Plan 9 From Outer Space confounded audiences and critics with a two years dead Bela Lugosi, the seventy year old Karloff appeared in several television series, and three films. All three were horror. He played … Continue reading Corridors of Blood (1958)
