Stop it. Stop doing this to yourselves. Two years ago, like so many people, I was glued to my laptop screen. Being the most manly man in the world, I was only near tears while I watched the data I'd been trusting in fall apart before my eyes. There was a long list of things … Continue reading Waffle House Hardball: No More Heroes
aka Jungfrukällan There are some movies that will come up in the future which I am absolutely not looking forward to. I’ve never seen I Spit on Your Grave, but it’s almost certainly significant enough that it deserves a write-up. Otherwise, I would happily spend the rest of my life not seeing that movie. Since … Continue reading The Virgin Spring (1960)
Recently, in our current timeline of 1960, we talked about Black Sunday, which was helmed by director Mario Bava. A few years later, Bava would direct The Girl Who Knew Too Much and Blood and Black Lace, thrillers that combine horror conventions with sexploitation and a heavy focus on visuals. This genre of film came … Continue reading Suspiria (1977)
And now we take a quick flight from England, over la Manche, and into France. French horror hasn’t really been much of a topic in this series so far. We discussed the film experiments of Georges Melies back at the beginning, when I was still trying to do the podcast thing. There were a few … Continue reading Eyes Without a Face (1960)
I’ve only briefly touched on the career of Michael Powell, a British director who would work alongside Emeric Pressburger. Together they directed the excellent Black Narcissus, as well as The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and The Red Shoes, two movies that look beautiful but are much smarter than I am. Michael Powell would … Continue reading Peeping Tom (1960)
One of the great things about movies that clock in at under 80 minutes is that usually they just dive immediately into the action. I remember seeing Die Hard with a Vengeance on video, and being straight up amazed that within 30 seconds of the film starting, the city was already being bombed. Village of … Continue reading Village of the Damned (1960)
Our world tour continues with a trip to Italy. Mario Bava had been a cinematographer since 1943, but it was 1957’s I Vampiri where he stepped in to finish Riccardo Freda’s job after he walked out on production. It wouldn’t be until 1960 that he would have a chance to direct solo, and what a … Continue reading Black Sunday (1960)
First things first. No, this isn’t a horror film, at least not in the way the filmmakers intended. But a friend of mine “recommended” it, and it’s Halloween, and it’s my site, so deal with it. Also, I have not seen any of the Hotel Transylvania movies, which is at least one of the properties … Continue reading Monster Family (2018)
As you’ve noticed, I’ve tried to keep the output at a faster pace, in preparation for Halloween. Last night, I had the pleasure of seeing a film I’d already seen on DVD on a theater screen. So for the time being, we’re going to skip ahead to 1983, when the world saw the release of … Continue reading The Hunger (1983)
aka The Sinners from Hell 1960 is a significant turning point for horror. The movies that were made this year were of a new breed. They were far more evocative, more disturbing. They pushed the boundaries of what might have been considered “good taste”, and they certainly got a whole lot bloodier. You’ll see that … Continue reading Jigoku (1960)
