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For me, Lucio Fulci reached the summit of his career in the 1980s. From 1979 (Zombie) through 1981 (The House by the Cemetery), his creative juices were flowing like the blood in many of his films. This is excepting, of course, Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972.) He had a brief excursion into action/adventure/fantasy in the mid-80s, then his…
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You can’t help but wonder if Stephen King had seen The Bubble (1966) when he wrote his 2009 novel, Under the Dome. If so, he undoubtedly improved upon the material by giving us multiple characters and story arcs when a giant invisible barrier covers Chester’s Mill, Maine. In The Bubble, it’s just three people who are transported to an…
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Today we celebrate the long-awaited return of my “parent” blog, The Reaction Shot. While it’s a place for publishing non-horror movie discussions, like today’s Crime Wave (1953), and miscellaneous opinions, it’s also a launch pad for accessing all my… “stuff.” From The Reaction Shot, you can jump directly to Classic Horrors Club, Codex Omniversa, and……
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Believe it or not, summer nears its end and it’s our final trip to the drive-in for 2026. Our headliner is The Devil’s Bride (1968) aka The Devil Rides Out. But we didn’t pair it with the logical choice from the three movies playing at the Sheridan Drive-In (Brides of Dracula.) Instead, we took the…
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It’s been a while since we’ve discussed a Poverty Row film, and this is a good one to discuss. Although it falls into the “when you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all” formula of many early film talkies, with a fast-talking female news reporter investigating a murder and getting further with it than the police,…
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When Kathryn Leigh Scott, the “first lady of Dark Shadows,” took the stage an hour and a half into the Friday panels at the Dark Shadows 60th Anniversary Celebration last Friday (July 31), she challenged the audience to ask her a question she’d never heard before. Someone shouted what seemed like an easy enough query, but she…
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Night of Bloody Horror (1969) is neither very good nor sophisticated, but I’ll be darned if I didn’t like it quite a bit. After the trying experience of watching Bigfoot (1970) for a guest appearance on The Die Cast Movie Podcast, the opening felt familiar in tone and style. However, something grabbed me and I remained interested through the…
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For two discussions in a row, I’ve brought a movie that isn’t really horror. However, Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) carries enough geek cred that I don’t want to exclude it. Forgive me for focusing on the murder mystery aspects thinking it was a thriller loosely fitting into the classic horror mold. It’s really a…
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Except for a horrific ending, we can’t classify Last Summer (1969) as a classic “horror” film. However, it elicits the feeling of nostalgia that accompanies many of the movies we discuss. Plus, if you’ve ever been the victim of psychological bullying, you know it’s a form of horror, especially if it goes as far as to erupt…
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A 1970s drive-in movie by any other name would be as good… You say Alice, Sweet Alice, I say, Communion, Richard says, Holy Terror, and no one, including this month’s special guest, Bill Mize, says The Mask Murders. (Actually, in a rare disagreement, we don’t agree how good it is.) Then, after Bill heads home…