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In the wonderful and fact-filled book that comes with Indicator’s Mexico Macabre box set, Jose Luis Ortega Torres says about The Brainiac: …it is with this grotesque monster that Mexican cinema finds it greatest, one-hundred percent native horror icon, without any recognizable antecedent in any foreign myth or folklore. He is not a vampire or
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Even though it has a compelling title, The Night the City Screamed (1980) doesn’t really belong in this series. I watched it because it was about a blackout and I thought it’d have a little bit of a disaster movie vibe to it. The closest it comes is a handful of people trapped in an
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Note: This was a first-time viewing for me. I received the Blu-ray I ordered on the day it was featured on The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs. I watched the Blu-ray and, as you will read, I don’t regret my purchase. Wow, this is one movie that not only lives up to its reputation,
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The Mexican horror films I’ve seen have enough thrills and chills that I felt comfortable investing in the Mexico Macabro box set from Indicator. The first one out of the box, Misterios de ultratumba or Black Pit of Dr. M (1959) did not disappoint. The crystal-clear black and white presentation and the creepy setting continue
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Maybe it’s because I’m comparing it to Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977), but I enjoyed The Munsters’ Revenge (1981.) I mean, I really enjoyed it, surprising myself by the number of times I laughed. Even with running gags that repeat too many times, predictable punch lines, and recurring patterns of wordplay followed by
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There are so many questions I have about Sleepaway Camp (1983), primarily having to do with its origin. What was writer/director Robert Hiltzik’s intention when making it? Was it supposed to be a Friday the 13th rip-off or was it supposed to be a spoof? Was it meant to be a serious horror film or
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Individually and collectively, Stephen J. Cannell, Rod Holcomb, and Juanita Bartlett have worked on classic televised entertainment such as The Rockford Files, The Six Million Dollar Man, Fantasy Island, Battlestar Galactica, The Greatest American Hero, Scarecrow & Mrs. King, The A-Team, and Wiseguy, to name only a few. Their combined forces on Midnight Offerings (1981)
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The Intruder Within (1981) is Alien at sea with some terrific moments tossed as life preservers throughout a TV movie that’s otherwise drowning. At times, it has a cinematic feel, particularly when approaching and exploring Zortron Oil’s drilling rig in the ocean near Antarctica. At other times, it has a low-budget TV movie feel, particularly
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In 1988, Frank LaLoggia wrote, produced, directed, and composed the music for his masterpiece, Lady in White. Seven years earlier, in 1981, he did all the same things for his… well, valiant effort, Fear No Evil. Not nearly as successful an achievement, Fear No Evil nevertheless shares some characteristics with Lady in White. First, he
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Of the two 1970s Hardy Boys, I always thought it was Shaun Cassidy who was the singer. In This House Possessed (1981), though, it’s Parker Stevenson who treats us to not one, not two, but three nearly complete tunes. When Lieutenant Fletcher (Barry Corbin) in his one scene asks him if he’s a rock musician,
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