Category: Movie Discussions
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Star Odyssey (1974)
October 26, 1979 Science fiction is something I enjoy; however, I’m glad I’m not as “into” it as horror because that would mean I’d have to watch more movies like Star Odyssey (1979.) I can watch almost any horror movie, no matter how bad, and exit the experience with some amount of appreciation. I can’t…
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The Deathhead Virgin (1974)
October 25, 1974 Some film directors begin successful careers with low-budget horror movies. There’s something a little sad about those that end successful careers with low-budget horror movies. In the case of Norman Foster, though, you’d have to first concede that many Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto films equate to success. He made at least…
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From Beyond (1986)
October 24, 1986 Many of the cast and crew members from Re-Animator (1985) returned a year later to make another adaptation of a story by H.P. Lovecraft: From Beyond. The two films share the same gross excess, but the action in From Beyond is a little more controlled and I prefer it’s consistency to Re-Animator.…
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Prince of Darkness (1987)
October 23, 1987 For his first 10 films, John Carpenter could do no wrong. Then came Big Trouble in Little China. I realize it’s beloved by many, but for me it was the beginning of a new era from which he never recovered. What happened post-1986 might be best explained by the talent of the…
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Got Told Me To (1976)
October 22, 1976 Based on what I’d heard about Gold Told Me To (1976), I’ve never had much desire to watch it. Then again, I hadn’t heard much. Nevertheless, I expected a typical Larry Cohen movie that might have some interesting ideas, but presented unevenly, sometimes annoyingly. Surprise! I love Cohen’s It’s Alive (1974), but…
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A Bucket of Blood (1959)
October 21, 1959 Back in late November of 2020, I wrote an unplanned series on early Roger Corman films such as Beast from Haunted Cave, Creature from the Haunted Sea, Last Woman on Earth, and The Little Shop of Horrors. Missing from the group was A Bucket of Blood (1959.) If you recall, this was…
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Let Sleeping Corpses (1974) aka The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
October 20, 1974 This discussion is updated from one first published on Aug. 1, 2022… For all intents and purposes, this was the first time I watched The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1977), the name of the movie on the Synapse Films Blu-ray. (It’s been known by many others, including Let Sleeping Corpses Lie,…
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Chamber of Horrors (1966)
October 19, 1966 Chamber of Horrors (1966) was intended as a pilot for a series, but was too “intense” for television, so additional footage was added and it was released as a theatrical motion picture. Neither these circumstances, nor the movie itself, is as strange as what the series might have been: a period detective…
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Re-Animator (1985)
October 18, 1985 Today we have another mid-80’s horror film that I’d never seen. It may be surprising to learn it’s one that’s been so popular over the years: Re-Animator (1985.) There was a time when I had little interest in a movie that featured over-the-top gore, as well as prejudice against what I perceived…
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The Devil & Daniel Webster (1941)
aka All That Money Can Buy October 17, 1941 This discussion is updated from one first published on Sept. 26, 2022… The Devil & Daniel Webster (1941) evokes It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) for me. Both are about men who make unfortunate decisions but discover the error of their ways and are given an opportunity…
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