Category: Movie Discussions
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I Bury the Living (1958)
Written by Louis Garfinkle Directed by Albert Band Starring Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel, Peggy Maurer, Herbert Anderson, Robert Osterloh Released July, 1958 RT 77 min. Home Video Netflix (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Science has learned that man possesses powers which go beyond the boundaries of the natural. This is the story of one confronted by such…
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Grave of the Vampire (1972)
Written by David Chase (screenplay), John Hayes (screen treatment) Based on novel The Still Life (uncredited) by David Chase Directed by John Hayes Starring William Smith, Michael Pataki, Lyn Peters, Diane Holden Released October 13, 1972 RT 95 min. Home Video Amazon Prime (streaming) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) You discover all the time about famous actors, directors…
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Deep Red (1975)
Written by Dario Argento, Bernardino Zapponi Directed by Dario Argento Starring David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Meril Released March 7, 1975 (Italy) RT 126 min. Home Video Arrow Video Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) More than one of the bonus materials on Arrow Video’s new two-disc Blu-ray release of Deep Red (Profundo Rosso) emphasizes the importance…
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Images (1972)
Written by Robert Altman Directed by Robert Altman Starring Susannah York, Rene Auberjonois Released December 18, 1972 RT 104 min. Home Video Arrow Video Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) At just over an hour into Images (1972), and I don’t know what took me that long, I realized that no matter what happened, there wasn’t going to be…
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Scalpel (1977)
Written by John Grissmer Directed by John Grissmer Starring Robert Lansing, Judith Chapman, Arlen Dean Snyder Released January, 1977 RT 95 min. Home Video Arrow Video Classic Horrors rating =8 (out of 10) In the 14-minute bonus feature interview with director John Grissmer on the new Arrow Video Blu-ray release, Scalpel, Grissmer says he and writer/editor Joseph Weintraub wanted the movie…
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The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)
Written by Vicente Aranda Directed by Vicente Aranda Starring Simon Andreu, Maribel Martin, Alexandra Bastedo Released September 30, 1972 (Spain) RT 100 min. Home Video Mondo Macabro Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) My first encounter with The Blood Spattered Bride (1972) was in the form of the Gorgon Video VHS release sometime during my nearly…
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Beneath the Exhibit of the Planet of the Apes
If I have one regret about my recent trip to Los Angeles, which I am loathe to say I do, it would be that while standing in line for the 50th anniversary screening of Planet of the Apes (1968), I suddenly remembered there was also an Apes exhibit in the lobby of the George Lucas…
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Lovely Romain Captivates During Werewolf Retrospective
When I learned how inexpensively I could fly to Los Angeles to visit the Batman exhibit at the Hollywood Museum, the announcement of another event sealed the deal for me. On Saturday, February 10, Creature Features in Burbank hosted a retrospective of The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) hosted by Mike Hill and featuring its star…
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Classic Horrors Goes Ape!
As part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the release of Planet of the Apes (1968), the USC School of Cinematic Arts and its arts and humanities initiative (USC Visions & Voices) hosted a screening and panel discussion on Friday evening, February 9, in the Frank Sinatra Hall at the Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre Complex…
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The Gruesome Twosome (1967)
Written by Allison Louise Downe Directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis Starring Elizabeth Davis, Gretches Wells, Chris Martell, Rodney Bedell, Ronnie Cass Released August 28, 1967 RT 72 min. Home Video Arrow Video Classic Horrors rating =5 (out of 10) If Blood Feast (1963) was a watershed moment for the splatter film, as its director, Herschell Gordon Lewis, states,…
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