Category: Movie Discussions
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Island of Death (1976)
Written by Nico Mastorakis Directed by Nico Mastorakis Starring Robert Behling, Jane Lyle RT 108 min. Home Video Arrow Video (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Island of Death (1976) is the kind of movie I don’t really want to tell anyone I watched. When you’re a horror fan, you see a lot of films…
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Seytan (1974)
Written by Yilmaz Tumturk Directed by Metin Erksan Starring Canan Perver, Cihan Unal, Meral Taygun, Agah Hun, Erol Amac RT 101 min. Home Video Telavista (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 2 (out of 10) Today’s movie takes us into a bizarre subgenre called “Turksploitation.” Wikipedia defines turksploitation as “a tongue-in-cheek label given to a great number of unauthorized…
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Viy (1967)
Written by Konstantin Ershov, Georgiy Kropachyov, Aleksandr Ptushko Based on the story by Nikolay Gogol Directed by Konstantin Ershov, Georgiy Kropachyov Starring Leonid Kuravlyov Released November 27, 1967 (Soviet Union) RT 77 min. Home Video Diamont (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) “Viy is a colossal creation of the imagination of simple folk. The tale itself…
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The White Reindeer (1952)
Written by Erik Blomberg Directed by Erik Blomberg, Mirjami Kuosmanen Starring Mirjami Kuosmanen, Kalervo Nissila Released July 25, 1952 (Finland) RT 67 min. (restored version) Home Video Filigra Nowa (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) If you watch The White Reindeer (1952) like I’m going to encourage you to do, try to find a better copy…
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The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Written by Victor Sjostrom Directed by Victor Sjostrom Based on the novel by Selma Lagerlof Starring Victor Sjostrom, Hilda Borgstrom, Tore Svennberg, Astrid Holm Released January 1, 1921 (Sweden) RT 107 min. Home Video The Criterion Collection (DVD, Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 9 (out of 10) With its story within a story within a story, The Phantom Carriage…
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Lake of the Dead (1958)
Written by Kare Bergstrom Based on the novel by Andre Bjerke Directed by Kare Bergstrom Starring Andre Bjerke, Bjorg Engh, Henki Kolstad, Per Lillo-Stenberg Released Dec. 17, 1958 (Norway) RT 76 min. (restored version) Home Video Sinister Cinema (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Lake of the Dead (1958) is soaked in atmosphere, but I found…
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Haxan (1922)
Written by Benjamin Christensen Directed by Benjamin Christensen Starring Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio, Oscar Stribolt Released Nov. 7, 1922 (Denmark) RT 77 min. (1968 re-release) Home Video Criterion Collection (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) – 104 min., 9 (out of 10) – 77 min. Usually a stickler for watching movies as they were…
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Rituals (1977)
Written by Ian Sutherland Directed by Peter Carter Starring Hal Holbrook, Lawrence Dane, Robin Gammell Released July 21, 1977 (Canada) RT 100 min. Home Video Nostalgia Family (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10)Rituals (1977) is a refreshing pre-slasher horror film because its victims are not horny teenagers or scantily-clad women. They’re middle-aged professional men. Well, on…
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The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975)
Written by Ernesto Gastaldi Directed by Sergio Martino Starring Claudio Cassinelli, Mel Ferrer, Adolfo Caruso, Massimo Girotti Released August 12, 1975 (Italy) RT 100 min. Home Video Arrow Video Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975) is an odd film to categorize, if, like me, you’re compelled to do that kind…
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Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972)
Written by Lucio Fulci and Robert Gianviti and Gianfranco Clerici Directed by Lucio Fulci Starring Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas, Marc Porel Released September 22, 1972 (Italy) RT 102 min. Home Video Arrow Video Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Prior to watching Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972), I was familiar with Lucio Fulci…
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