Category: Movie Discussions
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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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Dementia 13 (1963)
Written by Francis Ford Coppola Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Starring William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton, Mary Mitchel, Patrick Magee Released September 25, 1963 (Los Angeles) RT 75 min. Home Video HD Cinema Classics (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Francis Ford Coppola was working in the sound department for a 1963 movie called The…
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Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
Written by Richard Robinson and Alan Caillou Directed by John “Bud” Cardos Starring William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, Woody Strode, David McLean, Natasha Ryan US Premiere August 24, 1977 (San Francisco) RT 97 min. Home Video Shout! Factory Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Five years after the release of Frogs, the “Nature Gone Wild” or “Eco-Horror” film…
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Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn (1936)
Written by Randall Faye Directed by Milton Rosmer Starring Tod Slaughter, Sophie Stewart, Eric Portman US Release August 18, 1936 RT 70 min. Home Video AlphaVideo Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn opens how I imagine the play on which it is based would open. However, I’ve…
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Westworld (1973)
Written by Michael Crichton Directed by Michael Crichton Starring Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin US Release August 17, 1973 RT 88 min. Home Video Warner Brothers Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Twenty years before Steven Spielberg directed Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park, Crichton himself directed another movie about an amusement park gone wrong.…
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The Penalty (1920)
Written by Gouverneur Morris, adapted from his famous novel Directed by Wallace Worsley Starring Lon Chaney, Charles Clary, Doris Pawn, Jim Mason, Milton Ross, Ethel Grey Terry, Kenneth Harlan, Claire Adams US Release Aug. 8, 1920 (Detroit) RT 90 min. Home Video Kino International Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) What turns a young man…
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