Next Of Kin
Writer and director Tony Williams’ film Next Of Kin (1982) is a film of effortless misdirection and sparing steadicam shots. Stylistically Next Of Kin parcels out information and context with… Read more »
Category: Film Reviews
The Tomb Of Ligeia
The Tomb Of Ligeia (1964) is the last film in Roger Corman and Vincent Price’s Edgar Allan Poe cycle. According to Vincent Price’s daughter, Victoria Price, The Tomb Of Ligeia… Read more »
House
House (1977) was the third film that I saw by director Nobuhiko Obayashi. I had already seen School In The Crosshairs (1981) and I Are You, You Am Me (1982)… Read more »
The Lair Of The White Worm
Maverick auteur Ken Russell followed-up his masterful Gothic (1986) with the hilariously bonkers The Lair Of The White Worm (1988). Russell freely adapted Bram Stoker’s source text, subverting the Gothic… Read more »
Vampyros Lesbos
I first saw Vampyros Lesbos (1971) when I was in ninth grade. I bought the Image Entertainment DVD from Movies Unlimited with my allowance. I instantly fell in love with… Read more »
The Seventh Victim
The Seventh Victim (1943) is one of a half-dozen masterpieces by auteur producer Val Lewton produced by RKO Studios in the forties. This cycle of films is linked by their… Read more »
Bloodstream
Michael J. Murphy’s Bloodstream (1985) is a gory fever dream of violence on Super 8. The film follows a struggling filmmaker who gets screwed over by a producer and goes… Read more »
Frankenstein Created Woman
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) has the most harrowing opening of any Hammer film. The picture opens with a man being taken to the guillotine as his young son looks on…. Read more »
Have A Nice Weekend
Michael Walter’s film Have A Nice Weekend (1975) opens with kids playing football. The camera pans and tracks the little players. The setting is idyllic with trees golden yellow and… Read more »
The Dreaming
The Dreaming (1988) is a folk horror film by the director of Fair Game (1986), Mario Andreacchio. Like the earlier film The Dreaming features a plethora of dolly and tracking… Read more »
