Café Flesh Soundtrack
Mitchell Froom’s soundtrack for the pornographic cult classic Café Flesh (1982) is finally getting the widespread attention it deserves. Although Froom released much of the music he recorded for the… Read more »
Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal
Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal (1971) is loosely based on the murder of Honorah Parker by her daughter Pauline and her daughter’s friend Anne Perry in 1954. While… Read more »
Glissements progressifs du plaisir
Glissements progressifs du plaisir (1974) opens with a police lieutenant (Jean-Louis Trintignant) arriving at a crime scene to interview a young woman (Anicée Alvina) suspected of murder. When the policeman… Read more »
Murder At The Vanities
Murder At The Vanities (1934) is one of the best known pre-code Hollywood films today, having been featured in the Universal Backlot Series DVD boxed set Pre-Code Hollywood Collection from… Read more »
Trick Or Treat
Walt Disney’s production Trick Or Treat (1952) has become the stuff of gifs and memes which litter social media every Halloween. Although the film debuted in the fifties its longevity… Read more »
Linnea Quigley’s Horror Workout
Every generation has its “Scream Queens” from Fay Wray to Jenna Ortega and Emma Roberts. For those of my generation our “Scream Queens” were Neve Campbell and Sarah Michelle Gellar…. Read more »
The Worst Witch
The first time I saw The Worst Witch (1986) was in the first grade. At my elementary school on Halloween classes ended at mid-day for a costume parade followed by… Read more »
Demons Of The Mind
Demons Of The Mind (1972) was the first of two films that Australian director Peter Sykes made for Hammer Productions (the second being To The Devil A Daughter). Demons Of… Read more »
Lubię nietoperze
Lubię nietoperze (1985), or in english I Like Bats, has been “re-discovered” thanks to critic and filmmaker Kier-La Janisse. Lubię nietoperze is profiled in Janisse’s masterful study House Of Psychotic… Read more »
Bad Moon
While on assignment in the jungles of Nepal, photo-journalist Ted Harrison (Michael Paré) and his girlfriend Marjorie (Johanna Lebovitz) are attacked by a werewolf; killing the later and cursing the… Read more »
