Author Archives: Jeff Kuykendall
The White Reindeer (1952)
Deep in the Arctic wilderness of Lapland, the young Sámi woman Pirita (Mirjami Kuosmanen), newly married to the kind but intimately remote reindeer herder Aslak (Kalervo Nissilä), takes drastic measures to relieve her sexual frustration. During one of her husband’s … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 50's, Erik Blomberg, fairy tale, Fantasy, Finland, horror, Lapland, Mirjami Kuosmanen, reindeer, Vampire, Witch, Wizard
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Double Feature: The Naked Zoo (1970)/Mako: Jaws of Death (1976)
The third disc in Arrow Video’s He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection matches a reconstructed director’s cut of Grefé’s druggy, campy melodrama The Naked Zoo (1970) with one of his best known grindhouse efforts, the sharksploitation feature Mako: … Continue reading
Double Feature: The Hooked Generation (1968)/The Psychedelic Priest (1971)
The second disc in Arrow Video’s box set He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection switches focus from pulpy horror to the briefly thriving genre of hippiesploitation. (The first disc, containing Sting of Death and Death Curse of … Continue reading
Posted in Double Feature, Theater Psychotronic
Tagged 60's, 70's, Drugs, Florida, Jeremy Slate, John Davis Chandler, Psychedelic, Surreal, William Grefé
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