Author Archives: Jeff Kuykendall
The Woman in Black (1989)
Television provides an intimacy that’s ideal for horror viewing, particularly horror of the quiet and unsettling kind. Watching that sort of film in an empty house, late at night and with the lights switched off, can be even more unnerving … Continue reading
Posted in Late Night TV
Tagged 80's, Ghosts, Herbert Wise, horror, Made-For-TV Movie, Nigel Kneale, Susan Hill
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The Swimmer (1968)
The Swimmer (1968), based on a short story by John Cheever, is structured on a lean concept. Ned Merrill, indelibly portrayed by Burt Lancaster, observes that there are enough swimming pools in his suburban Connecticut neighborhood that he can swim … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Psychotronic
Tagged 60's, Burt Lancaster, Drama, Eleanor Perry, Frank Perry, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, Joan Rivers
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The Thief of Baghdad (1961)
Although the Douglas Fairbanks vehicle The Thief of Bagdad (1924) was a pastiche not based on any particular tale in the Arabian Nights, it inspired a strain of remakes, each of which banked on the audience’s familiarity with the title … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 60's, Arabian Nights, Arthur Lubin, Arturo Dominici, Edy Vessel, Fantasy, Giorgia Moll, Killer Trees, Magician, Pegasus, Steve Reeves, Witch, Wrestling
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