Category Archives: Theater Caligari
Eraserhead (1977)
2021 is the 10th anniversary of Midnight Only. To mark the occasion, this imaginary, rat-infested, leaky-roofed theater is raising the curtain on historically important midnight movies. The following was originally written for this site on July 21, 2015. One of … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Charlotte Stewart, childcare, David Lynch, horror, Jack Nance, Surreal
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The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Horror – in color! The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), the first Hammer Gothic and the prototype for all future Hammer horror, proudly bore the British X certificate as had its breakthrough predecessor, The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), but now added a … Continue reading
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Tagged 50's, Christopher Lee, Frankenstein, Hammer, Hazel Court, horror, Jimmy Sangster, Peter Cushing, Robert Urquhart, Terence Fisher, Valerie Gaunt
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Fade to Black (1980)
Movie-obsessed Eric Binford (Dennis Christopher, Stephen King’s It) lives with his wheelchair-bound aunt (Eve Brent), spending most of his time inside a womb-like room plastered with vintage celebrity stills and film posters, watching old films on a small black-and-white TV … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, Dennis Christopher, Dracula, Hopalong Cassidy, horror, James Cagney, Linda Kerridge, Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Rourke, Mummy, Slasher, Tim Thomerson, Vernon Zimmerman
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