Category Archives: Theater Caligari

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)

Posted on July 30, 2017 at 11:18 am by Jeff Kuykendall

I first saw Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971) in high school, screened by a very lazy English teacher who, intentionally or not, drew an equivalence between literature and its film adaptation: she insisted on showing us a movie of … Continue reading →

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Double Feature: Jaws (1975)/Jaws 2 (1978)

Posted on July 28, 2017 at 3:10 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

To call Jaws (1975) a landmark is an understatement. There is a cultural dividing line of Before Jaws and After Jaws. After Jaws, sharks were the undisputed monsters of the ocean, the prominent shark fin slipping out of the waters … Continue reading →

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The Funhouse (1981)

Posted on June 29, 2017 at 2:21 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Before Poltergeist (1982), Tobe Hooper was a director of low-budget horror films whose reputation was built on the notoriety of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), an expertly crafted terror machine. After Poltergeist, things got messy: the film was a … Continue reading →

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