Category Archives: Theater Fantastique
She (1965)
Hammer Films had grown steadily since the box office breakthroughs of The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) and The Curse of Frankenstein (1957). Distributors knew that the British studio’s genre product was reliably classy and literate, but also sexy and violent; they … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, Action, cheesecake, Christopher Lee, Fantasy, Hammer, Peter Cushing
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The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
It’s all a matter of tone. The Bed Sitting Room (1969) could be the bleakest nuclear apocalypse movie ever made. Its themes, characters, and incidents could be unbearably disturbing; and in many ways they still are. But the ideas are … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, Comedy, Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Post Apocalyptic, slapstick, Surreal
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Night of the Comet (1984)
Last year, on a trip to Pennsylvania, I stopped by the Monroeville Mall (just outside Pittsburgh), where Dawn of the Dead (1978) was filmed. I’d nearly given up hope on finding anything George Romero-related when I discovered Monroeville Zombies, a … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, Comedy, horror, New Wave, Post Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Zombie
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