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Category Archives: Theater Fantastique
Black Moon (1975)
“The most beautiful things in the world are the most useless. Peacocks and lilies, for instance.” – The Unicorn, Black Moon I slept through Sunday night until my weather radio blared in the pre-dawn hours, a piercing siren noise. I … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Drama, Fantasy, Lewis Carroll, Louis Malle, lovable animals, Surreal
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Galaxy of Terror (1981)
I was slightly reluctant to revisit the 1981 Roger Corman production Galaxy of Terror, but quickly realized, five or six minutes in, that the film I remembered disliking – that which I’d seen on cable a long time ago – … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, horror, Madness, maggots, Roger Corman, Science Fiction, Sid Haig
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Slave Girls (1967)
There is a single brief scene in Slave Girls (1967) which perhaps explains why the film exists. Martine Beswick, the Jamaican-born actress who posed, strutted, and wrestled her way through From Russia With Love (1963), Thunderball (1965), and One Million … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, cheesecake, Fantasy, Hammer, lovable animals, prehistoric
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