Tag Archives: 50’s
Gog (1954)
I first read about Gog (1954) as a child, in some library book about robots in science fiction, this film being significant because of its malevolent machines, Gog and Magog, which are apparently named after some apocalyptic prophecy from Ezekiel. … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 3-D, 50's, Ivan Tors, Killer Computer, radiation, Robot, Science Fiction
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Night of the Demon (1957)
“The paper was narrowly examined. As Harrington had said, the characters on it were more like Runes than anything else, but not decipherable by either man, and both hesitated to copy them, for fear, as they confessed, of perpetuating whatever … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 50's, Dana Andrews, demons, film noir, horror, Jacques Tourneur, Satanism, seance, Stonehenge, The Devil
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A Bucket of Blood (1959)
“Life is an obscure hobo bumming a ride on the omnibus of Art,” quoth the Beatnik while the saxophone plays and, incongruously, the title A Bucket of Blood flashes onto the screen. We’re in the hands of Roger Corman, just … Continue reading
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Tagged 50's, AIP, Beatnik, Comedy, Dick Miller, horror, Roger Corman, Slasher
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