Tag Archives: Adventure
Gwendoline (1984)
When The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak – in its native France known as Gwendoline (1984) – opened in the U.S. in January 1985, it received a healthy ad campaign and a wide release. I … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Psychotronic
Tagged 80's, Adventure, Brent Huff, Fantasy, Just Jaeckin, sexploitation, Tawny Kitaen, Zabou
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Clash of the Titans (1981)
So yesterday I went to Thor: The Dark World (2013), and – probably because I had just re-watched 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) that morning, I was particularly struck by how far special effects have come, how casually sophisticated … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 80's, Adventure, Burgess Meredith, Claire Bloom, Fantasy, gorgon, Greek Mythology, Harry Hamlin, kraken, Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Medusa, Pegasus, Ray Harryhausen, The Underworld, Ursula Andress
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A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967)
Hammer’s third go at the Robin Hood legend is something of a latecomer, there being a seven-year gap between this film, A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967), and their previous Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960). It’s what we would now … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Midnight Matinee
Tagged 60's, Action, Adventure, Hammer, Robin Hood
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