Tag Archives: horror

To the Devil a Daughter (1976)

Posted on January 26, 2020 at 11:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

The swan song for Hammer horror (for a few decades, at least), To the Devil a Daughter (1976) is a belated attempt to present harder-edged genre material. Apart from perhaps the underrated psychological thriller Straight on Till Morning (1972), Daughter … Continue reading →

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The Company of Wolves (1984)

Posted on January 17, 2020 at 10:49 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

If you have seen Neil Jordan’s The Company of Wolves (1984), your first viewing was probably a lot like mine: I went in expecting a werewolf movie and instead encountered something surprisingly more. The VHS cover art, ubiquitous in the … Continue reading →

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Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

Posted on January 11, 2020 at 10:45 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Following the runaway success of Dracula (1931), Universal quickly arranged a follow-up vehicle for its new horror star. Bela Lugosi was reunited with producer Carl Laemmle, Jr. for Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), while the striking Hungarian also farmed … Continue reading →

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