Tag Archives: Madness
Double Feature: Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974)/Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
It was finals week at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the newly-built Union South, replete with fireplaces, restaurants, a convenience store, an ice cream vendor, and a concert stage, students were at every table, in groups or alone, staring at … Continue reading
Posted in Double Feature, Theater Caligari
Tagged 70's, 80's, Christmas, horror, John Carradine, Madness, Mary Woronov, Slasher
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World on a Wire (1973)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder directed World on a Wire as a two-part, four-hour science fiction program for German television in 1973. The subject matter was not typical Fassbinder: based upon the 1964 novel Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye (also the basis … Continue reading
Posted in Late Night TV
Tagged 70's, Fassbinder, Made-For-TV Movie, Madness, Neo Noir, Science Fiction, Surreal
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Demons of the Mind (1972)
The very first images in Demons of the Mind (1972) are of imprisonment. A slender female hand slips through the bars of a carriage window, groping toward the open air – and then is pulled back by a dark-gloved hand. … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Hammer, horror, Madness
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