Tag Archives: Sid Haig
Spider Baby (1964)
Jack Hill’s infamous Spider Baby (1964) opens with one of the great whiplash moments in horror cinema. The opening titles feature smiling cartoon faces who look like they’re about to invite you out to the lobby to buy a soda and … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 60's, Cannibals, horror, Incest, Jack Hill, Lon Chaney Jr., Madness, Sid Haig, Slasher
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Coffy (1973)
Coffy (1973) was just supposed to be an American International Pictures quickie rushed to production to beat to the finish line the bigger budgeted Warner Bros. film Cleopatra Jones (1973). Nothing more. AIP executive Larry Gordon (who originally had the … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Smoking Gun
Tagged 70's, A Month at the Grindhouse, Action, AIP, Blaxploitation, Jack Hill, Pam Grier, Sid Haig
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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
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 80's, horror, Madness, maggots, Roger Corman, Science Fiction, Sid Haig
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