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The Trip (1967)
“Just close your eyes, it’s groovy now. Close them, because I’m swimmin’ in beauty. It’s all around. Let’s take a trip.” Kim Fowley, “The Trip” (1965) “We stopped down to reality company to get some instant sleep. And the driver … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, AIP, Bruce Dern, Dennis Hopper, Drama, Jack Nicholson, LSD, Peter Fonda, Psychedelic, Roger Corman, Surreal, witches
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The Devils (1971)
By far Ken Russell’s most controversial work, The Devils (1971) is not merely content to be sacrilegious and shocking; it seeks a state of hysteria that cinema rarely achieves. Though the film is now four decades old, it hasn’t lost … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Drama, horror, Ken Russell, Oliver Reed, witches
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Witches’ Hammer (1969)
At one point in Witches’ Hammer (1969), Otakar Vavra’s document of a 17th Century witch hunt in the Czech Republic, an accused witch, tied to a stake, screams through rising smoke, “I was made to acknowledge my guilt! I was … Continue reading
