Author Archives: Jeff Kuykendall
The Omega Man (1971)
In looking at the first film adaptation of Richard Matheson’s novel I Am Legend, The Last Man on Earth (1964), I noted that the casting of Vincent Price was too much for Matheson, who had asked to be credited with … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 70's, Action, Anthony Zerbe, Charlton Heston, Post Apocalyptic, Rosalind Cash, Science Fiction, Vampire
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The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel I Am Legend is one of the 20th century’s most influential pieces of genre fiction, the saga of a weary, grief-ravaged man who believes that he’s the last of his kind on Earth, all others having … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 60's, horror, Post Apocalyptic, Richard Matheson, Vampire, Vincent Price
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The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Essentially the second half of a diptych with the horror classic Doctor X (1932), The Mystery of the Wax Museum is another Warner Bros. horror film starring Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray, directed by the great Michael Curtiz, and filmed … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 30's, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, horror, Lionel Atwill, Michael Curtiz, waxwork
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