Author Archives: Jeff Kuykendall
Mill of the Stone Women (1960)
It’s difficult to imagine a more ingeniously original Gothic tableau than the one conjured by the Italian horror Mill of the Stone Women (Il mulino delle donne di pietra, 1960). Here we get not a haunted estate or castle, but … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, carousel, Giorgio Ferroni, Herbert Boehme, horror, Italy, Mad Scientist, Pierre Brice, Scilla Gabel, windmill, Wolfgang Preiss
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Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)
One of the last gasps of Hammer horror, and possibly the finest of that home stretch of films, Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) was only released two years after it was completed, and then with such limited British distribution that … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Brian Clemens, Caroline Munro, Hammer, horror, Horst Janson, Vampire
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Capsule Reviews
While “sheltering in place,” I’ve spent time working through stacks of films new to my collection from sales by labels like Shout/Scream Factory, Indicator, and Severin. (I’ve also been diving deep into Jonathan Rigby’s Euro Gothic, his follow-up to the … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, 80's, 90's, Abbott and Costello, Albert Brooks, Anna Karina, Bruno Kirby, Eddie Albert, Ernest Borgnine, horror, Ida Lupino, Jacques Rivette, Jamil Dehlavi, John Travolta, Melissa Leo, Tom Skerritt, William Shatner
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