Category Archives: Double Feature
Double Feature: Friday the 13th/Friday the 13th Part 2 (1980/1981)
In Hope, New Jersey, turn off at the cemetery and follow the old dirt road into the woods, and you’ll find yourself in Camp Crystal Lake. Don’t listen to crazy Ralph. “You’re going to Camp Blood, aintcha?” he’ll tell you. … Continue reading
Posted in Double Feature, Theater Caligari
Tagged 80's, Adrienne King, Camping, Friday the 13th, horror, Jason Voorhees, Kevin Bacon, lovable animals, Sean S. Cunningham, Slasher, Steve Miner, wheelchair
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Double Feature: Dracula (1931)/Dracula (Spanish Version-1931)
This week Turner Classic Movies presented an in-theater event, a double feature of Dracula (1931) and the Spanish language alternate version (with a Spanish-speaking cast, filmed using the same sets). The screening I attended was almost empty, which was a … Continue reading
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Tagged 30's, Bela Lugosi, Dracula, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, horror, Universal Monsters, Vampire
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Double Feature: The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)/The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
Cowboys vs. dinosaurs! The idea was kicking around in stop-motion animator Willis O’Brien’s head for a while in the years following his seminal work on The Lost World (1925) and King Kong (1933). It was an appealing and original notion to … Continue reading
Posted in Double Feature, Theater Fantastique, Theater Leone
Tagged cowboys, dinosaurs, Fantasy, Guy Madison, James Franciscus, prehistoric, Ray Harryhausen, Stop Motion, Western, Willis O'Brien
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