Category Archives: Theater Psychotronic

The Devils (1971)

Posted on December 14, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

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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Viva La Muerte (1971)

Posted on November 18, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Viva La Muerte belongs on the shelf between Buñuel’s Viridiana and Pasolini’s Saló, but it is by far the angriest film I have ever seen. Shot during Franco’s regime, there is no way it could have been filmed in Spain … Continue reading →

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The Movie Orgy (1968-197?)

Posted on November 6, 2011 at 10:01 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Before Joe Dante established a Hollywood career as the director of Piranha (1978), The Howling (1981), Gremlins (1984), Explorers (1985), and Innerspace (1987), among many others, he was a cinephile collecting 16mm footage along with his friend Jon Davison. They … Continue reading →

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