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Sh! The Octopus (1937)
The problems with Sh! The Octopus (1937) begin straight away, with that completely unspeakable title. I do mean unspeakable. How did you read that sentence in your head? The “Sh!” kind of stops you cold, doesn’t it? There should be … Continue reading
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Tagged 30's, Comedy, Comedy Team, Haunted House, Octopus, slapstick, Surreal, Witch
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Nightmare Alley (1947)
They didn’t call them noirs then; they were just crime pictures – cheap, pulpy, sensationalistic. The papers turned up their noses but audiences flocked to them, so studios kept making them. But if we didn’t have crime pictures as deeply … Continue reading
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Tagged 40's, Carnival, film noir, hard boiled, psychic, Tarot
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