Tag Archives: 50’s

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Posted on January 30, 2021 at 3:31 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Horror – in color! The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), the first Hammer Gothic and the prototype for all future Hammer horror, proudly bore the British X certificate as had its breakthrough predecessor, The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), but now added a … Continue reading →

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The White Reindeer (1952)

Posted on December 19, 2020 at 7:37 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Deep in the Arctic wilderness of Lapland, the young Sámi woman Pirita (Mirjami Kuosmanen), newly married to the kind but intimately remote reindeer herder Aslak (Kalervo Nissilä), takes drastic measures to relieve her sexual frustration. During one of her husband’s … Continue reading →

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It Came from Outer Space (1953)

Posted on October 24, 2020 at 10:04 am by Jeff Kuykendall

“I’m sorry. We did not want to use violence. Now there is no other way.” It Came from Outer Space (1953) was the first 3D film from Universal-International Pictures, released just eight months after the film that kicked off a … Continue reading →

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