Tag Archives: 70’s
Black Christmas (1974)
The creaking of a rocking chair. A tune hummed very softly. Corpses strewn about an attic. The girl in the chair, with the defaced plastic doll in her arm, has long ago been smothered by a plastic bag, and she … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 70's, Andrea Martin, Art Hindle, Bob Clark, Canuxploitation, Christmas, college, horror, John Saxon, Keir Dullea, lovable animals, Margot Kidder, Olivia Hussey, Slasher, sorority
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Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood (1973)
Filmed after hours in a Pennsylvania amusement park called Six Gun Territory (now abandoned), Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood (1973) was, for decades, completely forgotten, but thanks to champions such as Nightmare USA author Stephen Thrower, this surreal gem of regional horror has … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Carnival, Ghoul, Hervé Villechaize, horror, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Lon Chaney, Phantom of the Opera, Rollercoaster, Surreal, Tunnel of Love, Vampire
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Lone Wolf and Cub Double Feature: Sword of Vengeance/Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Very late in the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, in the middle of a desolate desert, one of the deadliest hired assassins in the world has his throat cut by the former Shogunate Executioner, Itto Ogami (Tomisaburo … Continue reading
Posted in Double Feature, Theater Leone
Tagged 70's, Action, Japan, Kazuo Koike, Kenji Misumi, Lone Wolf and Cub, manga, Ninja, Samurai, Tomisaburo Wakayama
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