Tag Archives: 70’s
Capsule Reviews
Well, I didn’t mean to leave this site gathering cobwebs for a few weeks (although cobwebs are always a good look), so as I get caught up from a summer vacation, forgive this rambling, scattershot post. I’ll get back to … Continue reading
Posted in The Lobby, Theater Caligari
Tagged 60's, 70's, Carroll Baker, Edwige Fenech, giallo, horror, Jean Seberg, Leon Klimovsky, Marisol, Sergio Martino, Umberto Lenzi
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The Omega Man (1971)
In looking at the first film adaptation of Richard Matheson’s novel I Am Legend, The Last Man on Earth (1964), I noted that the casting of Vincent Price was too much for Matheson, who had asked to be credited with … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 70's, Action, Anthony Zerbe, Charlton Heston, Post Apocalyptic, Rosalind Cash, Science Fiction, Vampire
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The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)
Hammer had just completed its Karnstein trilogy loosely derived from Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla when Spanish director Vicente Aranda (The Exquisite Cadaver) delivered a very different adaptation of the seminal vampire novella, La novia ensangrentada, aka The Blood Spattered Bride … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 70's, Alexandra Bastedo, Carmilla, horror, Maribel Martin, Simon Andreu, Vampire, Vicente Aranda
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