Tag Archives: 70’s
The Scarlet Flower (1977)
No one will argue that the two finest cinematic adaptations of the Beauty and the Beast story are by Jean Cocteau and the Walt Disney Company, respectively. But dig deeper into fairy tale cinema and you’ll uncover the hypnotic, oneiric … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 70's, Beauty and the Beast, fairy tale, Russian, Surreal
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Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)
One of the last gasps of Hammer horror, and possibly the finest of that home stretch of films, Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) was only released two years after it was completed, and then with such limited British distribution that … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 70's, Brian Clemens, Caroline Munro, Hammer, horror, Horst Janson, Vampire
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Capsule Reviews
While “sheltering in place,” I’ve spent time working through stacks of films new to my collection from sales by labels like Shout/Scream Factory, Indicator, and Severin. (I’ve also been diving deep into Jonathan Rigby’s Euro Gothic, his follow-up to the … Continue reading
Posted in The Lobby
Tagged 70's, 80's, 90's, Abbott and Costello, Albert Brooks, Anna Karina, Bruno Kirby, Eddie Albert, Ernest Borgnine, horror, Ida Lupino, Jacques Rivette, Jamil Dehlavi, John Travolta, Melissa Leo, Tom Skerritt, William Shatner
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