Tag Archives: AIP
Cry of the Banshee (1970)
Cry of the Banshee (1970) opens with a quote from Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Bells,” and his name was featured prominently in the advertising, despite the fact that the film is not an adaptation of Poe at all – but … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, AIP, Christopher Wicking, Gordon Hessler, horror, Madness, Satanism, Terry Gilliam, Vincent Price, Werewolf, witches
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Die, Monster, Die! (1965)
In the evening I asked old people in Arkham about the blasted heath, and what was meant by that phrase “strange days” which so many evasively muttered. I could not, however, get any good answers, except that all the mystery … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, AIP, Boris Karloff, Daniel Haller, H.P. Lovecraft, horror, Killer Plant, Nick Adams, Psychedelic, Science Fiction, Suzan Farmer
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Burn, Witch, Burn (1962)
The most effective stretch of Burn, Witch, Burn (1962), whose original British release title is Night of the Eagle, is a long, carefully constructed, vital stretch in which Norman Taylor (Peter Wyngarde, The Innocents), an erudite university professor and a staunch … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, AIP, Charles Beaumont, Eagle, Fritz Leiber, horror, Peter Wyngarde, Richard Matheson, Sidney Hayers, Witch
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