Tag Archives: lovable animals
The Movie Orgy (1968-197?)
Before Joe Dante established a Hollywood career as the director of Piranha (1978), The Howling (1981), Gremlins (1984), Explorers (1985), and Innerspace (1987), among many others, he was a cinephile collecting 16mm footage along with his friend Jon Davison. They … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Psychotronic
Tagged 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, Abbott and Costello, Action, Animation, Beatles, Comedy, Drama, Elvis, giant animals, horror, Joe Dante, juvenile delinquent, lovable animals, Marx Brothers, Psychedelic, Ray Harryhausen, Science Fiction, slapstick, Vietnam, Walt Disney, Western
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Island of Lost Souls (1932)
The infamous Island of Lost Souls (1932) was unavailable on home video through the years of the DVD explosion; Universal (the current rights holders), perhaps fearing that the condition of the film wasn’t up to snuff, kept it out of … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 30's, Bela Lugosi, Frankenstein, horror, lovable animals, Science Fiction
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Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
Like almost everyone else, I first saw Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) on Comedy Central’s Mystery Science Theater 3000, probably on one of its reruns. My strongest memory of that first viewing was of women in diaphanous gowns and … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Nilbog
Tagged 60's, horror, lovable animals, Satanism, Surreal
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