Tag Archives: Midnight Movie

Heavy Metal (1981)

Posted on September 16, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Heavy Metal magazine debuted in the U.S. in the spring of 1977 with the image of a pointy-breasted robot bashing to pieces another robot with a wrench. The publishers of the National Lampoon had compiled this “adult illustrated fantasy magazine” … Continue reading →

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The Holy Mountain (1973)

Posted on June 1, 2011 at 8:51 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

With the surrealist Western El Topo (1970), the Chilean-born Alejandro Jodorowsky suddenly found himself an overnight (or, rather, midnight) sensation at the age of 41. His life had been one of adventures, spiked with a few tall tales; it’s known … Continue reading →

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Wizards (1977)

Posted on January 8, 2011 at 10:21 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Wizards is a film that only seems to make some kind of logical sense when viewed as part of a Ralph Bakshi marathon.  Placed in context within his body of work, sandwiched between the radically cartoonish, venomously indignant Coonskin (1975) … Continue reading →

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