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The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel I Am Legend is one of the 20th century’s most influential pieces of genre fiction, the saga of a weary, grief-ravaged man who believes that he’s the last of his kind on Earth, all others having … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, horror, Post Apocalyptic, Richard Matheson, Vampire, Vincent Price
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Double Feature: Tales of Terror (1962)/Twice Told Tales (1963)
The success of Roger Corman’s House of Usher (aka The Fall of the House of Usher, 1960) for American International spawned a long-running series of films adapted from or inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe, and mostly featuring … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, AIP, Basil Rathbone, Beverly Garland, black cat, Edgar Allan Poe, horror, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Peter Lorre, Richard Matheson, Roger Corman, Sebastian Cabot, Vincent Price
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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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