Tag Archives: Surreal
Double Feature: The Hooked Generation (1968)/The Psychedelic Priest (1971)
The second disc in Arrow Video’s box set He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection switches focus from pulpy horror to the briefly thriving genre of hippiesploitation. (The first disc, containing Sting of Death and Death Curse of … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, 70's, Drugs, Florida, Jeremy Slate, John Davis Chandler, Psychedelic, Surreal, William Grefé
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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
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Tagged 70's, Beauty and the Beast, fairy tale, Russian, Surreal
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In the Aftermath (1988)
Perhaps the strangest entry in the post-apocalypse genre is In the Aftermath (1988), a hybrid of live action and Japanese anime patched together for the home video market by Roger Corman’s New World Pictures – though it feels like the … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, Animation, Post Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Surreal
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