“They’re coming to get you, Barbara…” It’s a classic, oft-quoted line, but one that gets me right in the mood for it’s source material. And the Z word is never used, they are in fact referred to as ghouls. This film can be seen as the transition point for zombies… from living dead servants…
Category: Did You See That?!? (Tv & Film)
My Week With Marilyn: A Non-Review
I really have no desire to review this film – there’s nothing I could say that hasn’t been said already a thousand times over. I feel the need, instead, to convey my personal experience while watching the movie, and what it meant to me. My love affair with Marilyn Monroe began years and years ago,…
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Released as The Devil’s Bride in North America, this 1968 Hammer film is one of sheer delight. Not the least of which is Christopher Lee in a heroic role for a change, and Charles Gray (who I enjoyed in both his appearances in the Bond series, as well as The Rocky Horror Picture Show) as…
Guidestones
One of the very cool things that Sue and I discovered yesterday is a webseries called Guidestones. We spent some time chatting with their street team at their table as well as attending their presentation. We were very lucky to be able to find time to chat with series writer/director Jay Ferguson, and stars Supinder…
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Roman Polanski reappears on the list of 101 Horror Movies with the classic Rosemary’s Baby. Mia Farrow plays Rosemary Woodhouse, who with her husband, tv commercial actor Guy (John Cassavetes) moves into a new place, an old, charming looking apartment building. However, a number of odd occurrences and an unexpected and mysterious pregnancy, send Rosemary…
Hour of the Wolf (1968)
I’m not sure where I come down on this film. There were moments that actually made me anxious, though there is nothing graphically disturbing happening. In what was Ingmar Bergman’s only horror film, the wonderful Max Von Sydow takes center stage as an artist plagued by the ghosts and demons of his past, though whether…
The New Class of Police Procedurals
Police procedurals have been around since the birth of television. They drew lines of right and wrong, and went after their crooks with the right and might of the law on their side, always steeping their cases in “Just the facts, ma’am.” In recent years, the police procedural has changed. Sure you still have series…
VIY (1967)
Mother Russia makes an appearance in the 101 Horror Movies with the very enjoyable, and well-crafted film VIY, which is apparently based on a folk legend. With a run time of just over an hour, the story flies by, and it’s incredibly entertaining. Khoma is a brash, irresponsible, a bit of a drunk (which all…
Repulsion (1965)
Poor Catherine Deneuve. Well, I guess not really Catherine but her character Carol Ledoux in Roman Polanski’s macabre psychological thriller. I’m not sure what happened to her character when she was young, but it was obviously very, very bad, and without the companionship of her sister, she descends quickly into madness. Carol and her sister…
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Roger Corman makes the list! 101 Horror Movies continues to serve me well in showing me some horror films I have never seen (as well as a lot I am really enjoying revisiting). The Masque of the Red Death, based on an Edgar Allan Poe story seems to walk a fine line between B-movie horror…
