Tag Archives: Halloween

3 things about William Castle’s HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL

Posted on October 14, 2020 by robchristopher

House on Haunted Hill [1959] 1. “Don’t you see a little touch of greed around the mouth and eyes?” 2. Blood on the ceiling. 3. Marionette contraption.

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3 things about Gary Sherman’s DEATH LINE

Posted on October 13, 2020 by robchristopher

Death Line [1972] 1. Fixation on teabags. 2. Handy oil dispenser. 3. Biting off a rat’s head. A few bravura sequences (opening title, lengthy tracking shot of the hidden lair) but this mostly plods along.

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3 things about Harry Kümel’s DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS

Posted on October 9, 2020 by robchristopher

Daughters of Darkness [1971] 1. “She’s leaving tomorrow.” “By that time, many things can happen.” 2. Nails painted blood red. 3. Shiny black raincoat as cape, shroud.

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3 things about John ‘Bud’ Cardos’s KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS

Posted on October 8, 2020 by robchristopher

Kingdom of the Spiders [1977] 1. Nervous horses. 2. Are they swingers? 3. Coffee time.

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3 things about George A. Romero’s SEASON OF THE WITCH

Posted on October 7, 2020 by robchristopher

Season of the Witch [1972] 1. Snapping tree branches slashing her face. Somehow the opening scene reminds me of the opening scene of Belle de Jour. 2. Momentary cat. Just a stray that wandered in? 3. New, towering hairdo.

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3 things about Gordon Douglas’s THEM!

Posted on October 5, 2020 by robchristopher

Them! [1954] 1. Their first view is of her legs. 2. Flame shadows. 3. Numbered drain pipes. 3 other things.

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3 things about Jeannot Szwarc’s BUG

Posted on October 3, 2020 by robchristopher

Bug [1975] 1. About five minutes after telling her he’ll wait for her outside, he gets in the truck and leaves. 2. Eureka moment triggered by opening a cold can of Schlitz. 3. Clunky homage to The Birds.

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3 things about Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO

Posted on September 21, 2020 by robchristopher

Psycho [1960] 1. Dusty hotel binds. 2. Towel under the mop in the bucket. 3. “It isn’t gelling.” 3 other things.

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3 things about Colm McCarthy’s THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS

Posted on August 29, 2020 by robchristopher

The Girl with All the Gifts [2016] 1. Glug-glug-glug of the canteens being filled. 2. Eating a cat. Eating a bird. 3. Teacher in a cage.

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3 things about Xavier Burgin’s HORROR NOIRE: A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR

Posted on August 11, 2020 by robchristopher

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror [2019] 1. The Birth of a Nation as the first black horror film.2. Interracial dancing in Blackula.3. Picking cotton in Get Out.

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