Tag: occult
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The Wicker Man (1973)
I just saw a restored edition of 1973’s The Wicker Man in the cinema for its 50th anniversary and it was a heartwarming tale of faith against adversity. Well, maybe not. But it was a good detective story that develops into a tale of horror and madness as old superstitions come up against modernity. The…
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The Boogeyman (2023)
I just saw The Boogeyman and surprise surprise, it was crap. I kind of knew that it’d be mediocre going in just based on its trailers, and certain details as to its inspiration, but went anyway because it’s “from the mind of Stephen King”. I didn’t expect it, however, to be as godawful as it…
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Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974)
The film I just saw at my local art centre’s Classic Horror Nights was Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter, the only directorial work of Brian Clemens, a British screenwriter and television producer. He also wrote this swashbuckling tale of a swordsman roaming the countryside in search of bloodsuckers. Coming to a settlement, Captain Kronos (Horst…
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Evil Dead Rise (2023)
“Mommy’s with the maggots now…” I just saw Evil Dead Rise and loved it. As an example of its genre and what it’s trying to accomplish as a commercial product, it’s pretty perfect. It was refreshing to see a new Evil Dead movie that absolutely gets what such a film is and how it works.…
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The Skull (1965)
Tonight at my local arts centre I saw The Skull, a 1965 British film starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, as part of its classic horror nights. Based on a short story called “The Skull of the Marquis de Sade” by Robert Bloch, it begins with a 19th-century grave robber who brings the titular skull…
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