Yeah, we're going with another Weird Western, this time a fusion of horror and cowboy cinema which points out the terrifying trouble with western expansion, not just in terms of the racism but also the after effects of the ecological devastation that mass migration into unclaimed wilderness can bring. Also, there are monsters that puke. … Continue reading The Burrowers (2008)
La chute de la maison Usher is a French silent film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Fall of the House of Usher. It's been years since I read the story, and of the film adaptations, the one I'm most familiar with is the Roger Corman production House of Usher, starring Vincent Price. … Continue reading La chute de la maison Usher (1928)
William Castle gave me another mid-1950s awful horror delight with this one. A doctor in a small town has just learned his daughter was kidnapped and buried alive! Can he rescue her in five hours before she runs out of air and suffocates? Unfortunately, while the film starts with a great premise, as time whittles … Continue reading Macabre (1958)
