Beautiful, if a little uneven due to the varying lengths and quality of the stories. Kwaidan is a visual treat, combining Japanese folklore and theater with what were then modern filmmaking techniques, gorgeous costuming, and some wonderful makeup effects. The performances are spectacular all around, with each sequence skillfully conveying a sense of growing dread. … Continue reading Kwaidan (1965)
You know all that stuff I said about terrible films having amazing movie posters back when I was talking about R.O.T.O.R.? Forget it, because this movie poster is awesome, and this movie is bad ass. In 1692, a witch was put to death by a local priest and his rural colonial parish somewhere in rural … Continue reading Superstition (1982)
Ah, the other Scream. I decided I would follow watching a great film with watching a truly awful one, and this 1981 slasher film really is awful. It also has a relation to The Professionals; Woody Strode stars in both, The Professionals coming at the height of his career, while Scream came at the end. … Continue reading Scream (1981)
According to Wikipedia, this is a slasher. I don't agree with that because the killer uses black magic/telepathy/mindfreak powers to generally do stuff. Then again, it does sort of follow a lot of slasher tropes such as a final girl and punishing the bad kids, so...yeah. I could see arguments going either way. Anyway, the … Continue reading Frightmare (1983)
Bikers and hooligans in 1980s Los Angeles are really just ghosts. I don't know if this makes them better or worse. Pierce Brosnan plays a French anthropologist who dies at the beginning of the film. However, Lesley-Anne Down, the attendant doctor, somehow gets possessed by his memories. Through hallucinations, Down discovers that Brosnan had come … Continue reading Nomads (1986)
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