Paul Morrissey: 1938-2024
Looking back over the career of a true renaissance filmmaker
FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN
One of the most memorable films made by the late Paul Morrissey, an altogether outrageous riff on you-know-what
BLOOD FOR DRACULA
The just-as-wild 1974 follow-up to FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN
HANSEL AND GRETEL (1983)
A “surprisingly scary twist” on “Hansel and Gretel,” designed and directed by a 25-year-old wunderkind named Tim Burton
NIGHTBREED
The second, and most ambitious, of Clive Barker’s self-directed features
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON
Not too many movies can be said to have attained success based solely on the quality of a monster suit, but in CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON that is indeed the case
NECROMANIA
This XXX-rated “Tale of Weird Love” was one of the final films directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr.
HANNS HEINZ EWERS: THE STORY OF HIS DEVELOPMENT
Here Joe E. Bandel, who specializes in translating early 20th century European literature, turned his attention to a little-known German language biography of Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871-1943)
THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS
The first horror film made by Disney, and a bust
JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX
A film that plays like it was made by the Joker himself and, I say, a worthwhile effort