THE SUNS OF EASTER ISLAND
This ambitious French science fiction drama from 1972 can be viewed as the little-known forerunner of CLOSE ENOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
70s MONSTER MEMORIES
Unquestionably one of the standout books of 2016, and also, unfortunately, one of the scarcest
A “Monster Memory” of THE BLACK HOLE
I remember very little of the 70s or its movies, but for one isolated example: THE BLACK HOLE, a pivotal film in my life
RITUALS
This Canadian made DELIVERANCE wannabe may be frustratingly little known, but it’s one of the finest films of its type
GEORGE A. ROMERO: 1940-2017
That George A. Romero, who died on July 16, 2017, was one of the most important horror moviemakers of his generation, and indeed of all time, goes without saying
WIZARDS
The first and most interesting of animator-director Ralph Bakshi’s cartoon fantasy epics (others include THE LORD OF THE RINGS and FIRE AND ICE)
Four Films Called ADAM
ADAM: a good title, I’d say, and one in which, needless to add, I have a more-than-passing interest
THE MARK
For sleaze fans this is a title of special interest, a hilariously overwrought Greek sexploitater from 1977
DEMON SEED–Novel, Movie and Rewrite
DEMON SEED began life as a 1973 paperback original, written by a young Dean Koontz, that was adapted into a 1977 movie and heavily revised in ’97
PANIC IN HIGH SCHOOL
Before ELEPHANT and LESSON OF THE EVIL there was PANIC IN HIGH SCHOOL, a 1978 film co-directed by Japan’s Sogo Ishii, who was just 19 years old