DEATH RITE
This French-Italian-German co-production, pivoting on clairvoyance and murder, is definitely peculiar, and for that reason alone deserves a look
ABELARD — THE CASTRATION
From Germany, a failed attempt at artsploitation that was completed in 1975 but not released until two years later—and then promptly forgotten!
TOBE HOOPER’S SALEM’S LOT: STUDIES IN THE HORROR FILM
Another, and extremely good, entry in Centipede Press’s “Studies in the Horror Film” series
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