LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH
A unique viewing experience that breaks nearly every genre movie rule yet still succeeds as an unnerving excursion in pure horror
LES COUSINES
Don’t let this 1970 film’s refined surface fool you, as it’s just as trashy, amoral and exploitive as any of the more skuzzy offerings of the grindhouse era
LEONOR
A 1975 French-Spanish-Italian co-production directed by Juan Luis Bunuel, a medieval set period piece dealing with necromancy and undying love
LEMORA: A CHILD’S TALE OF THE SUPERNATURAL
A dreamlike and often spellbinding early seventies low-budgeter that’s much beloved by horror cultists the world over
LE GRAND DEPART
A 1972 French film shown almost entirely in negative exposure, which in itself makes it worth a watch
THE LAST WAVE
Australian director Peter Weir’s follow-up to his masterful PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK was this dreamlike exercise in apocalyptic fantasy that’s nearly as powerful as the earlier film
2014: Bedlam in Print
2014 was an above-average year for books in my view. Quite a few terrific titles turned up from both established and debuting authors, with a few, I’m certain, that will go on to become classics
THE LAST SHARK
One of the most notorious JAWS rip-offs, an Italian made trash fest marked by uninspired filmmaking and production values to match
LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT
There exist better known films in the splatter movie pantheon, and certainly better made ones, but you’ll have a difficult time finding a meaner, nastier film
LAST HOUSE ON THE BEACH
Depraved Italian sleaze from 1978 that’s a crap-fest in every respect!