THE BLIND OWL (Film)
A signature film by the ever-eccentric Raul Ruiz, who was here adapting Sadegh Hedayat’s Iranian classic THE BLIND OWL
A BLADE IN THE DARK
Lamberto Bava appears to have been channeling his mentors Mario Bava and Dario Argento (both of whom he previously worked for as an assistant director) in this unremarkable 1983 giallo
BLACK WIDOW
A silly eighties thriller with occasional flashes of interest, courtesy of actress Theresa Russell—but flashes are all we get
BLACK DEVIL DOLL FROM HELL
A wholly ludicrous, misconceived and plain crappy film about just what the title promises. Need I say more?
BLACK CANDLES
Another fun dollop of trashy horror from Spain’s Jose Ramon Larraz, of WHIRLPOOL and VAMPYRES fame
BLACK ANGEL
This haunting and fantastic 25 minute film played before THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK during its initial release in England and Australia. Having only recently resurfaced, BLACK ANGEL is an impressive work, boasting a full-bodied medieval atmosphere and a teasingly enigmatic aura
BEYOND DREAM’S DOOR
An eighties cult horror film that somehow slipped by me back in the day. BEYOND DREAM’S DOOR is now available on DVD, thankfully, and I’ve finally seen and admired it as the uniquely tripped-out classic it is
THE BEYOND
The undoubted masterpiece of Lucio Fulci, a crazed and surreal gorefest that’s irresistible, even if it doesn’t make much sense
BEWARE! CHILDREN AT PLAY
A Troma sponsored no-budgeter worth viewing for its stunningly demented opening—a kid’s dad dies after getting caught in a bear trap and the tyke responds by cutting open the elder’s belly and happily removing his organs!—and closing sequences
BEGOTTEN
A profoundly repellant yet strangely lyrical and poetic cinemutation, BEGOTTEN is a wordless black and white reverie in which God kills himself and begets Mother Earth, who in turn begets Mankind, who in turn endures all manner of abuse