TWENTYNINE PALMS
The third feature by France’s Bruno Dumont was this ludicrous quasi-horror movie from 2003
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
TV Flashback: THE NECESSARY MINUTE OF MONSIEUR CYCLOPEDE
Here we have what may well be the oddest TV show of all time: THE NECESSARY MINUTE OF MONSIEUR CYCLOPEDE
The Nun
The legendary French classic THE NUN (or LA RELIGIEUSE) may well be the first true example of “nunsploitation.”
THE NECROPHILIAC
Beyond that I believe THE NECROPHILIAC is best categorized by what it isn’t: refined, polite or sparing to the sensibilities of squeamish readers.
LITTLE ORPHAN VAMPIRES
What this perilously slim 82-page trifle lacks is the poetic charge and dark eroticism of Rollin’s best films.
THE LADY IN THE CAR WITH GLASSES AND A GUN
A most intriguing exercise in psychological displacement in the guise of a crime thriller, this twice-filmed novel by France’s Sebastian Japrisot (actually Jean-Baptiste Rossi) is a confounding masterwork.
JEANNE’S JOURNAL
Those lucky few who’ve read Arlette Ryvers’ translation of JEANNE’S JOURNAL all seem to exhibit similarly awe-struck reactions, and having finally gotten around to experiencing this pervy masterwork myself, I fully understand the adulation.
GASTON LEROUX’S PHANTOM STORIES
In truth, however, only one of the nine Leroux stories collected here is PHANTOM related: “The Real Opera Ghost,” a nonfiction account of the actual crimes that inspired the novel.
FANTASTIC MEMORIES
As the title promises, this short story collection purports to be a compilation of memories, most of them fantastic and/or macabre in nature.