FEAR
This is the long awaited autobiography by Dario Argento, and (for once) it doesn’t disappoint
PURANA MANDIR
By Bollywood standards this 1984 film is quite good, packed with chills and boasting a tight storyline that nearly manages to sustain itself over a fast moving 145 minutes
CATS
As I write this 2019’s CATS has only been in release a little over two weeks, yet it’s already joined the ranks of PAINT YOUR WAGON, AT LONG LAST LOVE and CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC
Christmas TV Specials for the Irreparably Brain Damaged
Christmastime in America “means” several things, one in particular: a surfeit of TV specials
THE DAY OF THE BEAST
A Christmas movie we can all get behind!
KINGS AND DESPERATE MEN
PRISONER fans take note: this 1981 Canadian production reunites the principal actors of that immortal series Patrick McGoohan and Alexis Kanner in an arty suspense drama
THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS
The legendary Grand Guignol Theatre provided the source material for this silent drama from 1929
AIR CREW
Often described as the first Soviet disaster film, AIR CREW (EKIPAZH; 1980) borrows heavily from EARTHQUAKE, AIRPORT, WHEN TIME RAN OUT and just about every other disaster movie released in the 1970s
BLOOD RAGE
Eighties splatter cheese, of note because it’s a rare example of Thanksgiving themed horror
ANAÏS NIN AT THE GRAND GUIGNOL
Yet another example of mislabeled literary horror