A Worm, A Shout, and a Christmas Baby
Three movies, three very different surprises: The Lair of the White Worm turned out to be considerably more disturbing than …
Category Archives: 70s horror
The Loreley Is a River Monster With a Bunsen Burner
Here’s a wander through my thoughts on The Loreley’s Grasp, directed by Amando De Ossorio who also made Tombs of …
Thoughts on Gratitude and the Vampire Genre in Leonor (1975)
Here’s the transcript for an audio-only, calm, unscripted analysis of the 1975 film Leonor, directed by Juan Luis Buñuel and …
Why Is The Rich Woman The Hero? | The Screaming Woman
In this episode of Film Chat Radio, I take a look at the 1972 television movie The Screaming Woman, starring Olivia de …
I Watched Winter Horror to Cool Off: A Triple Feature (A Cold Night’s Death, Iced, Screams of a Winter Night) And Now I’m Haunted
A Cold Night’s Death, starring Eli Wallach and Robert Culp, might be the best TV horror movie of all time. …
Someone’s Watching Me (1978): A Study in Dramatic Irony
In this 1978 TV movie, Lauren Hutton plays a TV director who moves to Los Angeles from New York after …
Black Christmas (1974) Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving
An improvised film criticism essay on Bob Clark’s masterpiece, Black Christmas (1974), looking at themes of isolation, escapism, color symbolism, …
Phantasm (1979) Explained: A Phacetious Film Essay
Phantasm (1979) is a surreal horror movie, and what if we’ve been looking at the wrong main character? In this …
Lips of Blood
I was jaded and cynical about European nudie vampire flicks, but Lips of Blood isn’t like all the other nudie …
Phantasm
Phantasm is my favorite horror movie. I love it so much that it gives me a cozy feeling. But did …
