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Pit Stop

April 14, 2014 Pam Jahn

Jack Hill’s follow up to Spider Baby transcends its budget, featuring a fine, offbeat cast and an intelligent approach to its subject matter.
Review by David Cairns

Brian Donlevydrag raceEllen BurstynexploitationJack HillRoger CormanSpider Baby
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Creepshow

October 29, 2013 Pam Jahn

The fact that Stephen King’s first original script remains minor points to Romero’s respect for King, and King’s lack of respect for cinema.
Review by David Cairns

George A. Romerohorrorhorror cinemaStephen King
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The Conjuring

August 2, 2013 Pam Jahn

In his flawed Insidious follow-up, James Wan still manages to build on his evident gift of harnessing strong performances to a thrill ride.
Review by David Cairns

ghost storieshorror
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Spider Baby

July 8, 2013 Pam Jahn

Jack Hill’s uncategorisable cult nasty is part Old Dark House/Addams Family black comedy, part Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Eraserhead.
Review by David Cairns

1960s American cinemahorrorJack Hill
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Baron Blood

May 2, 2013 Pam Jahn

Mario Bava’s 1972 surprise hit grafts Gothic horror elements onto fashionable, groovy settings.
Review by David Cairns

Dario ArgentoItalian horrorMario Bava
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Lisa and the Devil

February 18, 2013 VirginieSelavy

In all of Mario Bava’s weird career, there may be nothing as peculiar as Lisa and the Devil.
Review by David Cairns

60s cinemagialloItalian cinemaMario Bava
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Black Sunday

February 13, 2013 VirginieSelavy

Black Sunday is pleasurably Halloweeny, spooky and fun and gorgeously eerie, with just enough sheer nastiness to give it a slight edge.
Review by David Cairns

60s cinemaBarbara Steelegiallohorror filmItalian cinemaMario Bavawitch
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Santa Sangre

September 20, 2012 VirginieSelavy

Alejandro Jodorowsky’s surprise return in 1989 attempted to marry the director’s visionary, Felliniesque excess to the dying giallo genre.
Review by David Cairns

Alejandro JodorowskyArgentocircusfreaksgiallopsychedelic cinema
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Rolling Thunder

February 6, 2012 VirginieSelavy

‘Once you take out the perverse pathology of these characters, rather than becoming films about fascism they become fascist films’.
Review by David Cairns

70s American cinemaJohn FlynnPaul SchraderRobert De NiroTaxi Drivervigilante film
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

October 24, 2011 VirginieSelavy

John McNaughton characterised his acclaimed, controversial 1986 thriller, as a horror film using the technique of realism.
Review by David Cairns

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