Daughters Of Darkness (1971)

Again, another film title I read about long ago in the school library copy of Danny Peary’s Cult Movies 2, its lurid photos already sordidly graffitied by school boys. Daughters Of Darkness (1971) is an English language Belgian erotic horror film, another cult title that lines up with the works of Jean Rollin and Jesus […]

Trog (1970)

I’d always been curious about Trog (1970), infamous as Joan Crawford’s last film before she died; rather than a loving tribute at the end of a long career, Trog’s usually an example of the opposite side of the coin, denoting a fall from grace or an unfortunate note to go out on. Yet, even though […]

The Velvet Vampire (1971)

I think I’d only come across The Velvet Vampire (1971) with some critics citing it as a reference point to Anna Biller’s The Love Witch (though I don’t think it was an actual influence on Biller’s film; it exists in the same milleu and vibe that The Love Witch is creating). That, and as one […]

Death Line (1972)

The concept of this British 1970s horror movie, Death Line (1972) sounds better, more horrifying, than its execution, and is less lurid than some of its posters make it look like (particularly the ones under the alternative title Raw Meat). Set in the London underground rail system, the opening follows a posh English gentleman doing […]

Amarcord (1973)

I really became swept up in Amarcord’s (1973) approach to depicting a place, a time, a memory. Directed by Federico Fellini, and while not strictly autobiographical, the film is based on his memories growing up, set in the village of Borgo San Giulano during the 1930s and Benito Mussolini’s Fascism. Rather than having one character […]