The Wailing (2016)

The Wailing (2016; Gokseong) is a two and a half hour South Korean horror film that’s available to watch on Netflix. Set in a picturesque country town where it rains a lot, it starts off more as a comedy with the disinterested cop (Do-won Kwak) bumbling through crime scenes of a recent string of murders […]

The Haunted Palace (1963)

In The Haunted Palace (1963), Vincent Price gets to play a sinister warlock burned to death by angry townsfolk in the opening scene – and 100 years later, a distant blood relative who moves to the town with his wife on account of inheriting the Warlock’s palace. Braving the cursed, suspicious townsfolk (check out the […]

Wolfen (1981)

Ever since Michael Keaton referenced it as a joke in The Dream Team, I’ve been curious about Wolfen (1981). With Albert Finney’s passing, I tracked down a copy to finally watch. A busy year for movies about wolves (this is not strictly a werewolf movie) with The Howling and American Werewolf In London released in […]

The Brides Of Dracula (1960)

Back into the vaults of Hammer Studios and viewing for the first time, The Brides Of Dracula (1960). There’s no Dracula, no Christopher Lee. Instead, a school teacher (Yvonne Monlaur), travelling to her new school, inadvertently spends the night at the castle of Baroness Meinster (Martita Hunt) and unwittingly frees the Baroness’ imprisoned golden haired […]

She Killed In Ecstasy (1971)

SBS OnDemand do offer some classic cult fare and old gems to stream, not a world away from the great tradition of Saturday Night Cult Movies (though you do have to deal with a few ads that usually pop up during the middle of scenes annoyingly, making me nostalgic for how network TV cut ads […]