Tag: Danny Peary
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Curse Of The Demon (1957)
“It’s in the trees! It’s coming!” A familiar sample from the start of Kate Bush’s ‘Hounds Of Love’. Where it’s taken from is the British horror movie, Curse Of The Demon (1957) also known as Night Of The Demon, another entry in Danny Peary’s Cult Movies 2 that I’d never seen. I remember seeing the… Read.
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Blood Money (1933)
Often the biggest anxiety for me is choosing something to watch out of all the possibilities. I am appreciating the decision to just focus on finishing a list of movies, the ones I haven’t seen from Danny Peary’s book, Cult Movies 2. Without this list, I never would have sought out Blood Money (1933), a… Read.
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Basket Case (1982)
I remember reading about Basket Case (1982) in Danny Peary’s Cult Movies 2, a copy of which was in my high school library. The synopsis and the accompanying photographs repulsed me at the time, and I was never keen to seek it out. Currently undergoing a mission to see the movies listed in Cult Movies… Read.
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White Heat (1949)
Tracking down the titles that I haven’t seen from Danny Peary’s Cult Movies 2 book has included a lot of Hollywood classics like White Heat (1949) directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney, which was a critical and commercial success upon release. Nowadays, its known more for its a heavily referenced iconic closing line,… Read.
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My Darling Clementine (1946)
Crossing another title off the list of movies covered in Danny Peary’s Cult Movies 2 that I had not seen: My Darling Clementine (1946). An iconic western directed by John Ford about Wyatt Earp (here, played by a young Henry Fonda, laconic and measured in his performance) and Doc Holiday (Victor Mature, stolid yet tortured),… Read.
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