Tag: Horror
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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… Read.
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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… Read.
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The Brood (1979)
After hearing Edgar Wright talk on a podcast about how disturbing the school teacher scene was in David Cronenberg’s The Brood (1979), I was compelled to finally watch it, which you can too if you have access to SBS OnDemand (along with another Cronenberg classic, Scanners). Fuelled by Cronenberg’s own divorce at the time, this… Read.
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A Bucket Of Blood (1959)
I always loved seeing Dick Miller (who sadly passed away this year) appear in cameos and small parts in movies, particularly those made by former protégés of Roger Corman (Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Joe Dante obviously, etc). I never realised that Miller was the lead of anything, namely the cult beatnik culture satire horror flick… Read.
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The Tomb Of Ligeia (1964)
Once more into the breach, dear friends, with a first time viewing of a title from the Vincent Price Collection Blu-ray Boxset. The Tomb Of Ligeia (1964) is another Edgar Allan Poe adaptation directed by Roger Corman. Key difference is that it was a UK co-production and shot in England, which means better out door… Read.
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