The Unexpected Horror of Clair Titley’s ‘The Contestant’
Clair Titley’s The Contestant delves into the harrowing ordeal of Nasubi, perhaps the world’s first reality star and the unexpected horrors he survived.
Exorcist-ish: Jadu Tona
Halfway through my rewatch of Jadu Tona (Black Magic, 1977), I said to my cat, who was also most definitely watching it with me since it has a kitty on some of its promotional material and was not just curled up on the sofa for no other reason, […]
Sinister Visages: Paintings in Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe Films
I have long wanted an ancestral portrait painted in a German Expressionist style hanging in my entry when I greet weary travelers seeking shelter from a ferocious storm. They would evince surprise at the unnerving resemblance between that sinister visage and my own features or perhaps those of […]
Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw The TV Glow and the Horrors of Time
Jane Schoenbrun’s “I Saw The TV Glow” warns of the unstoppable, crushing force of time and the danger of the safe decision.
Tender is the Drac
Tender Dracula, or Confessions of a Blood Drinker (1974), also known as La Grande Trouille (The Big Scare), might really only exist for two reasons: Peter Cushing and boobs. …I guess that’s three reasons. Sorry. But if that joke made you groan, you’re probably going to need more […]
Everything In Latitude Zero Is Real
Everything is real and everything is possible in Latitude Zero. It is both a secret utopia beneath the sea where scientists and artists work in peace, waiting for the day when humankind will be ready to embrace Latitude Zero’s wonders, and a Japanese/American science fiction spectacle directed by […]
