Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival wrap up
I had a blast watching movies as part of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. I really appreciated being invited and can’t wait to do it again next year. Here’s what I watched: 2551.02 – The Orgy of the Damned Anthropophagus II AUXILIO – The Power of Sin Bldg. N Enter the Clones of Bruce […]
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival: The Blood On Satan’s Claw (1971)
In his BBC documentary series A History of Horror, Mark Gatiss referred to this film, along with Witchfinder General and The Wicker Man, as the prime example of a short-lived subgenre he called folk horror. It’s directed by Piers Haggard, who also was behind The Quatermass Conclusion, The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu and Venom. He’s […]
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival: Evil Dead Rise (2023)
It took me literally five watches to get through Evil Dead Rise. In my past hater days, I would have just said something like, “Well, I already saw Demons 2,” but that’s not very productive. Films deserve to be seen, and my mindset did not jibe with what I was watching. Maybe I’ve finally reached a point […]
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror(2021)
If you have even a passing interest in the world of folk horror, Kier-La Janisse’s exhaustive exploration — which clocks in at 3 hours and 14 minutes and could have been a thousand more if I had my way — is the film of a lifetime. The ‘unholy trinity’ that launched this trend on to […]
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival: Orgy of the Damned (2023)
In the sequel to 2021’s 2551.01, director Norbert Pfaffenbichler presents a visually unique world. In it, a man in a monkey mask navigates a strobing and flashing landscape of deviancy and pain. He’s pursued by a plague doctor and his army while attempting to rescue an abandoned child. But this is just the surface of a […]
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival: AUXILIO – The Power of Sin (2023)
AUXILIO (Help) is a captivating film directed by Tamae Garateguy, who is known for her previous acclaimed work on She Wolf. The narrative centers around Emilia, a spirited young woman portrayed by Cumelen Sanz. She finds herself in a challenging situation after her father sends her to a secluded convent. This drastic decision is a […]
CBS LATE MOVIE MONTH: Premature Burial (1962)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Premature Burial was on the CBS Late Movie on August 2, 1974. This is the third of Roger Corman’s Poe movies. This time, Corman decided to make his own Poe film outside of his deal with American-International Pictures. He got his financing through Pathé Lab, the company that did the print work for AIP. While he […]
CBS LATE MOVIE MONTH: The Spell (1977)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Spell was on the CBS Late Movie on November 22, 1978 and May 15, 1979. This Brian Taggert (Visiting Hours, Poltergeist III and Omen IV: The Awakening) film was originally aired on NBC on February 20, 1977. It was supposedly written before Stephen King’s Carrie. Although it was supposed to be a theatrical film, it was relegated to movie […]
CBS LATE MOVIE MONTH: Kolchak: The Night Stalker: The Ripper (1974)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker was on the CBS Late Movie on June 1 and December 7, 1979; May 29, 1981; October 2, 1987 and January 8, 1988. Carl Kolchak, a character I can’t even explain how important he was to two-year-old me. My parents even bought me a straw hat and […]
CBS LATE MOVIE MONTH: The Maltese Bippy (1969)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Maltese Bippy was on the CBS Late Movie on December 23, 1977. As a kid, I was thrilled when Laugh-In came back to TV. I’d read about it—I was already a devotee of pop culture—and was excited to see this stream-of-consciousness show for myself. Yes, it was before the internet when we couldn’t just dial up everything […]
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