The Ghoul: upper class comedy masquerading as horror
T Hayes Hunter, “The Ghoul” (1933) I had never heard of this film before and
Tag: Horror
Gibel’ Sensatsii / Loss of Feeling: good-looking film about robots and workers versus capitalists
Aleksandr Andriyevsky, “Gibel’ Sensatsii / Loss of Feeling” (1935) A very handsome-looking film made in
Little Black Riding Hood / The Walls: two very different early shorts by Piotr Dumala
Piotr Dumala, “Little Black Riding Hood / Czarny Kapturek” (1983) Piotr Dumala, “The Walls /
Two comedy horror shorts by Martin Scorsese about self-destructive compulsions and obsessions
Martin Scorsese, “What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?” (1963)
Põrgu (Hell): good versus evil in homage to a 20th century Estonian surrealist artist
Rein Raamat, “Põrgu (Hell)” (1983) While watching “Wax or the Discovery of Television among the
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Wax or the Discovery of Television among the Bees: a moral and political film under the visual overload
David Blair, “Wax or the Discovery of Television among the Bees” (1991) One of my
The Birds (dir. Alfred Hitchcock): psychological study of sexual / cultural repression
Alfred Hitchcock, “The Birds” (1963) Based on a 1952 short story by English writer Daphne
Prophets of Science Fiction (Episode 1: Mary Shelley): conservative message about scientific responsibility delivered
Declan Whitebloom, “Prophets of Science Fiction (Episode 1: Mary Shelley)” (2011) This episode revolves around
Aragami: rather bland action bromance film about how appearances can’t be trusted
Ryuhei Kitamura, “Aragami” (2003) The Japan Foundation Office across the road from where I work
28 Weeks Later: film has more Swiss-cheese holes than the zombies make in their victims
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, “28 Weeks Later” (2007) On paper it looked like a good idea: