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Foundational Cinema

Month: December 2016

Zombie Lake (1981)

The most seen (although not exactly appreciated) film of French producers Eurocine- responsible for numerous sex, horror, spy and adventure films. In their Seventies heyday Eurocine seemed like the illegitimate child of sensational pulp paperbacks of the Fifties and Sixties….

Fire Maidens From Outer Space (1957)

Eros was a typical British B movie production/distribution outfit of the 1950s who naturally drifted towards horror and sci-fi, a field in which their output ranges from the highly-regarded Fiend Without a Face to cheap, cheerful and not very highly-regarded…

Lessons From Wildwood

And me I just got tired of hangin’ in them dusty arcades bangin’ them pleasure machines.Chasin’ the factory girls underneath the boardwalk where they promise to unsnap their jeans. And you know that tilt-a-whirl down on the south beach drag….

Black Christmas (1974)

Released and ignored in 1973, “Black Christmas” became a forgotten classic. The Canadian shocker was eventually re-released as “Silent Night, Evil Sight” in order to avoid confusion with the blaxploitation films of the time, but it bombed once again. In…

Werewolf of London (1935)

Dr. Wilfred Glendon (Henry Hull) is in Tibet searching for the rare mariphasa plant that apparently only blooms under moonlight. Upon finding the plant his joy is obvious but it’s quickly short lived as he is attacked by a half-man…

The Spotlight Shines on Ashley Park

Written By: Keith Makenas THE SPOTLIGHT SHINES ON ASHLEY PARK “She is one of the most talented actresses I have ever worked with,” says filmmaker Kathy DiStefano about working with Ashley Park on her latest movie, LAST LIFE.  “Her dedication…

The Lost City (1935)

Gloriously awful feature version of the even more gloriously awful serial, concerning Zolok, last of the Ligurians, in his steel-plated city beneath the African jungle. Along with hunchback Billy Bletcher — doing his ‘Pete’ voice from Mickey Mouse — he…

The Beast Within (1982)

Philippe Mora does has made lots of very strange movies in his underrated career, some good, some truly awful. This is one of the better ones. If you analyze the plot too much the holes become big enough to drive…

Torso (1973)

I Corpi Presentano Tracce di Violenza Carnale/Torso(1973) is an overlooked and stylish giallo that doesn’t get any respect. A portion of the people who responded to the film with negative comments are probably the same who thought that the Scream…

Two Lost Worlds (1951)

During the 40s and the 50s many sci-fi and adventure movies were produced about giant monsters fighting brave adventurers. “One Million B.C.” (1940) is probably the best known example and the one that started the trend, but there were many…