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Foundational Cinema

Month: July 2021

Devil’s Express (1976)

The working title of “Gang Wars” was “The Phantom of the Subway” but it was first released as “The Devil’s Express”.The film mixes blaxploitation genre,American martial arts and horror flick and does this with huge enthusiasm.The acting is mostly wooden…

Night of the Witches (1970)

Night of the Witches is a psychedelic seventies horror movie with some pretty interesting moments! A coven of witches lead by a woman named Cassandra, living in a cliffside mansion in California, sacrifice unsuspecting wanders based on what the zodiac…

Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972)

At first the movie appears to be mainly strange images shot up close, but then the narration kicks in and the plot begins to make some sense. At two times the narration is ahead of the action. I’m sure the…

From Beyond the Grave (1974)

Kevin Connor directed this anthology film, the last in a series from Amicus studios. Four stories adapted from author R. Chetwynd Hayes and starring Peter Cushing as an antique shop owner who sells items with supernatural curses to deserving customers:…

Hannie Caulder (1971)

woman pursuing those who did her wrong. And she’s not just any old cowgirl, as you may have noticed from the cast list. If the plot as a whole is not one of the most original, the great cast does…