101 Horror Movie Nights
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi Les Yeux Sans Visage (Eyes Without a Face) France, 1960 Director: Georges Franju Cast: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Édith Scob The final minutes of Les yeux sans visage are the most beautiful in the history of horror cinema. A plastic surgeon is determined to perform a face transplant on his daughter Christiane who was disfigured in Continue reading
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101 Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi Psycho USA, 1960 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, Martin Balsam, John Gavin One of the many fascinating things about Psycho is that the main character, Janet Leigh’s Marion Crane, is killed approximately 40 minutes into the film. It’s a daring move. Aside from the shock factor, there’s a risk Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi I Married a Monster From Outer Space USA, 1958 Director: Gene Fowler Jnr Cast: Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott, Ty Hardin, Peter Baldwin I hear you, Gloria! You marry hunky Tom Tryon and you wake up one morning going, ‘Oy, vey, what have I done to deserve this? He doesn’t sleep with me, Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi The Incredible Shrinking Man USA, 1957 Director: Jack Arnold Cast: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Giant Cat, Giant Spider Richard Matheson got the idea for The Shrinking Man (the novel’s title) from a 1953 musical called Let’s Do It Again, where Ray Milland’s character dons a wrong hat. It’s too large for his head Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi Creature from the Black Lagoon USA, 1954 Director: Jack Arnold Cast: Julie Adams, Richard Carlson, Richard Denning and Ricou Browning as Gill Man. Better known in my household as Creature from the Black Latrine, this month’s creature feature requires the admission of an unusual coming-out story. I was sixteen years old when I saw Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi Ugetsu Monogatari Japan, 1953 Director: Kenji Mizoguchi Cast: Masayuki Mori, Eitaro Ozawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Machiko Kyo, Mitsuko Mito Kenji Mizoguchi’s Ugetsu Monogatari (Tales of Moonlight and Rain) is based on two ghost stories taken from Ueda Akinari’s 1776 short story collection of the same name; the subplot about the peasant aspiring to become a Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi The Spiral Staircase USA, 1945 Director: Robert Siodmak Cast: Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith The Spiral Staircase appears on this list largely because it may well be the first ‘slasher film’. Though tame by today’s standards, it stands out because of intelligent crafting and, as we shall see, the influence Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi The Curse of the Cat People USA, 1944 Director: Robert Wise and Gunther von Fritsch Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph, Anne Carter The Curse of the Cat People is among the finest glimpses cinema offers into the workings of a child’s mind, as well as being an astute study of loneliness and Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi I Walked with a Zombie USA, 1943 Director: Jacques Tourneur Cast: Frances Dee, Tom Conway, James Ellison, Edith Barrett, Darby Jones In an alternate universe I Walked with a Zombie would be called Jane Eyre and Zombies. There would be a couple of lame jokes, the feisty heroine would kick some undead arse while a hapless Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi The Bride of Frankenstein USA 1935 Director: James Whale Cast: Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive The Bride of Frankenstein is unique in the horror pantheon. Far from being a mere sequel to Whale’s own Frankenstein (1931), it is a beast in its own right. And, like Beatrice to Dante, the ‘monster’s mate’ Continue reading
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