101 Horror Movie Nights
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi Repulsion England 1965 Director: Roman Polanski Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, Yvonne Furneaux, John Fraser Roman Polanski’s first English-language film uses the labyrinthine symbolism of cracks and fissures to explore the mind of a deranged woman and, perhaps unconsciously, reaffirm Woman’s pagan association with Earth. When it gets going, Repulsion is full of cracks… Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi Onibaba Japan 1964 Director: Kaneto Shindō Cast: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato, Taiji Tonoyama A film begins the moment the credits appear on screen. As we see with Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) and Scorsese’s Cape Fear (1991), the conception of the opening credits is important. You don’t talk; you don’t reach for popcorn. You don’t even… Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi The Haunting USA 1963 Director: Robert Wise Cast: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn The need to belong is primal. Even those who hold the notion in disdain find they are invariably drawn to the warmth and security of a tribe. That said, membership into the tribe can be a… Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi Carnival of Souls USA 1962 Director: Herk Harvey Cast: Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger, Herk Harvey (Note to reader: this poem was channeled to your spiritualist correspondent by mr e.e. cummings from beyond the gravy) Car veers offA bridge with nary a soundThree women go into the drink One to emerge… Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi The Innocents England, 1961 Director: Jack Clayton Cast: Deborah Kerr, Megs Jenkins, Martin Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Michael Redgrave In the Gospel of Thomas, the world’s first Jungian psychologist, Jesus Christ, says what you do not bring forth will destroy you. In other words, what is inside you will either save or bring… Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi Peeping Tom England, 1960 Director: Michael Powell Cast: Carl Boehm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer, Maxine Audley 1960 must have been quite the year for cinema. That’s when Psycho, Les Yeux Sans Visage and Peeping Tom were released. (Les yeux sans visage was released in March, Peeping Tom in April and Psycho in June.) Movie goers must have been stunned but also… Continue reading
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Episode 671: Dmetri Kakmi!
Episode 671 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this show, John speaks with Dmetri Kakmi about holding onto the mysteries of storytelling, the setting of Australia, the wild problem of self, and his wonderful new novel, The Woman in the Well.… Continue reading
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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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