Deadly Blessing

Friday, April 17th, 2009 by Perfesser Deviant -

Deadly Blessing   deadly blessing 78x120 horrorDirector: Wes Craven
Writer: Glenn M. Benest, Matthew Barr & Wes Craven
Release Year: 1981

When Pennsylvania Dutch go bad.

After Jim Schmidt (Douglas Barr) dies in a tractor accident – it rolls over him even though he told his wife, Martha (Maren Jensen), that he’d removed the wheels – things get weird. Since Jim was born into a religious culture called the ‘Hittites’ that are like a jerkoff branch of the Amish, they keep annoying his widow for unknown reasons. There’s a lot of talk about young Faith Stohler (Lisa Hartman) being the messenger of the incubus, or maybe it’s someone else, or maybe not….

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The Amazing Mr. X

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 by J. Luis Rivera -

The Amazing Mr. X   amazing mr x1 84x120 horrorDirector: Bernard Vorhaus
Writer: Muriel Roy Bolton and Ian McLellan Hunter based on a story by Crane Wilbur
Release Year: 1948

When Horror and Film Noir collide!

Historically, it’s always thought that after living a time of great splendor in America during the first decade of sound, the horror genre disappeared in the 40s, the years of World War II, to cede its place to the propaganda of war films, the paranoia of spy films, and the cynicism of Film Noir. Horror is supposed to be dormant, only to be resurrected in the 50s with Atom era horrors and the films of Hammer Studio.

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The Amazing Mr. X

Monday, April 13th, 2009 by J. Luis Rivera -

The Amazing Mr. X   mrx 84x120 full length moviesDirectorBernard Vorhaus
WriterMuriel Roy Bolton and Ian McLellan Hunter based on a story by Crane Wilbur
Release Year1948

When Horror and Film Noir collide!

Historically, it’s always thought that after living a time of great splendor in America during the first decade of sound, the horror genre disappeared in the 40s, the years of World War II, to cede its place to the propaganda of war films, the paranoia of spy films, and the cynicism of Film Noir. Horror is supposed to be dormant, only to be resurrected in the 50s with Atom era horrors and the films of Hammer Studio.

Read the full review here.

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