*contains spoilers The Island (1980) is a misunderstood film with a possible demographic that was unable to view it, which is why it failed so miserably at the box office upon its initial release. This tale of a twelve-year-old boy adopted by murderous modern-day pirates of the Caribbean is also one of the great father-son…
Read more The Cult of a Pirate’s Rites of Passage in The Island (1980)
*contains spoilers Director Robert Altman’s Images (1925-2006 leukemia) is an, at times, puzzling movie about the creation of writing and the madness that lies in between. It is also one woman’s journey through insanity brought to life by a great performance by Susannah York (1939-2011 multiple myeloma) in the lead. Or is the act of…
Read more Actress Susannah York goes insane in Images (1972)
Italian director Ivan Zuccon (1972-) is an experienced filmmaker who started his career with the short film Berenice (1997). He made several other short films before his interest in the American horror writer H.P. Lovecraft turned his mind to create horror movies related to that writer’s stories. His early features which were shot on video…
Read more Director Ivan Zuccon on H.P. Lovecraft and his Cult Film Career…
*contains spoilers For some the meaning of life is the movies. And some readers of this article may be lost without them. Isn’t that absurd that the movies as opposed to some divine being in the universe should be the meaning of life? … Or at least part of it? Perhaps you believe in both!…
Read more The Religion of Movies and The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
*contains spoilers and strong course language The fact actor Rupert Everett was gay was an open secret long before he appeared as Julia Robert’s pal in My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997). It just took him a long time to come out on the world stage. Everett probably would have come out on the world stage…
Read more Actor Rupert Everett and The Right Hand Man (1987)
*contains spoilers The movie White Cargo (1942) tells us of the hellish heat on an African rubber plantation at the turn of the 20th Century and how it can play with your mind… Unsurprisingly, it is based on a novel entitled Hell’s Playground which was indirectly borne upon a murder that resulted in what the…
*contains spoilers Among the Confederate soldier ghost and zombie movies of the 1980s, which there aren’t too many, is the underrated low-budget item The Supernaturals (1986) as well as the ultra-low-budget movies of Tony Malanowski (1948-). The Supernaturals has a robust b-cast and production values compared to Malanowski’s shot for a few pennies or so…
Read more The Confederate Ghosts of The Supernaturals (1986) and Night of Horror (1981)
Frank Murgalo (no info) is an actor and writer and comedian. He has worked among other things as a Marine and as a copier salesman and a financial adviser. He appeared in the ultra-low budget cult classic Attack of the Beast Creatures (1985) aka Beast Creatures aka Hell Island as Philip, who is one of…
Read more Actor Frank Murgalo on the Cult Movie Attack of the Beast Creatures
*contains spoilers Fans of the original Insidious (2010) movie maybe interested in the aspect of astral travel or projection. In that film, a child travels in the astral realm while he is asleep and cannot return to his body. It is this aspect which makes the entire movie so interesting. The sequels less so. But…
*contains strong course language Sean Scully (1947-) is an actor who was born in Sydney. The son of award-winning actress Margaret Christensen (1921-2009) and orchestra leader Dan Scully (no info), he moved to London at the age of eleven with his mother where he was enrolled at the Arts Education Schools. He had already learnt…
Read more Actor Sean Scully on his Disney movies, Cult film Phobia (1988) and Noel Coward…
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