*contains spoilers Do you know The Three Sisters? No, they are not a wholesome singing group or a Motown invention… Otherwise known as The Three Mothers, they are evil witches from the Dario Argento (1940-) movie Suspiria (1977) and its remake (2018) of the same name… They can invade your mind and give you nightmares,…
Read more The Insidious Witchcraft and Toxic Femininity in Suspiria and its remake
*contains spoilers The Linda Blair (1959-) movie Dead Sleep (1990) looks into a part of Australian medical history which should not be forgotten like this movie unfortunately is. The fundamental question of whether a family and the patient themselves should listen and take psychiatric treatment and advice as the gospel truth and not just as…
Read more The Aussie Cult of Actress Linda Blair in Dead Sleep (1990)
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…
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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 spoilers There’s something about Long Weekend (1978 and 2008). It’s a mystery of sorts and yet it is a man vs. nature type film or eco-horror which first became popular in America in the 1970s with such films as Frogs (1972) and Day of the Animals (1977). Such films are the original influence but…
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*contains spoilers Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural (1973) aka Lemora is a tasteful movie which is, basically, about a lesbian vampire who preys on children – and one young girl in particular, who she hopes will join her as the undead to live together forever. Don’t worry as sexual deviancy doesn’t come into…
Read more The Cult of Actress Cheryl Rainbeaux Smith in Lemora
*contains spoilers Director Paul Campion (1967-) is originally from England. He has directed award winning short films such as Night of the Hell Hamsters (2006) and Eel Girl (2008). He worked on visual effects for the Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001,2002, 2003) as a digital texture painter of characters such as Balrog, Shelob and…
Read more Director Paul Campion on the Making of Cult Movie The Devil’s Rock
*contains spoilers Prolific British author and screenwriter Paul Finch (1964-) comes from a family where writing was the norm as his father was television scriptwriter Brian Finch (1936-2007) who for many years wrote for the British soap opera Coronation Street among others. Paul has reportedly written over 300 short stories which have appeared in countless…
*contains spoilers Ed Adlum said of Michael Findlay: “(He) wanted to make real movies, not porn movies, but when you have no money, you make porn movies.” He also said the Findlays had a propensity to film one for $7000 and sell it for $10000. Shriek of the Mutilated was Adlum’s gift to Michael to…
Read more The Cult of Michael and Roberta Findlay and Shriek of the Mutilated (Part Two)
