*contains spoilers Suppose there was a war kept in check by a private security firm in your neighbourhood. It was a war in your city and as far as you knew – the world. An invisible war. It is a psychic war, or a telepathic war and you don’t really know why you are one…
Read more The Telepathic Cult of David Cronenberg’s Scanners (1981)
*contains spoilers Actor Martin Kosleck (1904-94 after surgery) was a European actor who fled the Nazis in the early 1930s. He made a mark for himself playing evil Nazis during World War Two in the United States and then seemed to be typecast as the villain. He was well known for playing Nazi propaganda leader…
Read more The Cult of Actor Martin Kosleck in The Flesh Eaters (1964)
*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…
Read more Director Ivan Zuccon on H.P. Lovecraft and his Cult Film Career…
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…
Read more The Eco-Horror Cult of Long Weekend and its remake
*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
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