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The Colossal Cult of Mr Bert I. Gordon (Part Two)

cultfilmalley February 7, 2020 1

* contains spoilers Gordon made one of my favourites when he got 50s sci-fi star Richard Carlson (1912-77 cerebral haemorrhage) to do Tormented (1960) for Allied Artists now that he had fulfilled his contract with AIP with four quick fire movies, something which must have left the director exhausted. It is Carlson’s last starring role…

Screenwriter Josephine Emery on Strangers, Craig Lahiff, Scott Hicks and more

cultfilmalley July 22, 2019 2

Josephine (previously John) Emery (19 February 1947-) is one of a group of filmmakers who was at the heart of the film industry in South Australia when it began to thrive in the late 70s and into the 1980s. She wrote a script for what would become Phil Noyce’s first feature Backroads (1977). She followed…