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The House Next Door (2002)

Theresa Russell and James Russo welcome you to the neighborhood.A young couple with perfect teeth and idyllic jobs (one is a children's book illustrator) move into a house next door to an abusive...

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Lighthouse (1947)

John Litel as Hank broods in his lighthouse.From the opening scroll: "And always watchful, vigilant, is the man who tends the lighthouse, living his life of oppressive loneliness and seclusion. He...

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Trade-Off (1996)

Theresa Russell seduces Adam Baldwin (who, it turns out, is noteven a Baldwin brother).An early nineties made-for-Showtime movie with Adam Baldwin may not have the most appeal, but Trade-Off is a gem...

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White Zombie revivals

This is from the May 13, 1944 Cincinnati Enquirer:Dostoevsky and Lugosi---two chiller dillers!The following day's ad:I found this ad from a 1946 Cincinnati Enquirer:The third feature...

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"A Case of Depressive Psychophobia": Voice in the Wind (1944)

The crashing waves underneath the credits eventually dissolve into a view of a serene body of water as a voice intones:"Again it has happened, and in our time. That hundreds of thousands of innocent...

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Love Crimes (1992)

"I love your eyebrows and little slender wrists. I love yourlittle daddy long legs."---the sadist sizes up Ms. Sean YoungSean Young plays a District Attorney in a performance that, at times, seems to...

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"An Obscenity of Violence"

On April 20, 1979 Dawn of the Dead came to Cincinnati:I almost feel like apologizing for dredging up this Cincinnati Enquirer mini-review, but I think it illustrates how shocking the film's violence...

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Diary of a Nymphomaniac (1972)

Linda Vargas (Montserrat Prous), nymphomaniac.It begins, in proper Jess Franco fashion, with a strip act. Bathed in a red glow, two women caress each other to a ritualistic, driving rhythm. One...

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Strand/Telenews, Cincinnati

Here's a quartet of irresistible ads from a long-gone theater in the heart of downtown Cincinnati, in the sound era alternately known as either Strand or Telenews. These date from 1944 to 1947.If I had...

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Dangerous Intruder (1945)

Jenny Jackson (Veda Ann Borg) awakes to danger.Dangerous Intruder is PRC's attempt at a murder-mystery about a strange family à la Guest in the House (1944). Struggling ingenue Jenny Jackson is...

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Happy Halloween!

A very special PRC greeting to all you Mad Monsters!Make it a Strange one!

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Frankenstein 2000 (1992)

Donald O'Brien glows green as Frank 2k.Poorly dubbed, sparsely plotted, and with a tacky commercial tendency, Joe D'Amato's Filmirage productions are rather disreputable affairs. I love them for their...

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Jess Franco in conservative Cincinnati

Cincinnati hosted some first run Jess Franco films, though we were reticent about the titles. Eugenie's journey is stopped short from going "into perversion", while Succubus had no title at...

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Notes on Devil Bat's Daughter (1946)

Nina: "Bats! Bats!"Dr. Morris: "It's not a bat, Nina. It's a bird."Nina: "My father!"I must remind myself that Devil Bat's Daughter actually exists. Others have seen this sequel to The Devil Bat...

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With both barrels...

I've gotta catch up with The Lady and the Monster! Can't go wrong with Erich Von Stroheim!

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Passport for a Corpse (1962)

The great Paul Muller plays a cohort in crime.It begins like countless crimes; a group of men sitting around a table illuminated by a single, hot bulb. Outside of their small congregation is pure...

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Jose Bénazeraf and La Nuit la plus longue (1964)

Known as "The Antonioni of Pigalle", Jose Bénazeraf had a very idiosyncratic approach to the fledgling genre of the softcore thriller. Toeing the line between the cool sophistication of contemporary...

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More clips, photos, and a bio on Bénazeraf can be found here.

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L'Enfer sur la plage (1965)

Jose Bénazeraf's take on the espionage film may at first seem typical of the genre---a sun-baked setting, beautiful women, raucous action, and a Sylvie Vartan song over the opening credits. But the...

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Running Woman (1998)

Art restorationist Emily Russo (Theresa Russell) is framed for the murder of her young son, throwing her into a vast conspiracy involving the LAPD and a prominent philanthropist with a shady Government...

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Goodbye Ann Savage, Renegade Girl (1946)

"And suddenly she turned to face me." It's hard to shake that indelible image of Ann Savage as Vera in Detour waking from sleep and turning her head toward the camera with a feral glare. That look begs...

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L'Éternité pour nous (1963)

Jean Marc (Michel Lemoine) is a moody piano player in a desolate seaside hotel, pounding out simple tunes for simple tastes. His wife and chanteuse (Sylvia Sorrente), with an obscene body threatening...

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That Cold Day in the Park (1969)

Sandy Dennis in a beautifully sad moment courtesy ofcinematographer László Kovács.(Busy blogger Jeremy Richey has dedicated the month of February to films which have eluded the U.S. DVD market over at...

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Naked City: "Carrier" (1963)

This woman is dangerous. Sandy Dennis plays a carrier.Kept in isolation in an island hospital since the age of fourteen, Loraine Kirshwood has been shielded from the outside world because she is the...

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Bon cinéma!: Fantasia Fest 2009, week one

Every summer Concordia University in Montreal plays host to North America's greatest genre film festival.A couple days after arriving back from beautiful Montréal's incredible, annual Fantasia Fest,...

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