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Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
Next week at TFH we’re featuring a modest tribute to Bela! … Lugosi, of course. The films include Invisible Ghost (helmed by Gun…
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Touch of Evil
Orson Welles wrote, directed and co-starred in “Touch of Evil” in 1958, at the end of what might be considered film noir’s…
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The Return of Zulu to the Big Screen
No home theater can contain Zulu, director Cy Endfield’s panoramic adventure tale pitting a small band of British soldiers against a swarm of Zulu warriors…
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Confessions of an Opium Eater
Next week at TFH features a trio of trippy films gathered together under the banner “Just Say No”. They include Requiem for…
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Robinson Crusoe on Mars
The Curiosity rover has begun snooping about for evidence of life on Mars. I’ll be watching those pictures closely for evidence of…
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Tashlinesque – The Hollywood Comedies of Frank Tashlin
In all of Frank Tashlin’s work, there is nothing quite so boldly staged as the delirious sequence in 1961′s THE LADIES MAN, in…
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Tales That Witness Madness
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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The Howling
For the dog days of summer, what could be better than a movie with some canine teeth? And some claws. And a…
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By The Sword
Warning; this post is long… if you watch all the links, you’ll have an hour of entertainment. When I was 10, my school…
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Dick Smith – The Original Transformer
Legendary Special Effects Make-Up master Dick Smith created the primordial transformations for 1981’s Altered States and Altered States would be a fitting job title for the…
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The Real Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes
Roger Corman sat down with Conan O’Brien last week for a spirited interview (promoting his latest Sy-Fy spectacular, Sharktopus Vs. Pteracuda) turning in a charismatic performance that provoked…
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Revisiting a Cruel and Unusual Punishment
With last week’s news about a federal judge in California declaring the state’s death penalty “cruel and unusual punishment” and therefore unconstitutional along with this…
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Morrison’s Grave – An Unsolved Mystery
Since we’re running Allan Arkush’s commentary on Oliver Stone’s The Doors this week, I thought it might be fun to share a story with you.…
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Revisiting ‘The Second Civil War’
Over the years whenever I revisit this film at festivals or retrospectives I’m always amazed how prescient it was. The issues it…
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A Hard Day’s Night opens Don’t Knock the Rock 2014
Andrew Sarris called it the Citizen Kane of jukebox musicals but A Hard Day’s Night long ago broke free from the constraints of being “just”…
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Back to Andromeda
By David S. Schow Hall: “Where’s the library?” Dutton: “No need for books — everything’s in the computer.” One of the few…
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Godard and the Permanently New
Thoughts occasioned by the release of Adieu au langage Godard and the Permanently New One “It has to face the men of…
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Mogwai Madness! Gremlins is 30!
To mark the 30th Anniversary of Gremlins, Warner Bros. has released Joe Dante’s (first) subversive masterpiece on DVD and VOD today. Here’s a…
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The Student Teachers
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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Cannes award to legendary Vilmos Zsigmond
We here at TFH have always thought of the great Vilmos Zsigmond as one of “our” movie icons, having begun his distinguished…
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Willard
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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Kings of Cult – An Art Tribute to Roger Corman and Joe Dante
Our thanks to Adam Smasher and Soua Her of the Hero Complex Gallery for hosting the memorable opening night of Kings of Cult: An Art…
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Private Duty Nurses
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
Joe Dante's Fleapit Flashbacks
Pufnstuf
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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Trailers From Hell and Hero Complex Gallery present…KINGS OF CULT: A TRIBUTE TO ROGER CORMAN AND JOE DANTE
Trailers From Hell is proud to announce our collaboration with Hero Complex Gallery: KINGS OF CULT: A Tribute to Roger Corman…
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Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird
“Gahan Wilson’s work was my introduction to dark humor.” — Stephen Colbert “For those of you who don’t get Gahan Wilson…That’s impossible! If…