SCREAM OF THE DEMON LOVER On Blu-ray From Severin

This is one of the films included in Severin's DANZA MACABRA: THE ITALIAN GOTHIC COLLECTION box set. The disc case uses the title SCREAM OF THE DEMON LOVER, while the print of the film used on this Blu-ray is titled THE KILLERS OF THE CASTLE OF BLOOD. Jonathan Rigby's book EURO GOTHIC calls this mov... Read full article

Targets (1968): Orlok Makes You Scream

The story goes Peter Bogdanovich met Roger Corman sitting in a screening of Bay of Angels (1963). What came out of that was an apprenticeship of sorts on Wild Angels (1966) in the Corman Film School where Bogdanovich did everything you could possibly imagine from script doctoring to location scoutin... Read full article

THE THIRD HAMMER-AMICUS BLOGATHON: Taste of Fear aka Scream of Fear, 1961

Thank you to our hosts, Barry at Cinematic Catharsis and Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews who present The Third Hammer-Amicus Blogathon running from October 22nd to October 24th. Taste of Fear released in the States as Scream of Fear is an elegant thriller written and produced by Jimmy Sangster (The... Read full article

We all scream for...

Like nearly all of us, Carole Lombard loved ice cream, as this shot from the set of "They Knew What They Wanted" indicates. But suppose she preferred her chocolate, vanilla or strawberry from a cup rather than a cone? Those of us who grew up with postwar suburbanization well recall the ice cream tru... Read full article

Scream of Fear (1961)

Scream of Fear Directed by Seth Holt Written by Jimmy Sangster 1961/UK Hammer Films First viewing/Netflix rental Hammer Picture goes into Hitchcock and Clouzot territory with this psychological thriller.  The film does not near the level of the masters but is interesting and worth seeing. Parapl... Read full article