Tombs of the Blind Dead – 1972, Spain, 85m/100m (uncut). Director: Amando de Ossorio The Return of the Evil Dead – 1973, Spain, 90m. Director: Amando de Ossorio The Ghost Galleon – 1974, Spain, 87m. Director: Amando de Ossorio Night…
By Frank Pittarese In the ‘70s and ‘80s, cults became a go-to source for villainy in episodic TV. Inspired by real-life events like the Manson Family attacks and the mass suicide at Jonestown, series ranging from Starsky & Hutch to…
The Jonestown Massacre is the inspiration for the 2013 found footage thriller, THE SACRAMENT. In New York City, fashion photographer, Patrick (Kentucker Audley), receives a cryptic letter from his sister, Caroline (Amy Seimetz), a recovering drug addict. In the letter,…
One of the better post-Exorcist Satanic chillers of the mid-70s is definitely 1975’s RACE WITH THE DEVIL. Sort of a hybrid car chase thriller and occult horror, the film focuses on friends and business partners, Frank (Warren Oates) and Roger…
This month I’m spending time on a subgenre that doesn’t get as much play as it used to: folk horror. While the success of Ari Aster’s Midsommar sparked a short-lived interest in the subgenre, these types of films are generally…