70's, Dead Things, Drama, Horror, Uncategorized, Vampires

Lake of Dracula (1971)

AKA: Cursed Mansion: Bloodthirsty Eyes Several years ago, a five-year-old Akiko was tormented by a disturbing dream involving a run-away dog, a gothic mansion, a pale woman, and a shadowy man with sharp teeth and bright yellow eyes. Eighteen years later the now grown Akiko has forgotten much of her dream except for the fear […]

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70's, Drama, Horror, Slasher, Supernatural, Thriller, Uncategorized

Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

Yet another write-up brought to you by the friendly schedulers at TCM. I’d never heard of this before, but the familiar names associated with it intrigued me enough to convince me to watch. Faye Dunaway plays Laura Mars, a fashion photographer who’s made her niche in the industry depicting violent imagery and death. The night […]

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70's, Action, Drama, Horror, Monsters, Mutants, Uncategorized

Prophecy (1979)

Dr. Robert Verne is overworked and sick and tired of doing everything he can, yet still being unable to make any kind of difference or impact regarding the inner city tenements. While out on a job, one of his colleagues offers him a job at the EPA. There’s been some strange goings on up there, […]

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70's, Action, Documentary, Drama, music, Uncategorized

Stunt Rock (1978)

Australian stuntman Grant Page goes to L.A. to do some work on a television show. While he’s there he meets up with his cousin, Curtis Hyde, a member of the band Sorcery. While Grant is there he lends his expertise to the band, helps one of his coworkers (Monique van de Ven), and gets injured, attracting the attention of newspaper reporter, Margaret Gerard, who is writing a story about people who get a little too into their work. She’s nice enough to pick him up once he breaks out of the hospital.

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80s, Documentary, Drama, Modern

The Sid Saga (1985-2003)

The Sid Saga is the personal story of Sid Laverents, an amateur filmmaker who didn’t pick up the hobby until he was 50 years old. He started out by filming everything from his travels, to garden snails, and then experimented with manipulating the sound and picture with in-camera editing techniques.

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70's, Drama, Mystery

The Foreigner (1978)

TCM has baffled me a bit with this one. I’m not really sure what to think of The Foreigner. Is it a drama? Is it suspense? Is it a modern conspiracy noir? Can it even be considered a damned film at all? I’m still trying to figure that out myself. The plot for The Foreigner […]

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