The Black Cat (Harold Hoffman, 1966)
Sep
9
A sad blonde (Robyn Baker) with her perfectly coiffured head on a perfectly set table. DP: Walter Schenk.
Night of the Cobra Woman [Movini's Venom] (Andrew Meyer, 1972)
Sep
7
cereal
A blonde, mud-covered, boyish woman with shoulder-length dead hair (Joy Bang) in a grey kitchen eats Cheerios straight from the box. One of her shoes is on the kitchen counter. DP: Nonong Rasca.
Die Sage vom alten Hirten Xeudi und seinem Freund Reiman [The Legend of the Old Shepherd Xeudi and His Friend Reimann] (Hans-Jakob Siber, 1973)
Sep
3
potatoes
Gloomy potatoes and a small metal peeler on a wooden surface. DP: Hans-Jakob Siber.
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“I, I find all kinds of witchcraft slightly nauseating and this I find absolutely disgusting.”
The Plague of the Zombies (John Gilling, 1966)
Aug
20
A rather disgusting looking zombie carrying a young brunette in a flower dress. DP: Arthur Grant.
– Sir James Forbes
“Travel in the country, long-range plans, and upsetting persons around you, could make this a disturbing and unpredictable day. The events in the world are not doing much either to cheer one up.”
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
Aug
18
1973
Cast and crew in the back of their motorhome. From LtR: Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Allen Danziger, Teri McMinn, Tobe Hooper, Dottie Pearl, and William Vail (via). DP: Daniel Pearl.
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Al filo del hacha [Edge of the Axe] (José Ramón Larraz, 1988)
Aug
16
1978
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A computer screen with the admission date of Lillian Nebbs (Christina Marie Lane) in the psychiatric ward on August 16, 1978. Diagnosis: Psycho Amnesia [sic]. There are small pop magazine stickers on the display's bezel. DP: Tote Trenas.
“Eight bones has the carpus, five the metacarpus, fourteen the phlanges, all in all, all in all, twenty-seven all in all. Abracadabra.”
The Beast with Five Fingers (Robert Florey, 1946)
Aug
15
Hilary Cummins (Peter Lorre). DP: Wesley Anderson.
– Donald Arlington
“The city… as if it were unborn. Rising into the sky with fingers of metal, limbs without flesh, girders without stone. Signs hanging without support. Wires dipping and swaying without poles. A city unborn. Flesh dissolved in an acid of light. A city of the dead.”
X [The Man with the X-Ray Eyes] (Roger Corman, 1963)
Aug
14
Dr. James Xavier (Ray Milland) performing his mind-reading trick. DP: Floyd Crosby.
– Dr. James Xavier
“She's still crazy about him. He's still crazy.”
Altered States (Ken Russell, 1980)
May
18
tea
An almost monochrome man and woman in Edwardian costumes sit at a round table under a parasol. The couple looks out over a field with bright orange poppies. The flowers are filmed through a fisheye lens and appear to be on a grassy green planet.. DP: Jordan Cronenweth.
The Shout (Jerzy Skolimowski, 1978)
May
1
mutton
Charles Crossley (Alan Bates) in Anthony Fielding's (John Hurt) kitchen. Despite being the outsider here, Crossley's presence takes central stage. DP: Mike Molloy.