Welcome to our first Mystery Photo of June! That means before too long, we’ll be sweltering in the heat, waiting for winter. Well, at least I will. But let’s enjoy it while we can. Our photo from last week was from a lesser known title from Hammer Films, The Snorkel (1958), a great little thriller that needs some more attention. It did get released on DVD in the Icons of Suspense box set that came out a few years ago, that I would highly recommend. Not only for this film, but also has Cash on Demand (1961) that while it isn’t horror, Peter Cushing and André Morell are amazing to watch. Okay… enough doing Hammer’s PR work… congrats to the following for sending in the correct answer: Hoby Abernathy, Cate Cameron, Craig Clark, Dave Fronto, Troy Howarth, Jennifer Kilzer, Charles Miller and Gavin Schmitt.
Finally, onto this week’s photo. Might be a little tougher but give it a try. As always, remember NOT to post your answers here in the comment section so that others can have a guess. Just send your answer to us in an email to jon@kitleyskrypt.com. Good Luck!
With the release of the latest Godzilla film, maybe you’re new to the whole Kaiju sub-genre and want to learn more about it. I mean, it’s only been going on for well over 50 years, so it must have some sort of impact, right? There’s no time like the present to dive into one of the most entertaining and enlightening genres around. I grew up watching Big G on the small screen and though they might have been cheesy back then, I still loved them. In the ’90s and ’00s, they definitely lost the campy feeling and were more series. But again, pretty entertaining.
One of the glorious things about the horror genre is that no matter how long you’ve been a fan, there are always titles from decades ago that come to light that just blows you away. Not only in its presentation, but also the fact that somehow even the existence of the title had eluded you for so long. That is how I thought when I first heard about this Russian film several years ago. In all my years of paging through reference books, I never remember coming across this. So upon my first viewing of Viy, I really was blown away.
Absurd aka Rosso Sangue (1981)
Back in the late ’70s to early ’80s, Baltimore’s own Don Dohler made a few low budget films that may not have been the best made, but they happened to be pretty entertaining for young horror fans that were eating up different titles at their local video store. And seeing his 1982 alien invasion flick Nightbeast on the shelf, I was more than pleased with it once I got home! Originally released on DVD from Troma back in 2004, now thanks to the fine folks at Vinegar Syndrome it comes to Blu-ray for the first time in a newly scanned and restored in 2K from its 16mm camera original. And I suggest you order your copy now, especially if you are one of those that enjoys those nice rubber-suited monster movies of that time, plenty of blood and a few boobs, and just a lot of fun.
Never before available (officially, that is) in any format, Gil Mellé’s score for the 1977 Michael Winner film The Sentinel is finally getting a release, all thanks to La-La Land Records and Universal Studios, in their latest title in their Universal Pictures Film Music Heritage Collection. This release will have the complete score, which is 56:27 minutes, with an additional 16:33 minutes of bonus and musical effects cues. Jeff Bond and James Phillips wrote the exclusive and in-depth liner notes.
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