(2024) Director Damian Mc Carthy Starring Carolyn Bracken, Gwilym Lee, Tadhg Murphy, Steve Wall, Caroline Menton, Johnny French
I had the wonderful opportunity to recently see this new film by director Mc Carthy, even though at the time, I had no idea it was from the director of Caveat (2020), which I counted as my favorite of the year I saw it, in 2021. During one part of the movie, scrolling past a display case, you can see that scary little rabbit from Caveat and then it all clicked!
New Israeli Horror Published by Rutgers University Press, 2024. 220 pages. By Olga Gersheson
There is nothing I love more than a doorway that opens up a whole new world to me when it comes to horror cinema. Whether it is a documentary or a book, especially one that its main focus is on a subject of the genre that I’m not familiar with, or maybe know a little, but don’t realize just how little I know. So, when I have the opportunity to venture into that unknown territory, I usually come out excited and anxious to dive into some of that subject matter. All of that encompasses what happened upon reading Gersheson’s book New Israeli Horror.
As I started reading it, I recognized a few titles and even seen a couple mentioned, such as Big Bad Wolves (2013). But then it hit me that several of the titles I had no idea where Israeli films! Nor did I realize the number of films that have come out from Israel in the last couple of decades. Boy did my To-Watch list start to grow.
Welcome to our first May Mystery Photo! Pretty exciting, isn’t it? Yeah, I thought so too. Because everything is turning green now from all the rain, I figured I would throw in a pic from The Green Slime last week. It still remains a personal favorite of mine that never fails to entertain me, even though those shrieking sounds the creatures make scared the crap out of me as a kid! Kudos to Hoby Abernathy, Kevin Hart, and William Wilson for sending in the correct answer! Nicely done!
This week’s photo might be a little tougher so make sure you stretch a little before attempting to recognize it. Don’t want anybody to pull a muscle or something this early in the week. Just remember to send your guess to me in an email, to jon@kitleyskrypt.com. Good Luck!
Many of us film fans out there attend theaters throughout the year, whether it be a national chain or one of the art house theaters. Then there are some that are even hitting some of the film festivals, special screenings, and those crazy enough, the marathons. For these kinds of events to happen though, there has to be some mad geniuses behind them to make them become a reality. That is a little of what a film programmer is, though what they do is so much more. From tracking down film prints, the best quality ones available, and even harder sometimes is who actually owns them, so they can screen them. A lot of times it might come down to the sheer passion they have for these offbeat, awkward, or just downright strange and fucked up, that makes them want to pass that along to new viewers. In other words, helping new fans Discover the Horror!
One of those mad geniuses is Will Morris, who is one of the programmers for the Music Box Theatre in Chicago, and has been programming the 24-hour marathon, The Music Box of Horrors, for close to a decade now, as well as programming their yearly January Giallo festival, and much, much more. We invited Will to come on the show to not only explain a little of what he does, but why. Get ready for a fun and wild ride.
When is the last time you got to see George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead in a theater? From a 35mm print? Now when it the last time you got to see it on a 90-ft. screen? And on a drive-in that was around and running when this horror classic first opened way back in 1968? Then mark the date of May 18th on your calendar, because if you head out to the Midway Drive-in in Sterling, IL, not only will you be able to see the zombie film that started it all, in 35mm, but you’ll also get to see the two sequels, Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Day of the Dead (1985), and finally The Crazies (1973), of three of which are being screened from DCP.
Our photo from last week was from the 2009 Ti West film, House of the Devil, and the lovely woman in the photo is actually Greta Gerwig, future writer/director of Barbie (2023). Oh, how the great ones start in these low budget horror films. Congrats to the following for sending in the correct answer: Hoby Abernathy, Scott Bradley, Robert Chamber, Dada Debaser, Brian Fukala, Kevin Hart, Steven Kennedy, Phil Meenan, James Schmeichel, and Greg Wojick. Well done, indeed!
On to these week’s photo. Thought I’d throw in a little shot of science to see how well your brains are functioning. Give it a close look and see if you can identify this film. Just remember, please send your guess to me in an email, to jon@kitleyskrypt.com. Good Luck!
Earlier this month, Damien and Aaron, and I, your wonderful hosts of Discover the Horror Podcast, all met up at the spring show of Cinema Wasteland. Not only did we have the usual great time, but we also took some time to record some of other’s thoughts on why they like coming to Cinema Wasteland, and what is it about it that sets it apart. Below is the result! Make sure you like and subscribe (and share) the Discover the Horror YouTube channel, where we will have more stuff coming!
I’ve been a movie poster collector for over 30 years. The cost of what I will spend has gone up a bit over those three decades. In the past, the thought of spending $50 on a single poster was way too much for me to even consider. Then I saw an American 1-sheet for The Green Slime for $50. I bought it instantly. Now, I’m still not one of these big-time collectors, spending hundreds and hundreds of dollars on them, mainly just because of my budget. But what I will spend has increased to even dropping $175 for an Astro Zombies 1-sheet. I mean, it’s Ted V. Mikels!
The sun is still up from where I’m sitting, so it is still Monday! I was going to get this posted this morning and then quickly realized I hadn’t even gotten the post written, so there you go. But we’re here now, so that is all that matters, right? Right! Our photo from last week might have been too easy for a few of you, especially if you were at Facets in Chicago the Saturday night before for their melting triple feature they were running. One of which, was The Devil’s Rain (1975), which I had forgotten just how much of an impact it had made with me, so I used it for the photo! Kudos for the following that sent in the correct answer: Wendy Bodine, Aaron Christensen, Robert Chambers, Bob Hartman, Tim Palace, Michael Pniewski, and James Turner. Well done!
Now on to today’s photo. Take a peek and see if you can recognize where this shot is taken from. Just remember to send me you guess in an email, to jon@kitleyskrypt.com. Good Luck!
(1960) Directed by Bert I. Gordon Starring Richard Carlson, Susan Gordon, Lugene Sanders, Juli Reding, Joe Turkel
Director Bert I. Gordon, or known to most fans as Mr. BIG, got that moniker because of the unusual sizes of the subjects of his films, from giant grasshoppers, dinosaurs, spiders, and angry men. So, it was a quite the change of pace when he came up with this simple story about a ghostly revenge on a seemingly innocent man. While there is nothing giant here, Gordon still was able to pull off some of his unusual and interesting camera tricks, including a talking head sitting on an end table.
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