Undead
Released in 2005 by La-La Land Records
17 Tracks, with a total running time of 51:40 min.
Music composed by Cliff Bradley
While we usually prefer our soundtracks to be on the creepy side, but when the director’s wanted to have the score to have a quirky 50s sci-fi feel to it, composer Bradley nailed it. It sounds a little like something from an early Tim Burton / Danny Elfman film, but Bradley has given it his own style and flare and it works really well.
Continue readingWelcome to another day closer to spring! I’m actually surprising myself, because I’m usually not one to long for warmer days, but this cold weather just might be getting to me! Granted, I’ll be complaining once it gets in the 80s, so yeah, there is no satisfying some people! But let’s get to the business at hand, shall we? Our last photo was from one of my favorites from the ’70s, Tower of Evil (1972), also known as Horror on Snape Island, which came out 50 years ago! Wow. How times flies, huh? But thanks to demented fans like ourselves, we keep these titles alive and well. Such as the following folks that sent in the correct answer for this week’s picture puzzle: Dada DeBaser, Kevin Hart, Troy Howarth, Charles Miller, Vincent Simonelli, Todd Warren, Nick Wilson. Well done!
Now on to this week’s photo. Might be harder. Might be easier. I’ll leave that up to you to do decide. But take a glance at it and see if you recognize it. Maybe it strikes a chord in your gray matter somewhere. Maybe not. If it does, send me your answer in an email at jon@kitleyskrypt.com. Good Luck!
The Skyline Drive-In, located in Shelbyville, Indiana, has announced a weekend celebrating the British films studio Amicus, which specialized in making horror anthology films. Over two days, Friday March 25th and Saturday, March 26th, they will be screening 6 titles from Amicus, and all of them anthologies! In fact, some of these are some of the best that studio put out! Here’s the lineup:
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(1956)
Directed by Fred F. Sears
Starring Don Megowan, Joyce Holden, Harry Lauter, Ken Christy, S. John Launer, George Lynn, Steven Ritch, Larry J. Blake, James Gavin, George Cisar
This was another one of those delightful little flicks from producer Sam Katzman, who gave us other titles like The Giant Claw (1957) and Creature with the Atom Brain (1955), amongst many others, since in his career, he produced well over 200 pictures. Usually, his horror films about a monster to do battle with, but with this one, we get something a little different.
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I was made aware of this new documentary from my friend and fellow horror fan, BJ Colangelo, and knew that not only did I need to contribute, but also help spread the word about it. For a lifelong horror fan that has been defending this deviant genre of cinema seemingly since I became a fan at 6-years old, it’s hard to get anybody to see any positive attributes to watching scary movies! I’ve always said that this passion has helped me not only get though some tough times, but also gave me a community that I felt like I belonged to. So yes, for me, it had a positive effect. But that is only the beginning.
Jonathan Barkan is creating a documentary, with tons of interviews with people that are horror fans, creators in the industry, to health professionals who agree that the horror genre can have a positive impact on people. So far, they have interviewed close to 30 people, from horror fans, icons, critics, historians, directors, and writers, from around the world and are not done just yet.
There are many ways to support this project so click on the link HERE to be taken to their indiegogo page. If there is a way to help prove any positive impact the horror genre has to people, I’m all for it. Check out the trailer below and please do what you can to help, from donating to even helping spread the word.
Triangle
Released by Moviescore Media, 2009
21 Tracks with a total running time of 48 min.
Music composed Christian Henson, featuring Dot Allison
This score starts out with this haunting little lullaby that just takes root in your brain. It reminds me a lot of the opening theme for Rosemary’s Baby but seems more like something you’d sing to sooth a baby to sleep, though with some darker elements to it! Between the vocals and the piano, it is highly memorable and works so well, both on its own, as it does in the film.
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This is a trend that I’m not enjoying whatsoever. We heard the news yesterday that Alfred Sole passed away. He is best known for directing the 1976 film Communion aka Alice, Sweet Alice. I had the pleasure to meet him back in 2018 at a film fest in Chicago where they screened Communion, which really still holds up today.
Sole didn’t direct a lot of pictures, mainly because he got fed up with Hollywood. It really is a shame that there are a bunch of talented individuals that are more than willing to create some amazing cinema but just get tired of dealing with the idiots that are calling the shots, not letting them create the art they could. Very sad that Sole wasn’t given the opportunity to continue to show us what he was capable of. We will always have what he has left us to remind us of this loss of talent. Our thoughts go out to his friends and family in this difficult time.
Here is a great quote from Sole that I found on IMDB that sums up his thoughts on Hollywood quite nicely!
“I was not good for Hollywood and Hollywood was not good for me. I didn’t understand the politics. I was just this guy from Jersey who made movies. You go to these meetings with these hotshot executives for hours and nothing gets done! It was just constant frustration. What I really should’ve done is stayed in Paterson and made movies with friends in my hometown, the way I started out, like John Waters or George A. Romero.” – Alfred Sole. Rest in Peace.
If you’re a fan of Peveril Publishing and have already picked up their first 3 volumes in their Fantastic Films of the Decades series, then you probably already know this, but volume 4, which deals with films from 1944 through 1949, has arrived from the printers and will be going on sale very soon on the Peveril site. The titles from Peveril go pretty quickly once they are announced so the best way to know about it when it does become available is to sign up for their newsletter on the site.
I have the first 3 volumes and definitely plan on adding this one to the library. Like all their other books, they are beautifully laid out, tons of great graphics and interesting information. For all the details, head over to their site HERE.
Another amazing talent might has left us, but he also left us plenty of amazing memories. Sure, Ghostbusters (1984) isn’t exactly a horror film, but it did have enough horror elements to count, not to mention that it was damn entertaining then, and I still say today. Writer, director, producer, Ivan Reitman passed away on Saturday at the age of 75.
While he is mainly known for comedies, one of his first films that he directed was the 1973 epic Cannibal Girls, where the posters art stated, “These girls do exactly what you think they do!” How could you go wrong there? But he also helped David Cronenberg on a few of his early films, Shivers (1975) and Rabid (1977), so he definitely had some street cred when it came to the horror genre.
But no matter what genre he worked in, he created some entertaining films that will definitely last for generations to come. Our thoughts go out to him and his family during this difficult time.
Happy Valentine’s Day! You’d like to think I might post a photo from one of the My Bloody Valentine movies, but I wouldn’t want to be that easy to figure out! But today’s photo does have a love element in there . . . sort of. But before we get to today’s photo, let’s cover last week’s pic! It was from Sergio Martino’s famous TORSO! A real staple of the giallo sub-genre. You can almost hear the name from the trailer . . . over and over and over again! Kudos to the following for sending in the correct answer: Hoby Abernathy, Aaron Christensen, Chris Dyer, Troy Howarth, and Bryan Martinez. Have a shot of J&B! You deserve it.
Okay now that we’re up to date, take a peek below and see if you can recognize what title this little mystery moment is from? Just remember to send me your answers in an email, to jon@kitleyskrypt.com. Good Luck!
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