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“What the Hell’s Going On Around Here?”: The Twilight People (1972)

Deep in the heart of darkness, or at least some secluded lair in a Philippine jungle, mad scientist Dr. Gordon, with his blank-faced and…

6 min readJun 7, 2023

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“What the Hell’s Going On Around Here?”: The Twilight People (1972)

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Of Art Spoons and Egg Chairs — The Functional Future of Architect Arne Jacobsen

Hey!

6 min readSep 4, 2022

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Of Art Spoons and Egg Chairs — The Functional Future of Architect Arne Jacobsen

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“The cosmic radar has picked up an unidentified spacecraft”- There is no escape from Escape from…

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far a…

7 min readAug 18, 2022

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“The cosmic radar has picked up an unidentified spacecraft”- There is no escape from Escape from…

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“Always Crashing in the Same Car” — JG Ballard’s 1971 Crash!

The finest works of science fiction or horror are always nothing more than reflections of the society from which they spring. They do not…

6 min readJun 12, 2022

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“Always Crashing in the Same Car” — JG Ballard’s 1971 Crash!

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Dreamscape — Government Nightmares From the 1980s You Weren’t Warned About

Why are these people having such terrible dreams?

6 min readFeb 11, 2022

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Dreamscape — Government Nightmares From the 1980s You Weren’t Warned About

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“Help, I’m a Rock” — Meteors, Comets, and Body Snatchers in 1957’s The Monolith Monsters

Consider, if you will…

6 min readJan 17, 2022

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“Help, I’m a Rock” — Meteors, Comets, and Body Snatchers in 1957’s The Monolith Monsters

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“If we just floated down the river, it would find us” — 1983’s mystifying folk horror Eyes of Fire

About 20 minutes into this film, I had forgotten what it was called, which–it must be confessed–was probably the result of an extreme dose…

6 min readJan 13, 2022

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“If we just floated down the river, it would find us” — 1983’s mystifying folk horror Eyes of Fire

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“These are difficult times”: The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

Billionaire entrepreneur philanthropist filmmaker Run Run Shaw died on January 7, 2014. He was 106 years old, although some sources…

7 min readAug 1, 2021

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“These are difficult times”: The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

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Viggo Mortensen is The Last American Hero in 1997’s Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point 1997 is totally kickass, with awesome chase sequences and cool car carnage.

6 min readJan 11, 2021

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Viggo Mortensen is The Last American Hero in 1997’s Vanishing Point

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Magic the Cat

A Disturbing and Unpredictable Day in the 40 Year Career of Tobe Hooper

It is somehow fitting that Tobe Hooper listened to Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Lou Reed’s Berlin on autoplay while he was…

7 min readDec 2, 2020

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A Disturbing and Unpredictable Day in the 40 Year Career of Tobe Hooper

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Magic the Cat

Magic the Cat shares a birthday with his owner and currently resides in Athens, Georgia. His favorite film remains Wings of Desire.

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