Blogs about: Denis Gifford
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LA PHRENOLOGIE BURLESQUE — that is the name of the nameless Georges Méliès film illustrated in Denis Gifford’s monster movie book! I owe this information to two people: (1) Shadowplayer Do… more →
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Skull Daze
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dcairns wrote 5 days ago: LA PHRENOLOGIE BURLESQUE — that is the name of the nameless Georges Méliès film illustrated in … more →
Have you seen this man?
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dcairns wrote 1 week ago: Yes, the one whose back is being licked by the giant skull? Denis Gifford includes this image in his … more →
Cave
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dcairns wrote 1 week ago: That’s “cave” in the Latin sense, of course, meaning “beware.” Beware … more →
Deeper Crimson
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dcairns wrote 2 weeks ago: A quick update on my See Reptilicus and Die mission — a mission almost as old as Hitchcock Yea … more →
The Sunday Intertitle: Jocko's Anniversary
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dcairns wrote 2 weeks ago: I know, I know, a silent film about a talking monkey doesn’t seem to make much sense, but if T … more →
The Sunday Intertitle: Talking Pictures
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dcairns wrote 1 month ago: I despaired of ever finding THE MONKEY TALKS, an uber-obscure silent Raoul Walsh caper, but find it … more →
Here's your head, where's your hurry?
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dcairns wrote 1 month ago: My ongoing odyssey, known under the umbrella title See Reptilicus And Die, to watch every single mov … more →
Things Roddy Said During "Destroy All Monsters"
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dcairns wrote 3 months ago: Fiona’s brother Roddy came for a visit on Saturday. Since he has learning difficulties, he … more →
Erotic Intertitle of the Week: Fool Frontal
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dcairns wrote 5 months ago: Even though Theda Bara was a vamp rather than a vampire proper, a picture of her still adorns Denis … more →
Your Stars, Today, 08.06.09
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dcairns wrote 6 months ago: Chalk another one up in my quest to see every film illustrated in Denis Gifford’s Pictorial Hi … more →
Control
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dcairns wrote 6 months ago: Or, Things I Read Off The Screen in IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE. Control. In fact, the terror i … more →
Ghoul #1 (1976)
demonik wrote 6 months ago: Ghoul #1 (1976) “it’s a ghastly giggle! “OK, so who wants to be my Preymate of the … more →
Veidt Shadows
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dcairns wrote 7 months ago: The 1924 original version of HANDS OF ORLAC, from Robert “CALIGARI” Weine, is too classy … more →
Jeremy, The Colossus of New York
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dcairns wrote 8 months ago: Part of my quest to “See Reptilicus and Die,” that is, to see every film depicted in Den … more →
Face the Spinal Frontier
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dcairns wrote 9 months ago: Bela Lugosi wants your spinal fluid. But it’s not like that makes him a bad person. For Bela i … more →
Fall of the Curse of the Horrors of the Coughing Man Without a Body from Beyond Space (With Sledgehammers)
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dcairns wrote 9 months ago: So, my “See REPTILICUS and Die” quest to watch all the films depicted in Denis Gifford … more →
A Thousand Faces, Thirteen Chairs, Two Gorillas and a Blind Bargain
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dcairns wrote 9 months ago: Where were we? Ah yes, I was enumerating the films I’ve yet to see illustrated in Denis Giffor … more →
Pictorial History in the Making (Part 1)
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dcairns wrote 9 months ago: Shadowplayers Douglas and Brandon have asked exactly which films in Denis Gifford’s A Pictoria … more →
Bad to the Bone
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dcairns wrote 9 months ago: THE SKULL, directed by ace cinematographer (and not-quite-so-ace director) Freddie Francis, will liv … more →
