Showing posts with label astounding animals (u). Show all posts
Showing posts with label astounding animals (u). Show all posts
Sunday, May 4, 2025

WHITE PONGO (1945)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *cosmological, psychological*                ...
Monday, June 3, 2024

DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS (1948)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* In the late 1940s Great Britain was ...
Thursday, November 16, 2023

THE JUNGLE PRINCESS (1936)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* There's not much doubt that THE...
Thursday, November 9, 2023

KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS (1977)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *cosmological* KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS, one of a ha...
Sunday, May 7, 2023

BEN (1972)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *cosmological, psychological* I stated in my revie...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

URSUS IN THE VALLEY OF LIONS (1961)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* A note on two of the tropes men...
Thursday, August 4, 2022

THE CRIMES OF THE BLACK CAT (1972)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* The Italian title of this film, ...
Tuesday, July 5, 2022

SHAOLIN INVINCIBLES (1977)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *cosmological, psychological* Within the cor...
Monday, November 8, 2021

WILLARD (1971)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *psychological* WILLARD may be seen as a bridge b...
Sunday, December 20, 2020

THE SON OF TARZAN (1920)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *psychological* Serials in the sound era were...
Tuesday, December 24, 2019

HILLBILLIES IN A HAUNTED HOUSE (1967)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny // marvelous* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *comedy* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological* Like MURDER ...
Thursday, October 24, 2019

THE RAWHIDE TERROR (1934), THE VANISHING RIDERS (1935), WILD HORSE PHANTOM (1944)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *psychological* SPOILERS SPOILERS SPO...
Friday, August 9, 2019

THE WHITE GORILLA (1945)

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PHENOMENALITY: * uncanny * MYTHICITY: * poor * FRYEAN MYTHOS: * adventure * CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: * cosmological * "We have n...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018

BRAM STOKER'S BURIAL OF THE RATS (1995)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological* Speaking as a critic who ma...
Thursday, July 19, 2018

SNOWBEAST (1977), ANTS (1977)

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PHENOMENALITY: (1) *marvelous,* (2) *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *cosmological* SNOWBE...
Thursday, May 3, 2018

THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF (2001)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *sociological, cosmological* SPOILERS SPO...
Saturday, March 3, 2018

TERROR OUT OF THE SKY (1978), TARANTULAS; THE DEADLY CARGO (1977)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: (1) *fair,* (2) *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTIONS: *cosmological* From my rec...
Friday, September 18, 2015

THE WHITE BUFFALO (1977)

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PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *metaphysical, sociological* For so...