Showing posts with label bizarre crimes and crimefighting (u). Show all posts
Showing posts with label bizarre crimes and crimefighting (u). Show all posts
Tuesday, July 21, 2026

CREEPING DEATH (1972)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* CREEPING DEATH is certainly a ...
Monday, June 15, 2026

FIVE WOMEN FOR THE KILLER (1974)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* KILLER was the third directorial ...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

THE MYSTERIOUS MAGICIAN (1964)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* Opinions seem divided as to where ...
Monday, January 26, 2026

THE BLACK BELLY OF THE TARANTULA (1971)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS Here w...
Friday, January 23, 2026

AGAINST THE DRUNKEN CAT PAWS (1979)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* As distinctive as the title is...
Sunday, November 30, 2025

MY DEAR KILLER (1972), WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS (1974)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological, sociological* Here are two police...
Saturday, October 4, 2025

THE RED QUEEN KILLS SEVEN TIMES (1972)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological, sociological*  SPOILERS SPOILERS ...
Friday, May 30, 2025

THE MAN FROM UNCLE (2015)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological*  When I saw MAN FROM UNCLE in ...
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Friday, May 16, 2025

NIGHT OF THE SKULL (1974)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological*  SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS This ...
Thursday, April 10, 2025

AWESOME LOTUS (1983)

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                                    PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *comedy* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological...
Sunday, March 2, 2025

THE MARK OF ZORRO (1974)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*,  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological, sociological*               ...
Sunday, January 12, 2025

DEATH WALKS AT MIDNIGHT (1972)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological*                                   ...
Thursday, December 26, 2024

TOO BEAUTIFUL TO DIE (1988)

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Friday, December 13, 2024

RAPTUS: THE SECRET OF DOCTOR HICHCOCK (1962)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* I saw the U.S. cut of this film so...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

THE HOUSE OF USHER (1989)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS In my r...
Saturday, October 5, 2024

DELINQUENT SCHOOLGIRLS (1975)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *comedy* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological, sociological* One online review o...
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

DOCTOR JUSTICE (1975)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* I stumbled across DOCTOR JUSTIC...
Saturday, June 1, 2024

WANDA THE SADISTIC HYPNOTIST (1969)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *irony* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* Even by the late 1960s, apparently...