Showing posts with label freakish flesh (u). Show all posts
Showing posts with label freakish flesh (u). Show all posts
Monday, February 16, 2026

EL ROJO (1966)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* The "fair mythicity...
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...
Friday, July 18, 2025

ASSASSIN (1976)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological*   Twenty minutes from the end of t...
Monday, March 10, 2025

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1939)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological, sociological*                    ...
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...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024

RISE OF THE BLACK BAT (2012)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* I wanted to like this adaptatio...
Friday, June 21, 2024

KICK-ASS (2010)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *comedy* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological, sociological* I don't have mu...
Saturday, June 1, 2024

THE DARK AVENGER (1990)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological, sociological* I thought I knew...
Thursday, May 30, 2024

MARRIED WITH CHILDREN: "THE CAMPING SHOW" (1988)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *comedy* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *cosmological, psychological* MARRIED WITH CHILDR...
Sunday, April 7, 2024

DOOM ASYLUM (1988)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *irony* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological, sociological* SPOILERS SPOILERS ...
Wednesday, February 14, 2024

DEAD EYES OF LONDON (1961)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* I've seen Alfred Vohrer credite...

THE HUMAN MONSTER (1939)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* The British title of this thriller-...
Sunday, December 31, 2023

BLACK CHRISTMAS (2006), BLACK CHRISTMAS (2019)

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  PHENOMENALITY: (1) *uncanny,* (2) *marvelous* MYTHICITY: (1) *fair,* (2) *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychologica...
Thursday, November 30, 2023

SANTO AND THE TIGRESS (1971)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* As the above lobby card shows, ...
Friday, October 20, 2023

PUNISHER: WAR ZONE (2008)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological, sociological* It's hard to...
Wednesday, April 5, 2023

BLACK SAMURAI (1977)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* Though I realize it may have be...
Wednesday, November 9, 2022

THE AWFUL DOCTOR ORLOF (1962)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* Jess Franco's first horror fil...
Sunday, October 9, 2022

THE NEW YORK RIPPER (1982)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *irony* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* Since the rise of the psycho-killer...