Showing posts with label weird westerns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weird westerns. 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 ...
Friday, June 19, 2026

RAWHIDE: "INCIDENT OF THE BLUE FIRE" (1959)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *metaphysical* Like INCIDENT OF THE PALE RIDER,  ...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED, SEASON ONE (2004-05)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *cosmological, sociological* The two seasons...
Monday, February 16, 2026

EL ROJO (1966)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* The "fair mythicity...
Monday, January 19, 2026

STEEL FRONTIER (1995)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *cosmological, sociological* Now THIS, unlik...
Sunday, December 28, 2025

THE LEGEND OF FRENCHIE KING (1971)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *comedy* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological, sociological* After the passing ...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

GARTER COLT (1968)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *naturalistic*  MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological*   Along with 1967's L...
Saturday, December 13, 2025

THE VALLEY OF VANISHING MEN (1942)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* This is one of the more solid ...
Sunday, December 7, 2025

A KNIFE FOR THE LADIES (1974)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *drama* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological, sociological* *SPOILERS SPOILERS ...
Monday, October 27, 2025

THE PHANTOM RIDER (1946)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological*  Although the 1946 PHANTOM RI...
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

GONE WITH THE WEST (1969/1974)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *naturalistic* MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *irony* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *sociological* In 2012 I did a quickie review...
Sunday, October 5, 2025

HOLY GHOST AND THE FIVE MAGNIFICENT SCOUNDRELS (1972)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological*  SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS T...
Saturday, July 5, 2025

THE WILD WILD WEST: "THE NIGHT OF THE UNDEAD" (1968)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous* MYTHICITY: *good* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *cosmological, psychological* The four seaso...
Saturday, April 19, 2025

BIG CALIBRE (1935)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*  MYTHICITY: *poor* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* 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*               ...

ZORRO IN THE COURT OF SPAIN (1962)

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  PHENOMENALITY: *uncanny*,  MYTHICITY: *fair* FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure* CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological, sociological*               ...