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It just fascinates me. James Whaleâs triumph duology, already ancient in cinemaâs relentless timeline, rendered in the tasteless, the obscene, the masterfully lowbrow.
The Frankenstein monster whips a nude couple in a satanic BDSM scene with cock shots galore, like.
As ever a showcase of genuine low budget auteurship, Franco spins the trilogyâs dream state into a proper hallucination four-way crossroads for Hammer trash, classless giallo, Pier Palo Pasolini, and Ed Wood. A perdition of classic cinematic horror realized in auditory fever and heightened porn.
JesĂșs Francoâs Erotic Rites of Frankenstein is sublime garbage, excellent dreck. In the finale of his âUniversal monstersâ trilogy, his inscrutable spin on the Frankenstein family wages war against a cult of sex maniacs and songbird vampires who turned the iconic monster into their horned-up gimp.
Out and about on this Sunday!
Rotten on the inside (OC, he/him)
But the framing conflict (and final âmoralâ) is laughably lowbrow stuff. Watching the duo backwards didnât help, but it really is more of an appetizer for its much better (and much more insane) successor.
Definitely feels like the rot in Kuei Chih-Hungâs soul was Fulciâs Hong Kong equal, though!
Worthwhile watching just for seeing The Boxerâs Omen writhe and wriggle as a half-thought larvae within this oneâs wilder wizard battles of Buddhism and dark sorcery, and Lee San-Yipâs cinematography is really beautiful stuff, terrific color theory and thoughtful clash of crystal and with prism.
Kuei Chih-Hungâs Bewitched (1981) is not at all what I was expecting. A slow creeper, playing into dread and far less into its sequelâs cracktastic batshittery. Excellently fucking gross black magic staged beneath lens flare rainbows, but something of a moody chore to get through to the good stuff.
This stop motion adaptation of the War of the Worlds radio broadcast has been one of my favorite things for ages. Just wonderfully made with phenomenally kitsch tripod models.
