Barbara Steele

Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Rating: ★★★
Jul 17, 2012Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation/Deranged Nobleman
The second of Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe films with Vincent Price. This feels too much as though Corman was trying to make another House of Usher, nevertheless it creates its own thunderously overwrought atmosphere, even if it has little to do with the Poe story
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Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965)

Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965)
Rating: ★★½
Mar 7, 2019Italian Gothic
An entry in the Italian Gothic cycle featuring the great Barbara Steele, This comes with superbly eerie black-and-white mood but proves slow-paced when it comes to its supernatural retribution plot. It even manages to waste Steele in a nothing role.
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Shivers (1975)

Shivers (1975)
Rating: ★★★★
Aug 17, 2000Sexual Fetishism Parasites
David Cronenberg's first commercial release, a vivid work about parasites that turn the residents of an apartment building into sexual fetishists. Cronenberg has set out to shock while beneath that he creates fascinating metaphors about sex
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