Saturday Night Special – US poster
This poster arouses me at one level and repulses me at another. Such a confronting duality has earned ‘Poster of the Week’ status. Movie: Saturday Night Special Director: Sam Bloch Country of movie: USA Year of movie: 1976 Country of poster: USA
BBC Radiophonic Workshop: The Alchemists of Sound
Today I want to share one of my favourite documentaries regarding the art of sound. If you have any interest in early electronic music, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop should mean something to you. They were at the forefront of sound discovery. Perhaps the Radiophonic Workshop’s most famous claim to fame was the Doctor Who theme,...
Dr. Sex – US poster
Thanks to the efforts of the ever-wonder, Something Weird, Dr. Sex is one of those 60s sexploitation curios that hasn’t been lost to time. As it quite often the case with the sexploitation posters I make a habit of posting here, I haven’t seen the film in question. I really don’t know how it could...
Joysticks – You WILL NOT go to the arcade again
Joysticks is one of those movies that, by law, I HAVE to like because it is, in some sense, about old videogames. I’m sorry, but that’s just the way it is. The Wizard is a profound, life-changing movie, and Joysticks is the pinnacle of comedic genius. You can present me with all the empirical truth...
El Satanico – Mexican poster
There is nothing about this poster I am not deeply in love with. From the hyper madness to the anatomical impossibilities. I love Mexico. Movie: El Satanico Director: José Díaz Morales Country of movie: Mexico Year of movie: 1968 Country of poster: Mexico
KTL scores The Phantom Carriage
Victor Sjöström’s 1921 film, The Phantom Carriage is a masterpiece of atmospheric cinema, pushing forward the art of special effects and narrative structure. The mood it created set a benchmark that filmmakers still look up to today. This film provided the perfect canvas in which to provide musical accompaniment, and until 2008, the accompaniment was what one...
Hallucination scene in Fortress
About a week ago, I was chatting with Mondo’s head honcho, Dave, about the film, Fortress, which he had just posted a review of. I hadn’t read the review in question yet, so immediately assumed it was the 1992 film of the same name starring the inimitable, Christopher Lambert. We had been discussing it for...
The Sound of Horror
Today I thought, rather than pour focus on one particular score of composer, I’d take a little tour of scores from the horror genre. The idea is to simply sit back and listen. I will list the composer of each should you want to explore them further. The horror film is one wherein the music...
Tootsie – Polish poster
Poland strikes again. I’ll never know what Tootsie did to deserve a poster this beautiful. Movie: Tootsie Directors: Sydney Pollack Country of movie: USA Year of movie: 1982 Country of poster: Poland
Rowdy Roddy Piper hates poorly made monster costumes
Rowdy Roddy Piper fights a poorly made monster costume in Hell Comes to Frogtown. One of several poor films made in the 80s and 90s starring popular wrestlers of the time. [youtube=http://youtu.be/fEDwb5Zi7pw&w=540]
TerrorVision performed by The Fibonaccis
As a film soundtrack aficionado, there are times when you come across a score of a quality far exceeding the film in which it was recorded for. I’m not about to suggest that Ted Nicolaou’s 1986 film, TerrorVision doesn’t have its ardent fans. Its slapstick stupidity and terrible alien puppetry were made for cult audiences to fall...
Nude on the Moon – US poster
This beautiful poster represents the era of sexual exploitation’s first real discovery. It’s quaint and incredibly striking. While sexploitation posters would abandon this more minimal approach in the years to come, it’s nice to revisit this style and reflect upon just how well it could work. It’s undeniably sexual without being overly crass. A thing...
