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Cronos (Guillermo del Toro, 1992)

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Viva Maria! (1965) Louis Malle

September 15th 2024

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• Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas (1977) Dir. Juan López Moctezuma

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'Simón del desierto': Buñuel se despide de México

Hoy es el último día del homenaje a Silvia Pinal que durante más de dos semanas llevó a cabo la Cineteca Nacional y el gran cierre sucederá con la última película que Luis Buñuel dirigió en México, con la que cierra la trilogía protagonizada por su musa Silvia Pinal.

Hoy es el último día del homenaje a Silvia Pinal que durante más de dos semanas llevó a cabo la Cineteca Nacional y el gran cierre sucederá con la última película que Luis Buñuel dirigió en México, con la que cierra la trilogía protagonizada por su musa Silvia Pinal. Luego de ‘Viridiana’ y ‘El ángel exterminador’, la relación entre Luis Buñuel, Silvia Pinal y Gustavo Alatriste, esposo de Pinal en…

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ALUCARDA:

Orphaned teenage girl

Falls in with satanic girl

In a covenant

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SANTO IN THE WAX MUSEUM (1963) Reviews of Mexican wrestler horror - free to watch in HD with English subs

Santo in the Wax Museum is a 1963 Mexican superhero horror film about the titular wrestler investigating several kidnappings. Directed by Alfonso Corona Blake (Santo vs. the Vampire Women; The World of Vampires) and Manuel San Fernando from a screenplay co-written by Alfonso Corona Blake and Fernando Galiana (as Fernando Galeana) and based on a story by Julio Porter. The Filmadora Panamericana…

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Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon (1973)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

Anyone who sits down and excitedly wonders what horrors await inside Dr. Tarr’s Torture Dungeon will be disappointed. The alternate title of The Mansion of Madness is far more suitable and more properly sets you up for a film that remains lackluster regardless of what you call it. This movie’s plot is too obvious and too badly written for you to care what happens in the end.

Reporter Gaston LeBlanc (Arthur Hansel) is writing an article about famed psychologist Dr. Maillard (Claudio Brook). Arriving at Maillard's asylum, LeBlanc finds the doctor’s methods unorthodox to say the least. Captivated by the beautiul Eugénie (Ellen Sherman), LeBlanc fails to realize the inmates are in charge of the facility.

Loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's darkly comedic The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether, the film has a good premise. Imagine visiting a place only to discover that the patients have taken over. You're surrounded by madmen and can't escape. That's scary. To make it work, you need two things. First, a slow-boil plot. If everyone comes out of the gates raving like lunatics, you’ll figure out the whole thing immediately. Second, you need an intelligent protagonist. If you want to make the audience laugh, they should be dumb but if your goal is to scare, Gaston needs to be sharp. Once the deception is revealed, he needs to fake his way through this ordeal and exploit every means of escape possible. That’s what the audience will be doing mentally. Unfortunately, director Juan López Moctezuma fails to do either.

The Mansion of Madness a.k.a. House of Madness a.k.a. Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon does nothing clever or new with its concept. As Gaston approaches the sanitarium, the friends traveling with him suddenly have to cut their journey short. Obviously. If they stuck around, they'd reveal that the man in charge of the asylum isn't Dr. Maillard at all. They're useless until captured by the lunatics. At this point, they become worse than useless and star in a subplot that has no impact on the main story, whatsoever. They prove that all of the sane people in this movie are complete idiots. At one point, one of them escapes. The man’s all tied up and hopping around in the middle of the forest, trying to elude the insane rapists who roam the grounds surrounding the mental institution. He should look for a way to untie himself. Instead, he screams for help, practically begging to be recaptured. Here's a free lesson for all the screenwriters out there: audiences want to see a part of themselves in the on-screen characters. Having them behave like they have no sense of self-preservation is a surefire way to make everyone hate your movie.

That subplot is ultimately nothing more than padding and it’s not the only example of director Juan López Moctezuma struggling to find a way to make his movie feature-length. At one point, Eugénie and Gaston become romantically involved. So involved they profess their love to each other. They’ve exchanged fewer than 5 lines of dialogue. It’s ludicrous and another reason for you to dismiss the movie entirely. It doesn't stop there: unnecessary bits of backstory, garish opening credits, unbelievable behavior from our heroes, mountains of coincidences, and so on and so forth. Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon is a complete misstep any way you look at it. (English version, January 15, 2021)

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r.i.p. Silvia Pinal

Simon of the Desert (Simón del Desierto) , 1965, dir. Luis Buñuel

Silvia Pinal as The Devil

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Das junge Mädchen (2. v. rechts) ist unter Rassisten (mitte) und Sexisten nicht ideal untergebracht und weckt unkontrollierbare Gelüste. Trotz offensichtlicher Kinderschändung durch den Wildhüter (2.von links) will man doch lieber den Jazzmusiker, der sich ihr gegenüber leidlich gentlemanlike verhält (rechts) aufgrund ungerechtfertigter Vergewaltigungsvorwürfe lynchen, weil er schwarz ist. Der Pfarrer (links) spürt zwar irgendwie, daß das nicht richtig ist, tauft aber doch lieber das Mädchen. Herr Buñuel zeigt uns die Südstaaten nicht von ihrer besten Seite, aber dafür, daß er auch hochkomplexe, überhaupt nicht surreale Dramen hervorragend kann.

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Thinking aloud About Film: El Castillo de la pureza/ Castle Of Purity (Arturo Ripstein, Mexico, 1972)

I’ve been wanting to see Arturo Ripstein films for decades and never had the opportunity. Now MUBI is showing five of his films and, on the basis of El Castillo de la pureza/ The Castle of Purity, I plan to see them all. The film is based on a real story – not unlike that of the Wests or Joseph Fritzl – of a man who keeps his family locked in the house to protect them from being morally corrupted…

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ANA POPOVIC #anapopovic#LiveShow #LiveConcert #ShowReport #LiveReview #TheBrookSoton #Southampton

ANA POPOVIC #anapopovic #LiveShow #LiveConcert #ShowReport #LiveReview #TheBrookSoton #Southampton

ANA POPOVIC, one of the world’s top female blues guitarists, was born in Belgrade, formerly Yugoslavia. At age 15, she immersed herself in her father’s enormous blues & soul record collection, grabbed his guitar, and set to work, transforming herself into an extraordinary young guitarist. Ana has since evolved into an internationally recognised musician who tirelessly traverses the world…

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What are the names of the letters of the alphabet?

The names we commonly use are of course nicknames, as many of their full names are too long to say when spelling a word out or whatever people do with letters. Here are their full proper names and titles for your edification and sensual pleasure:

A- Arturo Vesperetto Jones III

B- Bornius Lamont, Heir To Doldowlod

C- Clem

D- Delmonti Delbert Delmonico Dustwerth De Flump

E- Elliot Gould

F- Friar Lemongin Jr.

G- Gertrude "Don't Fucking Pronounce It Jif" Kimmings

H- Herbert Frank

I- Ionesco Clarissa von Explainsitalle

J- Jam Jammi Jamwyeth

K- Stanley Whigg

L- Lawrence Dekutree

M- Metallica Slayerdeth of Castle Anthrax

N- Neil Lien

O- Otholomew, Vice-regent Claudio Marcus Swizlestick VII

P- Penrose Stepford

Q- Quentin Quarantino

R- Remington Blandname-Wasteofspace, Esq.

S- Sugs Budnick Sr.

T- Tittae LaJigglibits

U- Uvuli "Jennifer" Throattonsil

V- Veronica Mulm

W- Wayne Braunschweigerjuice

Y- Yoolysses Joyce of Dublin

X- Xavier Theophrastus Donatien Domenech Dempsey Bounevialle Constance Tarquin Nepomuceno Hinneh Mahtovu Mana'im Pepper Paprika Müeslix Windred Wilfred Wilford Waterford von Marmaduke-Lipschitz Goldeneye LXIV

Z- Zed Brooks

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Claudio Brook in El castillo de la pureza (1973)