Monthly Archives: October 2013

The Tenant (Roman Polanski, 1979)

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Budd Wilkins

“In The Tenant, estrangement is as much psychological state as sociopolitical category. From the start, the inhabitants of the apartment house treat Trelkovsky like an outsider, an unwanted incursion into their body politic. Indeed, the film explicitly aligns residential politics … Continue reading →

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100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Budd Wilkins

Read 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time, an ongoing list that counts down 20 titles every day through Friday, to which I contributed 9 write-ups, starting with Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), only at Slant Magazine.

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Nosferatu the Vampyre (Werner Herzog, 1979)

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Budd Wilkins

“Playing to the visual and narrative strengths of the original, Herzog still succeeds in imprinting the material with his own unique sensibility.” Read my review of Werner Herzog’s film only at Slant Magazine.

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God Told Me To (Larry Cohen, 1976)

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Budd Wilkins

“None of Cohen’s other films can touch God Told Me To for sheer audacity, combining the handheld verisimilitude of gritty police procedurals like The French Connection with a loopy premise straight out of Erich Von Däniken’s Chariots of the Gods? … Continue reading →

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House on Straw Hill (James Kenelm Clarke, 1976)

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Budd Wilkins

“Double-barreled exploitation fodder of the tawdriest vintage, House on Straw Hill gets the best Blu-ray transfer extant elements will allow, as well as a full clip of extras from Severin Films.” Read my entire review of Severin’s Blu-ray/DVD release of … Continue reading →

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The Baby (Ted Post, 1972)

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Budd Wilkins

“The Baby is a nasty little shocker that continually defies expectations. Starting out as wonderfully unhinged exploitation fodder, it soon morphs into a tawdry psychosexual thriller and eventually winds up in full-on slasher territory that’s surprisingly bloody considering the PG … Continue reading →

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European Civil War Films: Memory, Conflict, and Nostalgia (Eleftheria Rania Kosmidou, 2013)

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Budd Wilkins

“European Civil War Films is by no means a bad book; it is, however, an imperfect one. The topic is (alas) ever timely, and Kosmidou’s approach to her material is fundamentally sound. Nevertheless, it’s often difficult to escape the impression … Continue reading →

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Room 237 (Rodney Ascher, 2012)

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Budd Wilkins

“A love letter to obsessional cinephilia, Rodney Ascher’s Room 237 gets a sterling Blu-ray transfer and some illuminating extras from MPI Media Group.” Read my review of Room 237, which hit the streets last week, at Slant Magazine.

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