New Book
Gothic for Radicals: The Horror Films of Gordon Hessler and Christopher Wicking
Between 1969 and 1971 director Gordon Hessler and writer Christopher Wicking collaborated on four unique and challenging horror movies for independent production company American International Pictures:
These four works from Hessler and Wicking have been undervalued and little explored by most film critics and historians. Yet, they represent artistic extensions of, and in some cases reactions against, the traditions of gothic cinema that had become prevalent in the previous decade.
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Upcoming disc releases
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Law and Order (1932)
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Without Honor (1932)
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Sabrina (1954)
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Rock, Pretty Baby! (1956)
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Sands of the Kalahari (1965)
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Promise Her Anything (1966)
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DeepStar Six (1989)
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I, Madman (1989)
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Not Guilty (1947)
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Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
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The Lost One (1951)
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The Black Torment (1964)
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Carnal Knowledge (1971)
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Carnal Knowledge (1971)
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Seven Deaths in the Cats Eyes (1973)
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His Kind of Woman (1951)
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Unknown World (1951)
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The Gentle Gunman (1952)
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The Gentle Gunman (1952)
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Executive Suite (1954)
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The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
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The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
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Jack the Ripper (1959)
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Experiment in Terror (1962)
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A Day at the Beach (1970)
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The Blues Under the Skin (1973)
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Carnal Knowledge (1971)
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Carnal Knowledge (1971)
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The Gentle Gunman (1952)
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The Gentle Gunman (1952)
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The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
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The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
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A Day at the Beach (1970)
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Death Carries a Cane (1973)
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Death Carries a Cane (1973)
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The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974)
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The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974)
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Law and Order (1932)
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Without Honor (1932)
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Sands of the Kalahari (1965)
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Promise Her Anything (1966)
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The Blues Under the Skin (1973)
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Black Sunday (1960)
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Roy Colt & Winchester Jack (1970)
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A Bay of Blood (1971)
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Rabid Dogs (1974)
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The House of Exorcism (1975)
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