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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Devil Doll (1964)
Apr 29 - Vinegar Syndrome -
Curse of the Voodoo (1965)
Apr 29 - Vinegar Syndrome -
The Big Switch (1968)
Apr 29 - Kino -
The Pick-Up (1968)
Apr 29 - Severin -
Cool It, Carol! (1970)
Apr 29 - Kino -
Man of Violence (1970)
Apr 29 - Kino -
Die Screaming Marianne (1971)
Apr 29 - Kino -
Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)
Apr 29 - Celluloid Dreams -
The Return of the Exorcist (1975)
Apr 29 - Cauldron -
Mau Mau Sex Sex (2001)
Apr 29 - Severin -
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
Apr 30 - Imprint -
Dead of Night (1945)
Apr 30 - Imprint -
Ivy (1947)
Apr 30 - Imprint -
Lady Desire (1969)
May 1 - Mondo Macabro -
Sexomania (1974)
May 1 - Mondo Macabro -
Eva man (Due sessi in uno) (1980)
May 1 - Mondo Macabro -
The Return of Eva Man (1982)
May 1 - Mondo Macabro -
Shatter (1974)
May 12 - Hammer Films -
Night Train Murders (1975)
May 12 - 88 Films -
Erotic Sex Games (1977)
May 12 - 88 Films -
Nine Guests for a Crime (1977)
May 12 - 88 Films -
Shut Up, I Love You! (1980)
May 12 - 88 Films -
Crack in the World (1965)
May 13 - Kino -
Private Club (1974)
May 19 - 88 Films -
Shoot First, Die Later (1974)
May 19 - Raro -
The Savage Eye (1959)
May 27 - Severin -
The Curse of the Yellow Snake (1963)
May 27 - Eureka -
The Mad Executioners (1963)
May 27 - Eureka -
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (1963)
May 27 - Eureka -
The Monster of London City (1964)
May 27 - Eureka
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Carnal Knowledge (1971)
Jun 23 - Indicator -
Carnal Knowledge (1971)
Jun 23 - Indicator -
The Gentle Gunman (1952)
Jun 24 - Indicator -
The Gentle Gunman (1952)
Jun 24 - Indicator -
The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
Jun 24 - Indicator -
The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
Jun 24 - Indicator -
A Day at the Beach (1970)
Jun 24 - Indicator
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The Pick-Up (1968)
Apr 29 - Severin -
Mau Mau Sex Sex (2001)
Apr 29 - Severin -
The Savage Eye (1959)
May 27 - Severin -
Glass Ceiling (1971)
May 27 - Severin -
Morgiana (1972)
May 27 - Severin -
Butterfly Kiss (1995)
May 27 - Severin -
Unknown World (1951)
Jun 24 - Severin -
Jack the Ripper (1959)
Jun 24 - Severin
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Next of Kin (1982)
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Next of Kin (1982)
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Next of Kin (1982)
Blu-ray · Umbrella
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Next of Kin (1982)
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Dead End Drive-In (1986)
DVD · Image
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Dead End Drive-In (1986)
DVD · Anchor Bay
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Dead End Drive-In (1986)
4K UHD · Umbrella
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Dead End Drive-In (1986)
Blu-ray · Arrow
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Roadgames (1981)
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Roadgames (1981)
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Roadgames (1981)
Blu-ray · Umbrella
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Roadgames (1981)
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The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976)
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The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976)
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White Zombie (1932)
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The Door with Seven Locks (1940)
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Chamber of Horrors (1966)
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Chamber of Horrors (1966)
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Ozploitation Trailer Explosion (2014)
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The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)
4K UHD · Celluloid Dreams
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The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)
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DVD · Mondo Macabro
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