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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Chato’s Land (1972)
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The Glass Web (1953)
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Gas-oil (1955)
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Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
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The 10th Victim (1965)
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Brides of Blood (1968)
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Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968)
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Beast of Blood (1970)
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A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services (1972)
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Reflections in Black (1975)
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Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976)
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Red Rings of Fear (1978)
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Four Sided Triangle (1953)
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The Mummy (1959)
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Burke & Hare (1972)
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Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
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Little Man, What Now? (1934)
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Dangerous to Know (1938)
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Spawn of the North (1938)
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Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
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The Cruel Sea (1953)
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The Big Switch (1968)
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Cool It, Carol! (1970)
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Man of Violence (1970)
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Die Screaming Marianne (1971)
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The Return of the Exorcist (1975)
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Dead of Night (1945)
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Little Man, What Now? (1934)
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Spawn of the North (1938)
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Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
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The Glass Web (1953)
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Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
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The Cruel Sea (1953)
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The Big Switch (1968)
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Cool It, Carol! (1970)
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Die Screaming Marianne (1971)
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Crack in the World (1965)
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