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Many things divide us a species. Religious, politics, science, status quo expectations, etc etc. But there is one thing that should unite...
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heathermariedrain
- Jul 18, 2021
- 7 min
Hothouse of Fear: Gerald Korgl's Angst
Terror knows many forms. It could be the ghost in your bed (or head), the leering Uncle, the power-mad authority figure, the religious...
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heathermariedrain
- Jul 18, 2021
- 1 min
Summer Wine: Brandon Colvin's A Dim Summer
My first brand new film article in months is up and live over at Diabolique! This time around I delve into Brandon Colvin's 2020 indie...
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heathermariedrain
- Jun 14, 2021
- 5 min
Wine Soaked Nights & Reverse Halos:Barbara Payton's I'm Not Ashamed
Romanticism is one of the deadliest nightshades and nowhere does it bleed brightest than the arts. The doomed writer. The drug addled...
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heathermariedrain
- May 16, 2021
- 1 min
VIVA is Coming to Blu-Ray
Very few films post-sexual revolution have captured even a mere prism of the such heady cultural reverb in suburban America like Anna...
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heathermariedrain
- Feb 17, 2021
- 27 min
World Built of Blood, Heart & Magick: The First Three Features of Alejandro Jodorowsky
This is a chapter excerpt from the 2019 book, The Bizarro Encyclopedia of Film Volume 1, penned by myself & John Skipp. Enjoy! Good art...
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heathermariedrain
- Feb 9, 2021
- 8 min
My Dream Date With Radu Vadislav
Back in 2015, I was blessed enough to be a part of the second volume of the Dream Date With a Villain series. Published by the...
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heathermariedrain
- Jan 20, 2021
- 7 min
Descent into the Inferno: Roger Watkins Corruption
The art of the power play and what levels one is willing to sink to sell their soul, or at the very least, their sense of moral self, is...
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heathermariedrain
- Dec 9, 2020
- 6 min
Keep on Driving: Marc Lawrence's PIGS
In the backwoods of America, many a secret is held. Nestled in the woods, desert landscapes, the brick and wood of farms, homes and...
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heathermariedrain
- Dec 7, 2020
- 8 min
The Blood in the Jazz: Emilio Vierya's Placer Sangriento
“When you're all alone, what do you want to do? Do you want to die or is it the strangeness in me?” -The Cramps The melancholia of a...
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heathermariedrain
- Dec 7, 2020
- 7 min
Candide on Speed: Alex de Renzy's Pretty Peaches Trilogy
Even in the wild wild west days of adult filmmaking, few directors were as bold and frankly, at times, batshit, as Alex de Renzy. Outre...
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heathermariedrain
- Dec 6, 2020
- 6 min
Asleep No More: James B. Harris' Some Call it Loving
The best kind of fairy tales are the ones where the magic is tinged with melancholy, where bits of fantasy are frayed with the...
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heathermariedrain
- Nov 14, 2020
- 7 min
The Illusionary Web: Zachary Youngblood's Visions of Clair
It takes a special film to successfully bridge the world of seeming reality with one that is a bit more ethereal, a bit darker and ,,,
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heathermariedrain
- Nov 14, 2020
- 7 min
Say it Again! Mad Magazine Presents Up the Academy!
There is something so undeniably captivating about a magnificent disaster. It's the same kind of charisma and fear that you see in riots...
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heathermariedrain
- Nov 14, 2020
- 5 min
Mondo Fever Dream: Doris Wishman's The Prince & The Nature Girl
A movie can often be a magical tool to transport you to a multitude of worlds and alternate realms. Lands with braggadocios knights,...
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heathermariedrain
- Nov 14, 2020
- 5 min
A Boomerang Life: Albert Latuada's STAY AS YOU ARE
The ballad of the neglected middle-aged man is one that has often been written in innumerable books and pieces of cinema. Throw in a...
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