We’re at Day 12 of the Milwaukee Film Festival and only a few days of the festival remain. That doesn’t mean that the festival is running out of steam as Milwaukee Film rolled out the newest restoration of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1929 silent film Blackmail complete with live accompaniment by Alloy Orchestra. This was one of …
To date I have played fairly nicely with Angela as I’ve programmed a horror film festival that is high on atmosphere and low on actual scares. And while that is liable to change sooner than she might hope I decided to give her one last respite in the form of a little known thriller called …
The 1986 horror-thriller Crawlspace, directed by David Schmoeller (of Puppet Master fame) is a lower-budget entry in the spate of Hollywood splatter films that dominated the horror genre in those days. Klaus Kinski is Dr. Karl Gunther, an apartment building caretaker who is preoccupied with his female tenants. When he’s not oiling the odd squeaky …
Convoluted is a term I loosely use when describing a mixed-up and sloppily plotted film. In anticipation of writing this article, I thought it best to consult the OED online to ensure that I use the word correctly. Fortunately, the way in which I normally use it is the way in which it is normally …