Blindspot 2018

night of the hunter

Blindspot 2018: Cult Films of the 1950s to 1970s: The Night of the Hunter

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Warning: This post contains SPOILERS It didn’t take long for me to get to this month’s selection, which is Charles Laughton’s 1955 film noir The Night of the Hunter. Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) is a corrupt, self-described preacher in 1930s West Virginia, who has married and killed many widows for their money. While serving a month-long sentence […]

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Blindspot 2018: Cult Films of the 1950s to 1970s: The Holy Mountain

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I’m kicking off my 2018 edition of the Blindspot Series with Alejandro Jodorowsky’s 1973 surrealist fantasy The Holy Mountain. A Christ-like thief (Horacio Salinas) finds his way to the home of The Alchemist (Alejandro Jodorowsky), a mysterious figure living in a tower. Along with seven other individuals, each representing a planet of the solar system, The Alchemist

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