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Thoughts on... Black Christmas (1974)

25 May 2012 9:10 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »

Black Christmas, 1974.

Directed by Bob Clark.

Starring Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, and John Saxon.

Synopsis:

A group of girls are murdered one-by-one during Christmas break.

Christmas time - it always brings out the worst in people. For evidence, look no further than the surprisingly high amount of festive-themed horrors, which includes the memorable Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) alongside a plethora of films that barely merit a mention, and of course Black Christmas. Often considered as helping to spawn the wildly popular slasher craze (although credit also belongs to Psycho [1960] and the Italian giallo genre), Black Christmas is an enjoyably dark horror film.

Set during the holiday season, the inhabitants of a sorority house find themselves the target of a mysterious caller who moans and mutters obscenities down the phone. The girls are mostly frightened by this, although Barb (a pre-Superman [1978] Margot Kidder) delivers some witty retorts which serve to anger the caller further. »

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DVD Review - Raid on Entebbe (1977)

23 March 2012 5:56 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »

Raid on Entebbe, 1977.

Directed by Irvin Kershner.

Starring Peter Finch, Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Yaphet Kotto, Jack Warden, Horst Buchholz, John Saxon, Sylvia Sidney, Robert Loggia and James Woods.

Synopsis:

When a hijacked plane is diverted to Uganda's Entebbe Airport with over a hundred Israeli passengers on board, the Israeli government authorises a top-secret military raid to free the hostages.

Not to be confused with 1976's Victory at Entebbe - which also happens to feature a similarly impressive cast that includes Kirk Douglas, Richard Dreyfuss, Anthony Hopkins, Burt Lancaster and Elizabeth Taylor - Raid on Entebbe is a Golden Globe-winning TV movie from The Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner that recounts the 1976 hijacking of an Air France plane travelling between Tel Aviv and Paris, and the subsequent counter-terrorist rescue mission carried out by members of the Israeli Defense Forces at Entebbe Airport in Uganda.

After taking off from Athens »

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365 Days, 100 Films #92 - The Unforgiven (1960)

25 January 2012 11:42 AM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »

The Unforgiven, 1960.

Directed by John Huston.

Starring Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Audie Murphy, Doug McClure, John Saxon, Charles Bickford and Lillian Gish.

Synopsis:

A strange old man and a local tribe of Indians start to bother the Zacharys. They claim the Zacharys have something of theirs – a baby girl snatched from them many years ago.

The grave of William Zachary sits in the family’s front yard – a small mound of soil with a modest, wooden cross at its top. At first it appears as a sign of pride, the family’s tribute to their father, a man slain by an Indian arrow. However, as their history unravels before the townsfolk and assorted cowboys, the cross becomes a constant reminder of the mess with which he left them, and the lurking presence of death.

It isn’t the only reminder of death. An old man (Joseph Wiseman) with a sabre »

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