Screening Log
This new site feature is a collective effort to summarize our viewing habits. Occasionally, you will find titles here that are coming to a theater near you, in addition to films viewed on television, and even films viewed in piecemeal. The screening log is archived each month; to view past entries select a month in the menu below.
May 2006 activity
Total Log Entries: 54
- Adam (7)
- Andrew (0)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (1)
- David (0)
- Eva (0)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (7)
- Jenny (2)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (5)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (9)
- Teddy (0)
- Thomas (4)
- Timothy (0)
- Victoria (0)
Total Comments: 16
- Iraq in Fragments (0)
- The Running Man (0)
- X-Men: The Last Stand (7)
- Possession (0)
- The Late Shift (0)
- The Long Goodbye (0)
- Landscape After Battle (0)
- A double tour (0)
- The Damned (1)
- Good Night, And Good Luck. (0)
- Powder (0)
- Three Times (0)
- The Da Vinci Code (1)
- Time Walker (0)
- Days of Heaven (0)
- The Dark Corner (0)
- Mission: Impossible III (0)
- They Live! (0)
- One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing (0)
- High Fidelity (0)
- Tirez Sur La Pianiste (0)
- X- Men (0)
- Deconstructing Harry (0)
- In the Realms of the Unreal (0)
- Down in the Valley (0)
- Breaking the Waves (0)
- Hoosiers (1)
- Birth (0)
- The Curse of the Werewolf (0)
- Versus (0)
- Evil Dead II (0)
- The Best of Youth (0)
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (0)
- A Prairie Home Companion (0)
- The Asphalt Jungle (0)
- The Maltese Falcon (0)
- Mission: Impossible III (0)
- Repulsion (0)
- Trouble Every Day (3)
- Bambi (0)
- Mission: Impossible 3 (0)
- The Village (0)
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (0)
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (1)
- Overnight (0)
- Dig! (1)
- Gates of Heaven (0)
- The Outsiders (0)
- Mystery Men (1)
- Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (0)
- C.R.A.Z.Y. (0)
- The Empire in Africa (0)
- My Grandmother’s House (0)
- Psycho (0)
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The Curse of the Werewolf / UK / 1961
This lone lycanthropic tale of terror from the venerable Hammer Studios offers a unique explanation of werewolf origins by introducing the concept of evil wolf spirits floating about in the atmosphere. If an unfortunate soul is conceived or born under inauspicious circumstances, these diabolical spirits are given license to invade the body, and grapple against the soul for ultimate ownership. The mysterious powers of the full moon serve to enhance the strength of the wolf spirit, and the only possible buffet for the soul is genuine love.
Although the annals of horror contain many instances of the werewolf monster depicted as pitiable figure, Hammer’s take on the subgenre goes a step further than most. Not only is Leon, our hero/villain, beset by the desperate life circumstances described above, he is time and again given a glimpse of the eternal bliss of true love, only to have it snatched away. As the bulk of the visceral horror moments are held in check until the film’s climactic scenes, our attention throughout is focused on Leon’s lamentable saga, and the inevitability of his ill-fated existence. The result is a film both horrific and tragic, a superb example of werewolf horror that deserves to be ranked alongside Universal’s The Wolf Man as one of the best around.
by Thomas Scalzo | Source: Universal DVD
10 May 2006 10:23 PM | Submit Comment