The greatest of Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe adaptations stars Price as a sadistic prince who revels in the torments of those who seek refuge from the Black Death in his castle.
Carpenter’s witty, scruffy little science fiction film is a pulpy alien invasion tale turned into a piece of socio-political commentary that is still relevent and resonant. It’s also a lot of fun.
James Woods chases a pirate TV signal with brutal yet hypnotic S&M broadcasts and becomes a slave to the signal in the first masterpiece from filmmaker David Cronenberg.
Kinji Fukasaku, the madman of Japanese yakuza cinema, directs this gleefully gruesome splatter satire of teenage nihilism, adult paranoia, and social sadism.
Nicholas Winding Refn’s social commentary-as-heady horror film isn’t big on subtlety but his allegory for the hunger for youth and beauty is fascinating and gorgeous.
The eighth and final film in Roger Corman’s cycle of Edgar Allen Poe adaptations is a sophisticated, elegant ghosty story with a psychological dimension.
