The name Crowley invokes images of satanic ceremonies and black magic; orgies with young virgins and the occult; hell, even Led Zeppelin. But who really is that man named Aleister Crowley, what is really fact and what is fiction? And the man that has ushered in a whole new realm of thinking, and putting what was largely taboo on the for front of the minds of the youth. Decades before the 60's disenfranchised hippies found the name Anton Levy.
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Showing posts with label Occult. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Occult. Show all posts
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
The Sentinel (1977) My First Must See for the Halloween Season
I fucked up and did not get a chance to post the first flick in my own 31 days of horror -it is Halloween time, and hey, everyone else is doing one so why not me?...lol
My first pick for October 1st is a crazy little fucked up movie. 1977's "The Sentinel" has that big budget feel one gets with a Polanski film, and like all of good old Roman's films "The Sentinel" moves a little slow as it sets up the the third act. But do yourself the favor and stay for the third act because it is something right of "Freaks" meets Clive Barker's "Nightbreed."
The movie follows fashion model, Alison Parker (Cristina Raines), as she moves into an apartment that happens to be inhabited (on the top floor) by a blind priest (John Carradine). Not long after moving in Alison begins having strange physical problems that causes her to have trouble sleeping at night. Also Alison is plagued by some nasty flashbacks of her attempted suicide that she attempted when she walked in on her father having sex with two other woman -neither being his wife. As time goes on living in the apartment Alison has strange interactions with neighbors and when she has finally has enough Alison complains to the real estate agent of the noise caused by her strange neighbors, but finds out that the house is only occupied by the priest and herself, and ultimately discovers that she has been put in the house for a reason.
So if you like 70's style Satan films then you should dig this one.
Until next time...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
A&E Joins the Occult
A&E have joined forces with X-Files alum, James Wong and big time producer Michael Bay and gave the go ahead on the pilot for their show “Occult”.
The premise for the show is centered around a FBI agent (X-Files anyone?…lol) as he returns to active duty after losing it while investigating the disappearance of his wife (Sounds like they are taking a little from another Chris Carter and his book of stories and “Millennium”). So of course they send the guy down to the newly formed occult unit.
Makes sense to me…lol.
With the go ahead, A&E seems to be becoming more and more a supernatural/horror genre network, and with the wreckage that is the SYFY channel, is a huge sigh of relief for fans.
In case you have been living under a rock, A&E also airs “The Walking Dead”, “The Killing” (while not supernatural, but definitely falls in the whole conspiracy realm ala “The Lone Gunmen”), and the soon to be released “Psycho” spin off: “The Bates Motel” and the American version of the Danish hit: “Those Who Kill” which takes down the rabbit hole of serial killers. Again a little nod to “Millennium”.
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