Tag: Horror

  • The House That Ôbayashi Built

    The House That Ôbayashi Built

    The Japanese film “House” – usually referred to as “Hausu,” mostly thanks to the mystery of back-and-forth transliteration even though its writer-director had deliberately chosen a foreign-language title to add a taboo-breaking frisson – has become a major cult item in the West over the course of the last decade after being… […]

  • Sex and Horror: Regarding Rollin

    Sex and Horror: Regarding Rollin

    Four years ago today, Jean Rollin died. He was the poète maudit among those obsessive filmmakers who straddled a thin line between porn, exploitation, and personal expression during the 70’s. This Frenchman occupies a special place in film history and in my heart. […]