Briefing for a Descent into the Womb of Kali

Sunday, February 03, 2008

Briefing for a Descent into the Womb of Kali

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4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH (2012)
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1933)
ALTERED STATES (1980)
AMER (2009)
ANGEL, ANGEL, DOWN WE GO (1969)
ANTICHRIST (2009)
APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
ARIZONA DREAM (1993)
BARBARELLA (1968)
BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW (2010)
BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (1970)
BEACH BUM, THE (2019)
BIG CUBE, THE (1969)
BLACK SWAN, THE (2009)
BARBARELLA (1968)
BLOW-UP (1966)
BLUE SUNSHINE (1978)
BREEZY (1973)
BROTHER SUN, SISTER MOON (1972)
CALIGULA (1979)
CANDY (1968)
CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (1966)
CIAO! MANHATTAN (1972)
CLIMAX (2019)
CUL-DE-SAC (1966)
CULT OF THE DAMNED (1969)
DAZED AND CONFUSED (1993)
DAWN PATROL (1938)
DEATHMASTER (1972)
DMT: THE SPIRIT MOLECULE (2012)
DOCTOR FAUSTUS (1967)
DUNE (1984)
EMPEROR JONES, THE (1933)
ENTER THE VOID (2009)
EYES WIDE SHUT (1999)
FANTASIA (1940)
FASTER PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! (1965)
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (1998)
FEMALE CONVICT SCORPION: JAILHOUSE 41 (1972)
FIELD IN ENGLAND (2012)
FLASH GORDON (1936)
FLATLINERS (1991)
THE FORBIDDEN ROOM (2015)
FOUNTAIN, THE (2006)
GAS-S-S-S (1971)
GIMME SHELTER (1970)
GLASTONBURY FAYRE (1972)
GO ASK ALICE (1973)
GOOD TIME (2017)
GODFATHER 2 (1974)
GREAT ZIEGELD, THE (1936)
GREEN PASTURES, THE (1938)
HAMLET (1990)
HAVE A GOOD TRIP: ADVENTURES IN PSYCHEDELICS (2020)
HEAD (1968)
HEART OF DARKNESS (1957)
INCEPTION (2010)
INHERENT VICE (2014)
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE (1933)
JESUS OF NAZARETH (1977)
JOHN DIES AT THE END (2012)
L'BRAQUE (1985)
LIMITLESS (2011)
THE LOVE WITCH (2016)
MAGIC TRIP (2011)
MANDY (2018)
MATANGO ("Attack of the Mushroom People"- 1963)
MASQUE OF RED DEATH (1964)
MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (2010)
MIDSOMMAR (2019)
MOBY DICK (1956)
MONTEREY POP (1968)
MOTHER! (2017)
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE (1970)
MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE? (2010)
NAKED LUNCH (1991)
NATURAL BORN KILLERS (1994)
NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK (1941)
NIGHT FLIGHT (1933)
NIGHT OF THE IGUANA (1964)
THE NINTH CONFIGURATION (1980)
OREGONIAN, THE (2011)
OVER THE EDGE (1979)
PEOPLE NEXT DOOR, THE (1970)
PERFORMANCE (1968)
POSSESSION (1981)
PSYCH-OUT (1968)
QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY, A (1968)
REPULSION (1965)
REVOLUTION (1968)
RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP (1967)
ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL (1979)
ROSEMARY'S BABY (1969)
SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT, THE (1965)
SATURN 3 (1980)
SCARED TO DEATH (1947)
SCORE (1974)
SHE (1984)
SHINING, THE (1980)
SKIDOO (1968)
SHOOTING, THE (1966)
SONG REMAINS THE SAME, THE (1976)
SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER (1958)
SWIMMER, THE (1968)
THE THIN MAN (films)
TIMES SQUARE (1980)
TRACK 29 (1988)
TREE OF LIFE (2011)
TRIP, THE (1967)
TWENTIETH CENTURY (1934)
TWIN PEAKS
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TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (1971)
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
UNDER THE VOLCANO (1980)
WALL, THE (1982)
WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT (1965)
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1964)
WILD BOYS, THE (2018)
WILD IN THE STREETS (1968)
WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
WONDERWALL (1968)
X- THE MAN WITH X-RAY EYES (1963)
YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968)
ZABRISKIE POINT (1970)
ZARDOZ (1974)

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BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (1964)

CALTIKI, THE IMMORTAL MONSTER (1959)
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CAT O'NINE TAILS (1971)

CEMETERY MAN (1994)

THE CHURCH, THE (1989)

CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (1980)

DEATH LAID AN EGG (1968)

DEVIL'S DAUGHTER,THE ("La Setta" 1991)

EYE IN THE LABYRINTH (1972)
FIFTH CORD, THE (1971)

FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET (1971)

GHOSTHOUSE (1988)

HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY (1981)

INFERNO (1980)
IN THE FOLDS OF THE FLESH (1970)

KILL BABY KILL (1966)
LISA AND THE DEVIL (1974)

MOTHER OF TEARS (2007)

PAGANINI HORROR (1989)

PERFUME OF A LADY IN BLACK (1974)

PHENOMENA (1985)

PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (1966)

QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY (1968)

RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR (1981)

SCARLET DIVA (2002)

SEVEN DEATHS IN A CAT'S EYE (1973)

SHORT NIGHT OF GLASS DOLLS (1971)

SOMETHING CREEPING IN THE DARK (1972)
STAGEFRIGHT (1987)
TROLL 2 (1990)
VAMPIRE AND THE BALLERINA (1960)

THE VISITOR (1979)

WITCHERY (1988)

OLD DARK HOUSE / PRE-CODE

THE BLACK CAT (1941)
BLACK MOON (1934)
THE BLACK RAVEN (1943)

CAT AND THE CANARY (1939)

CHANDU ON MAGIC ISLAND (1935)

THE GHOUL (1933)

THE GORILLA (1939)

HAXAN: WITCHCRAFT THROUGH THE AGES (1922)

HORROR ISLAND (1941)

HOUSE OF HORRORS (1944)

KONGO (1932)
LEOPARD MAN, THE (1943)

MAD DOCTOR OF MARKET STREET (1942)

MAD GHOUL, THE (1943)

THE MONSTER WALKS (1932)

MUMMY'S CURSE, THE (1944)

MURDERS IN THE ZOO (1933)

THE OLD DARK HOUSE (1932)

ONE FRIGHTENED NIGHT (1935)

PHANTOM OF CRESTWOOD (1932)

RAVEN, THE (1935)

RETURN OF THE APE MAN (1944)

ROGUE'S TAVERN (1936)

THIRTEEN WOMEN (1932)

VOODOO MAN (1944)

WEREWOLF OF LONDON (1935)

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DEADLY MANTIS. THE (1956)

GIANT CLAW, THE (1957)
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959)

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE (1959)
THE UNDEAD (1957)

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BLOOD AND ROSES (1960)
BLOOD BATH (1966)

BLOOD FROM DRACULA'S CASTLE (1969)

BURN, WITCH BURN (1965)
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CITY OF THE DEAD (1960) AKA "Horror Hotel"
COMEDY OF TERRORS (1963)

DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1966)

EYE OF THE DEVIL (1966)
FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH (1967)
INCUBUS (1966)
LAST MAN ON EARTH (1963)

MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964)

MONDO KEYHOLE (1966)

QUEEN OF BLOOD (1966)
THE RAVEN (1963)

REPULSION (1965)

ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968)
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TARGETS (1968)
TOMB OF LIGEIA (1964)

X- THE MAN WITH X-RAY EYES (1963)

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BLOOD ORGY OF THE SHE-DEVILS (1973)
THE BROOD (1979)

THE CAR (1977)

CREEPING FLESH, THE (1973)

DAWN OF THE DEAD (1979)

DEATH AT LOVE HOUSE (1976)

DEATHMASTER (1971)

THE DEVIL'S RAIN (1975)
DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN (1972)
EMPIRE OF THE ANTS (1977)

FEMALE VAMPIRE (1973)

FOOD OF THE GODS (1976)

FROGS (1972)

THE FURY (1978)
GIRLY (1970)
GOD TOLD ME TO (1976)

GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE (1972)

HALLOWEEN (1978)
HEAVEN AND HELL (1978)

HORROR AT 37,000 FEET (1973)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978)
KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS (1977)

THE LEGACY (1978)
LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE (1973)
MANITOU, THE (1978)

MESSIAH OF EVIL (1973)
ORCA (1977)

QUEEN KONG (1976)
PHANTASM (1979)

PHASE IV (1974)
PROPHECY (1979)
PSYCHOMANIA (1971)

REQUIEM FOR A VAMPIRE (1971)

ROOMMATES, THE (1973)

SATAN'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (1973)

SENTINEL, THE (1977)

SHIVERS (1975)

SUGAR HILL (1974)

STAR MAIDENS (1976)

SWITCHBLADE SISTERS (1975)

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974)
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HALLOWEEN 2 (1981)
HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (1982)

HANGAR 18 (1980)

HOWLING, THE (1981)

HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN (1988)

JAWS OF SATAN (1981)
KEEP, THE (1983)
NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984)
PHANTASM II (1988)

POLTERGEIST (1982)

POSSESSION (1981)
PUMPKINHEAD (1988)

SATURN 3 (1980)
SCANNERS (1981)

SHINING (1980)

SOLE SURVIVOR (1983)

TERRORVISION (1986)
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THE CRAFT (1996)
DARK ANGEL: THE ASCENT (1994)

DOCTOR VAMPIRE (1991)

THE ETERNAL (1998)

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INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1996)
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THE HALLOW (2015)

HONEYMOON (2015)

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If, as Lao Tzu wrote, "without looking out of their window / one can know the ways of heaven" what if the reverse is als...
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L-R: Ian McKellan as Gandalf; Richard Harris as Dumbledore; Nicol Williamson as Merlin; Alec Guiness as Obi Wan The 'one who knows...
Fourteen or Fight! WILD IN THE STREETS (1968) or "The Day it all Happened, Baby."

In today's environ of political stagnancy we may no longer remember how it could even be possible, but between 1967 and '70, the ...
The cruel, cruel things we did to LAST SUMMER (1969)

There's ever so often I catch even a time out critic evincing he's not seen the movie he's capsulizing, as in the Time Ou...
Amazon Streams: Five Treasures drug up from Prime's Post-JAWS Riverbed (+ AVALANCHE)

It's so cold here in the New World, one thinks of summer. And the beach and the water, and the sharks, and the river... piranha... u...
CinemArchetype 20 - The Three Sisters / Witches

from top: Dracula; O Brother Where Art Thou?; A Matter of Life and Death Three sisters --- immovable power.. the magic num...
Grasshoppers are from Mars: FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH (1967)

As you may have read on Acidemic's sister blog, Divinorum Psychonautics, I'm fascinated by ancient astronaut theory, and light b...
Great and Wonderful Acid Cinema: WIZARD OF OZ (1939)

If there's one national myth that still crosses over to all generations, one touchstone tale that every cathode ray tribal fire...
Top 20 Favorite Actresses

(UPDATED 4/16) I picked my favorite actresses, as in actresses I personally love or fell in love with--at some point--which does not ne...
Angels of Death VI: Girl Mummies

Sitting here in the tomb that is my office building on the day before the high holy feast of Thanksgiving, I'm reminded of mum...

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