I Bid You Welcome to 24 Hours in My Cinematic Crypt
by Batzina Belfry (aka Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport)
I bid you welcome creepies, ghoulies, goblins and spookies to The Cinematic Crypt for a twenty-four hour watch-a-long.
SUMMER OF STARS #2: Joan Crawford
by Matthew Crump, Staff Writer
I feel I owe Joan Crawford an apology.
Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema VI offers some hidden gems
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
The crown jewel of this installment of The Dark Side of Cinema is John Brahm’s 1947 Singapore.
Strait-Jacket and Bad Moms of Bad Daughters
by Sara Clements
“Lucy Harbin took an axe. Gave her husband 40 wacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave his girlfriend 41.”
Are some “bad moms” just a fictitious image created by nasty daughters? If you know anything about Joan Crawford, the similarity between Mommie Dearest and William Castle’s Strait-Jacket is clear. Strait-Jacket isn’t simply a film about a murderous mother, just like Mommie Dearest isn’t simply a book/film about an abusive one. Both are told through the eyes of a daughter scorned, and as such, manipulates the viewer into believing one side without exploring the other. Sometimes, it’s the daughter who wields the axe.
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