This October, I’m going to be doing something a little bit different with my contribution to 4 Shots From 4 Films. I’m going to be taking a little chronological tour of the history of horror cinema, moving from decade to decade.
Today, we continue to look at the 1950s.
4 Shots From 4 Horror Films
La Bruja (1954, dir by Chano Urueta)
Cult of the Cobra (1955, dir by Francis D. Lyon)
Dementia (1955, dir by John Parker)
The She Creature (1956, dir by Edward L. Cahn)
Today’s Horror on the Len is 1955’s Dementia, an experimental horror film without dialogue. The film follows a young woman (Adrienne Barrett) over the course of one surreal and nightmarish night on Los Angeles’s skid row.
Despite an opening endorsement from no less a Hollywood luminary as Preston Sturges, audiences in 1955 were not sure what to make of this dream-like film. However, it has since been rediscovered and reappreciated by audiences who appreciate the film’s surreal vision.
This October, I’m going to be doing something a little bit different with my contribution to 4 Shots From 4 Films. I’m going to be taking a little chronological tour of the history of horror cinema, moving from decade to decade.
Today, we continue to look at the 1950s.
Four Shots From Four Films
La Bruja (1954, dir by Chano Urueta)
Cult of the Cobra (1955, dir by Francis D. Lyon)
Dementia (1955, dir by John Parker)
The She Creature (1956, dir by Edward L. Cahn)
Through the Shattered Lens 