Horror On The Lens: Burnt Offerings (dir by Dan Curtis)

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Lisa Marie Bowman

To be honest, I really don’t like Burnt Offerings, a 1976 film about what happens when an odd family moves into an even odder house. I find it to be slow and predictable and, to be honest, the only part that really works are the flashback scenes that feature a skeletal Anthony James playing a sinister chauffeur.

However, I’ve discovered that there’s a lot of people online who disagree with me and who consider this to be one of the best haunted house movies ever! So, in the spirit of agreeing to disagree, here is Burnt Offerings…

(If nothing else, the film is worth it for the chance to see Oliver Reed, Karen Black, Bette Davis, Anthony James, and Burgess Meredith all in one film together.)

Scenes I Love: Jack Nicholson Sings in Ken Russell’s Tommy

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The scene, from the 1975 film Tommy, was directed by the late Ken Russell. R.I.P.

Someday, I hope to play Ann-Margaret’s role in a community theater production of The Who’s Tommy.

Trailers for Halloween, Part 2

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Lisa Marie Bowman

For the second part of my three-part Halloween edition of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse and Exploitation Trailers, I’ve chosen six trailers from the legendary library of Hammer films. Enjoy!

1) Blood From The Mummy’s Tomb (1971)

The Hammer Mummy films never get as much respect as the old Hammer Dracula and Frankenstein films. This is mostly because the Mummy films tend to drag and the Mummy never quite had the charisma of a Christopher Lee or a Peter Cushing. Still, mummies are pretty freaky. I’d probably be more scared of them if I lived in an area with a larger concentration of archeological digs.