Retro-Musings for Halloween: “The House that Dripped Blood” (1971) doesn’t waste a single drop…

******BLOODY GOOD SPOILERS!****** As a little kid, my favorite magazine (made of paper, for younger readers) was editor-publisher Forry Ackerman’s legendary “Famous Monsters of Filmland,” the behind-the-scenes horror magazine that launched more than a few careers, and inspired many of its young readers (my then eight-year old self among them). One image from that magazine…

“The Wicker Man” (1973) still burns as brightly as ever…

*****SACRIFICIAL SPOILERS AHEAD!***** “The Wicker Man” (1973) is one of those cult gems that I came to a lot later in life, having first seen the movie sometime in the early 2000s, after years of rumor and curiosity.  It did not disappoint.  While I find the film more fascinating than frightening, “The Wicker Man” has…