Curtis Harrington’s Ruby (1977) is a perfect example of what I like to call a or something film, to wit: Piper Laurie follows up her Academy Award nominated turn in Carrie (’76) to headline as a former gun moll haunted by her dead ex while she runs a drive-in and her 16 year old becomes possessed by said dead ex. Or something. Fractured and scattered but a whole lot of fun, Ruby is positively littered with or something’s and I kind of love it for that.
Released by Dimension Pictures in late June, Ruby was a big hit with audiences, returning $16 million off of a sub million dollar budget. This was clearly the Carrie effect; I remember the trailer playing on TV at the time, and my wee mind was blown by the final image – a woman in a red dress being dragged underwater. For a kid with an early thirst for horror,...
Released by Dimension Pictures in late June, Ruby was a big hit with audiences, returning $16 million off of a sub million dollar budget. This was clearly the Carrie effect; I remember the trailer playing on TV at the time, and my wee mind was blown by the final image – a woman in a red dress being dragged underwater. For a kid with an early thirst for horror,...
- 3/24/2018
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
A major horror hit from ’77, Ruby surprised all that made it including its director Curtis Harrington, who struggled with an interfering producer for control of the set. Despite everything, star Piper Laurie still shines, and there’s some good atmosphere — for an Exorcist rip-off, it’s not bad.
Ruby
Special Elite Edition Blu-ray + DVD
Vci
1977 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 85 min. / Street Date September 12, 2017 / available at Vci Entertainment / 29.95
Starring: Piper Laurie, Stuart Whitman, Roger Davis, Janit Baldwin, Crystin Sinclair, Sal Vecchio, Len Lesser, Fred Kohler.
Cinematography: William Mendenhall
Film Editor: William P. Magee
Original Music: Don Ellis
Written by George Edwards, Barry Schneider story by Steve Krantz
Produced by George Edwards, Steve Krantz
Directed by Curtis Harrington
Curtis Harrington had as rough a directing career as anyone, but not without an artistic triumph or two. Fascinated by fantasy and horror, he was filming avant-garde short subjects while still a teenager. He also...
Ruby
Special Elite Edition Blu-ray + DVD
Vci
1977 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 85 min. / Street Date September 12, 2017 / available at Vci Entertainment / 29.95
Starring: Piper Laurie, Stuart Whitman, Roger Davis, Janit Baldwin, Crystin Sinclair, Sal Vecchio, Len Lesser, Fred Kohler.
Cinematography: William Mendenhall
Film Editor: William P. Magee
Original Music: Don Ellis
Written by George Edwards, Barry Schneider story by Steve Krantz
Produced by George Edwards, Steve Krantz
Directed by Curtis Harrington
Curtis Harrington had as rough a directing career as anyone, but not without an artistic triumph or two. Fascinated by fantasy and horror, he was filming avant-garde short subjects while still a teenager. He also...
- 12/23/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The desperate teens came to the island seeking sanctuary, but they found something sinister instead in 1982's Humongous, coming to Blu-ray in 2017 from Scorpion Releasing.
From Scorpion Releasing: "Here is an early preview of the upcoming Blu-Ray of Humongous
A group of teens on a boat trip get caught in a dense fog and run aground on the rocks of the mysterious 'Dog Island'. They take refuge on the island only to find one of the group is missing and another is critically injured. Unfortunately they are not alone on the island. Something is loose... it's angry... and very hungry! Starring Janet Julian (TV's Nancy Drew, Choke Canyon), David Wallace (Mortuary), Janit Baldwin (Prime Cut, Ruby) and directed by Paul Lynch (Prom Night, Cross Country), now watch this slasher classic in high definition!
The first 2,000 copies of Humongous will include a slipsleeve featuring custom artwork by artist Kung Fu Bob,...
From Scorpion Releasing: "Here is an early preview of the upcoming Blu-Ray of Humongous
A group of teens on a boat trip get caught in a dense fog and run aground on the rocks of the mysterious 'Dog Island'. They take refuge on the island only to find one of the group is missing and another is critically injured. Unfortunately they are not alone on the island. Something is loose... it's angry... and very hungry! Starring Janet Julian (TV's Nancy Drew, Choke Canyon), David Wallace (Mortuary), Janit Baldwin (Prime Cut, Ruby) and directed by Paul Lynch (Prom Night, Cross Country), now watch this slasher classic in high definition!
The first 2,000 copies of Humongous will include a slipsleeve featuring custom artwork by artist Kung Fu Bob,...
- 12/21/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Piper Laurie, still flush with her success in 1976’s Carrie, is mother to another supernatural trouble-child in this 1977 possession potboiler from director Curtis Harrington (Night Tide). Laurie plays the titular Ruby whose deaf-mute daughter begins to show signs that her personality has been taken over by the spirit of her dead father, a sleaze-ball mobster executed by his own associates. Perennial tough-guy Stuart Whitman plays Laurie’s current lover and Janit Baldwin, who left acting in 1984, plays the levitating teen.
- 12/5/2016
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
Lovers of odd and neglected vintage cinema can rejoice in the repackaging of Michael Ritchie’s weird sophomore title, Prime Cut. With all the menace of a Dick Francis novel and a perverse comedic streak akin to the tastes of John Waters, this misbegotten feature hasn’t received the notable following it deserves for one glaring reason—it’s increasingly warped treatment of women, which may have seemed enlightened for the period, but eventually only adds to the problematic misogyny that never abates. As far as its handling of more sensational, exploitational elements, Ritchie and screenwriter Robert Dillon manage to smooth its edges with breakneck pacing, sarcastic repartee, and a handful of impressively orchestrated face-offs.
The head of the Irish mob in Chicago hires Nick Devlin (Lee Marvin), an enforcer, to travel to Kansas City and collect money he’s owed by Mary Ann (Gene Hackman), the man who runs...
The head of the Irish mob in Chicago hires Nick Devlin (Lee Marvin), an enforcer, to travel to Kansas City and collect money he’s owed by Mary Ann (Gene Hackman), the man who runs...
- 7/29/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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