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Curtis Harrington

Curtis Harrington

Gene Curtis Harrington was an American film and television director whose work included experimental films, horror films, and episodic television. He is considered one of the forerunners of New Queer Cinema.

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Movies Made By Curtis Harrington (27)

Magick Lantern Cycle (2019)

Cinematic magician, legendary provocateur, and author of Hollywood Babylon, Kenneth Anger was a unique figure in post-war American culture. His iconic short films are characterised by a mystical-symbolic visual language and phantasmagorical-sensual opulenc ...

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Usher (2002)

Writer Truman Jones travels to the home of old, eccentric poet Roderick Usher in his quest for wisdom from the aging poet. ...

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Mata Hari (1985)

Based loosely on the real-life story of the World War I spy. The exotic dancer uses her contacts in European high society, along with her seductive charm, to collect military secrets during the war. She successfully plays both sides against each other unti ...

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Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)

A dog that is a minion of Satan terrorizes a suburban family. ...

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Ruby (1977)

Strange killings occur at Ruby's drive-in theatre, sixteen years after the murder of her gangster boyfriend. ...

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The Dead Don't Die (1975)

In the 1930s, a sailor trying to prove that his brother was wrongly executed for murder finds himself becoming drawn into the occult world. ...

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The Killing Kind (1974)

A twisted ex-convict moves into his mother's boardinghouse. ...

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Killer Bees (1974)

A strong-willed woman not only dominates her family of California winegrowers, but also has a strange hold on a colony of bees in her vineyard. ...

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The Cat Creature (1973)

When a rich man dies, some items from a collection of his are stolen- an ancient Egyptian gold amulet and the mummy that was wearing it. The police consult scholars from the local University to help with the investigation, which is taking a more serious tu ...

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Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)

A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist. ...

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What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)

Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom. ...

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How Awful About Allan (1970)

After an eight-month stay in a mental hospital, a tormented man comes home to live with his sister; but a mysterious boarder may be trying to kill him. ...

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Games (1967)

A mysterious woman in black moves in with married Manhattan thrill-seekers and helps one trick the other. ...

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Queen of Blood (1966)

A spaceship is sent to Mars after an alien distress signal is picked up. They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood it's evident they have rescued a bloodsucking monster. Uses footage from Encounter in Space (1963). ...

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The Four Elements (1966)

An educational film about power sources that's rendered as a lyrical meditation on heat and vapor, The Four Elements is a poetic and avant-garde documentary Curtis Harrington made for the United States Information Agency. ...

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Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)

In 2020, after the colonization of the moon, the spaceships Vega, Sirius and Capella are launched from Lunar Station 7. They are to explore Venus under the command of Professor Hartman, but an asteroid collides and explodes Capella. The leader ship Vega st ...

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The Stripper (1963)

An aging former movie starlet whose Hollywood career went nowhere, now reduced to dancing with a third-rate touring show, finds herself stranded in a small town where she's courted by an infatuated and naive local teenager. ...

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Night Tide (1961)

A young sailor falls in love with a mysterious woman performing as a mermaid on the local pier. As they become entwined, he comes to suspect the woman might be a real mermaid who lures men to a watery death during the full moon. Preserved by the Academy F ...

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Return to Peyton Place (1961)

Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial first novel. A sequel to the hit 1957 film. ...

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Mardi Gras (1958)

A military school cadet romances a visiting French actress during Mardi Gras. With songs, kissing and New Orleans locations. ...

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The Wormwood Star (1956)

A portrait of artist, actress, poet and occultist Marjorie Cameron, it shows images of her paintings and recitations of her poems. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2006. ...

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The Assignation (1953)

Long considered lost, The Assignation was Curtis Harrington's first color film. It was shot in Venice, Italy, and follows a masked figure through the labyrinthine canals of the city, building to a spectacular climax. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive ...

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On the Edge (1951)

In this fragile yet frightening poetic fantasy set against a dark industrial landscape, a woman sits knitting on the porch of her home when a man appears and takes the knitting from her. ...

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Picnic (1949)

Beginning in the reality of American middle-class life, Picnic portrays the idealistic dream-quest of the protagonist, from which he is finally cast off. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2006. ...

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Puce Moment (1949)

Puce Moment is a short 6 minute film by Kenneth Anger, author of the Hollywood Babylon books, filmed in 1949. Puce Moment resulted from the unfinished short film Puce Women. The film opens with a camera watching 1920s style flapper gowns being taken off a ...

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Fragment of Seeking (1947)

A young man desperately seeks out the fleeting image of a female companion, and though he never quite catches her, he discovers much more through the surreal explorations of his own sexuality. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012. ...

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The Fall of the House of Usher (1942)

Curtis Harrington's student film based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story. ...

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Movies Starring Curtis Harrington (17)

Magick Lantern Cycle (2019)

Cinematic magician, legendary provocateur, and author of Hollywood Babylon, Kenneth Anger was a unique figure in post-war American culture. His iconic short films are characterised by a mystical-symbolic visual language and phantasmagorical-sensual opulenc ...

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The Other Side of the Wind (2018)

Surrounded by fans and sceptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 but never completed during Welles's ...

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House of Harrington (2009)

Profile of the late iconoclastic director Curtis Harrington, featuring images from many of his poetic and haunting films. ...

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The Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume One (2007)

Covering the first half of Anger's career, from his landmark debut FIREWORKS in 1947 to his epic bacchanalia INAGURATION OF THE PLEASURE DOME, Fantoma is very proud to present the long-awaited first volume of films by this revolutionary and groundbreaking ...

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Usher (2002)

Writer Truman Jones travels to the home of old, eccentric poet Roderick Usher in his quest for wisdom from the aging poet. ...

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Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! (2000)

A documentary from Universal about the movie "The Invisible Man" (1933) directed by James Whale. ...

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The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale (1999)

Written, co-produced and co-directed by David J. Skal, THE WORLD OF GODS AND MONSTERS is a behind-the scenes chronicle of the making of the 1998 Academy Award-winning film GODS AND MONSTERS starring Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser and Lynn Redgrave. Narrated ...

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Sex, Death & The Hollywood Mystique (1999)

Larry Wessel presents darkest Hollywood and explores some of tinsel town's most grisly tragedies, including the murders of Sharon Tate and The Black Dahlia. ...

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Universal Horror (1998)

A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s. ...

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Gods and Monsters (1998)

It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper, Ha ...

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Hollywood Halloween (1997)

Horror documentary with interviews to William Friedkin, Stan Winston, John McNaughton, Tom Holland and Ridley Scott. ...

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Working with Orson Welles (1993)

"Working with Orson Welles" is a low-budget production put together by Gary Graver, who worked as a cameraman for Welles in the last 15 years of his life. ...

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Cult People (1989)

In interviews, various actors and directors discuss their careers and their involvement in the making of what has come to be known as "cult" films. Included are such well-known genre figures as Russ Meyer, Curtis Harrington, Cameron Mitchell and James Kare ...

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The Horror of It All (1983)

A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them. ...

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The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)

Lord Shiva wakes. A convocation of magicians in the guise of figures from mythology; a masquerade party at which Pan is the prize. The wine of Hecate is poured: Pan's cup is poisoned by Shiva. Kali blesses the assembly as a bacchic rite ensues. ...

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Fragment of Seeking (1947)

A young man desperately seeks out the fleeting image of a female companion, and though he never quite catches her, he discovers much more through the surreal explorations of his own sexuality. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012. ...

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The Fall of the House of Usher (1942)

Curtis Harrington's student film based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story. ...

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