Roy Ward Baker RIP. Maybe not a 'great' director, but one of my favourites.
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'Quatermass and the Pit' is surely a founding text of the whole hauntological posse. I only caught it for the first time last year but, crikey, Kneale's in at the start - there's not a riff which hasn't since been half-inched.
ReplyDeleteHe also helmed 'Asylum'. That last shock sticks with me, I tell yer. Stethoscopes ruined forever.
RWB's 'Asylum' and 'The Vault of Horror' are a pair of classic Amicus portmanteau films. Love them both.
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree, RWB was a great facilitator but the genius of Quatermass is Kneale.
Balls. A fine director.
ReplyDelete@UW, if you check my comment on your blog you'll see I anticipate you will set the record straight :)
ReplyDeleteI will. I will, I will.
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