[Classics of Pagan Cinema] “The 50’s, for all their historical patina, were an age of post-war innovation: the mixer, the slow cooker, the top load dishwasher,” writes Lauren Parker in her review of this favorite of Witch cinema. “And for more than just these appliances: the invention of the nuclear family and its purity.”

https://wildhunt.org/2025/12/classics-of-pagan-cinema-bell-book-and-candle.html

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Classics of Pagan Cinema: Bell, Book, and Candle

"The 50’s, for all their historical patina, were an age of post-war innovation: the mixer, the slow cooker, the top load dishwasher," writes Lauren Parker in her review of this favorite of Witch cinema. "And for more than just these appliances: the invention of the nuclear family and its purity."

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If my choices are between drinking that crap and Kim Novak, I'm taking the Kim Novak!

#FrightClub #BellBookAndCandle

Fellas! Merle's back on the market! Look at that ramrot straight posture, you can't go wrong!

#FrightClub #BellBookAndCandle

That hat's going to fall and kill someone.

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I'm like, Kim Novak IS the spell!

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Bell, Book and Candle - Wikipedia

"You gave me something wonderful. You made me unhappy."

BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE (1958) is on Tubi and Prime if you'd like to celebrate the 66th anniversary of its premiere.

#KimNovak #BellBookAndCandle #TCMParty

That is not a sandworm in your driveway – Chasing Dings!

I'll bite.🧛 Here are my #LastFourWatched!

#TheForest (2016) - Director: Jason Zada (Spooky film. Takes place in #Aokigahara, a Haunted Forest in #Japan)

#TheWrongHouse (2009) - Director: #ShawnFrench (Maine-made revenge horror flick)

Bell, Book & Candle (1958) - Director: Richard Quine (spooky comedy)

#Beetlejuice (1988) - Director: #TimBurton (spooky comedy)

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Elsa Lanchester in Blackbeard's Ghost
Born: October 28, 1902
Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Blackbeard's Ghost (1968), Murder By Death (1976), Mary Poppins (1964), Terror in the Wax Museum (1973), That Darn Cat! (1965), Bell Book and Candle (1958), The Spiral Staircase (1946),
#ElsaLanchester #UniversalMonsters #brideoffrankenstein #frankenstein #disney #blackbeardsghost #ghosts #murderbydeath #thatdarncat #cats #terrorinthewaxmuseum #marypoppins #bellbookandcandle #thespiralstaircase