Mastodawn

settima Sep 7, 2024

Cheerfully moving on. I've got some #Hooptober catching up to do as last night's #film (El esqueleto de la señora Morales) was *not* a #horror movie. It did deliver on the skeleton part, so that was something.

#NowWatching the Roger Corman produced snake fessst Night of the Cobra Woman (1972)!

#RogerCorman #AndrewMeyer #JoyBang #MarleneClark #cinemastodon #snakes #Cheerios #FilmDinner

November Grau Aug 31, 2023

Saw the uncut version of Ganja & Hess tonight, and it is everything the long and thoughtful article below says it is. So much to love:

- the green and red/orange colour scheme
- the experimental soundtrack by Sam Waymon, which has nothing to envy what the BBC sound workshop was doing in those days and has many elements you'd not expect to hear over at Auntie's.
- a proper nuanced female lead (Marlene Clark)
- a character speaking French properly
- a dreamy, sometimes horrifying ambience that still feels real
- black people existing in the American countryside without being lynched (the nature photography and the way the characters interact with it is great and feels a bit Penda's Fen)
- full frontal male nudity that isn't played for laughs
- etc.

See it at once if you can!
#HorrorMovies #70sMovies #GanjaAndHess #BillGunn #SamWaymon #MarleneClark

https://offscreen.com/view/the-uniqueness-of-bill-gunns-ganja-and-hess

The Uniqueness of Bill Gunn’s Ganja & Hess

Donato Totaro goes deep into one of the most unique American films of the 1970s, Bill Gunn’s avant-garde horror film Ganja & Hess.

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Dr. Dani Sanchez Aug 4, 2023

Marlene Clark in “Slaughter”
#TCMParty #Slaughter #MarleneClark #blaxploitation

Afroféminas Jul 11, 2023

Marlene Clark, el cine de terror y el feminismo negro
Marlene Clark, un mito negro del cine de terror de los años 70 moría el pasado mes de mayo. Su película Ganja & Hess, es considerad
https://afrofeminas.com/2023/07/11/marlene-clark-el-cine-de-terror-y-el-feminismo-negro/
#CulturaCineYTelevisin #CONTENIDOPREMIUM #FeminismoNegro #Feminismos #afrodescendientes #Afrofminas #afrofeminas #afrofeminismo #Cine #CineDeTerror #dispora #FeminismoNegro #GanjaHess #MarleneClark #MujerNegra #SerieB

Marlene Clark, el cine de terror y el feminismo negro - AFROFÉMINAS

Marlene Clark, un mito negro del cine de terror de los años 70 moría el pasado mes de mayo. Su película Ganja & Hess, es considerada una de las películas negras de terror más transgresoras del siglo XX. Esta obra única desafía las convenciones del género y ofrece una exploración profunda de temas tabú y la feminidad negra, más allá del lugar que se nos concede.

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Starchy Compliment Jun 1, 2023

#RIPMarleneClark #MarleneClark
#GanjaAndHess #BlackFilm #HorrorMovies #GothicHorror

Photo: Horror Homeroom via Kelly-Jordan Enterprises

Will McKinley May 31, 2023

#MarleneClark (1937-2023) — Lamont's girlfriend on SANFORD AND SON, star of ‘70s cult classics like GANJA AND HESS, LORD SHANGO, and SWITCHBLADE SISTERS.

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/marlene-clark-dead-sanford-and-son-1235628204/
#RIPMarleneClark #ClassicTV #1970sTV

Marlene Clark Dead: 'Sanford and Son' Actor Was 85

Marlene Clark, an actor who appeared on “Sanford and Son,” the horror movie “Ganja & Hess” and several other films of the ’60s and ’70s, died on May 18. She was 85. Clark starred in…

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CineRequiem.com May 23, 2023

Sad to hear that #MarleneClark, the charismatic American film / TV actress, passed on May 18th, the same day as the death of her #Slaughter (1972) co-star Jim Brown. She appeared briefly in major films including #EnterTheDragon (1973), and found interesting starring roles in offbeat genre pictures of the 1970s, joining Duane Jones for the title roles of Bill Gunn's striking #GanjaAndHess (1973) and portraying Calvin Lockhart's lycanthrope wife in Amicus' #TheBeastMustDie (1974)

#InMemoriam #RIP