Goodbye to Curtis Harrington, 1928--2007

Farewell to a talented director of feature films like GAMES, NIGHT TIDE, QUEEN OF BLOOD, WHO SLEW AUNTIE ROO (which scared me as a child), WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HELEN, and THE KILLING KIND.

His TV movies THE CAT CREATURE, KILLER BEES, and THE DEAD DON'T DIE gave me nightmares as a kid.

Before John Carpenter's "Halloween," the top-grossing independent film was Curtis Harrington's 1977 horror film RUBY.

Spend some time watching a Harrington flick this week. Or next. And at Halloween. And spend some reading time on Curtis Harrington at the following links:

http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/fall2000/short_reports/brides_monsters.php
(An excellent article on Curtis Harrington)

http://www.einsiders.com/features/interviews/curtisharrington.php
(A very good, long interview with Harrington)

http://www.halloweenallyear.com/articles_curtis.html
(A very brief interview with Harrington)