Curtis Harrington Articles

Dennis Hopper will have his day — or rather, evening — on Turner Classic Movies on Tuesday, June 8. TCM has rescheduled its primetime and overnight lineup in honor of actor-director-screenwriter Hopper, who died May 29 at the age of 74. The most interesting-sounding of the five scheduled Hopper films is the one I haven't seen, yet: Curtis Harrington's Night Tide (1963), about a sailor [...]

The Killing Kind (1973) Direction: Curtis Harrington Screenplay: Tony Crechales and George Edwards Cast: Ann Sothern, John Savage, Ruth Roman, Cindy Williams, Luana Anders, Sue Bernard, Marjorie Eaton, Peter Brocco     When I read that The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film described Curtis Harrington's The Killing Kind as "a seldom-seen sickie" I just knew I had to see it. And it was well worth my [...]