Curtis Harrington RIP
Posted: May 11th, 2007, 11:14 am
The director Curtis Harrington died earlier in May.
His heyday was the early Seventies, and he is most famous for "What's The matter With Helen?" which starred Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters. Reynolds is terrific here, but I think the film is more neo-noir than horror. "Who Slew Auntie Roo?" came out around the same time. This is a movie far more clever than its title. It updates Hansel and Gretel and stars Winters again. I think it is Harrington's best film.
He did a number of films for TV. Perhaps the best of these was "The Cat Creature," which had a screenplay by Robert Bloch and recaptured some Val lewton atmosphere.
Harrington is also supposedly the person who saved "The Old Dark House" from becoming a lost film.
His heyday was the early Seventies, and he is most famous for "What's The matter With Helen?" which starred Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters. Reynolds is terrific here, but I think the film is more neo-noir than horror. "Who Slew Auntie Roo?" came out around the same time. This is a movie far more clever than its title. It updates Hansel and Gretel and stars Winters again. I think it is Harrington's best film.
He did a number of films for TV. Perhaps the best of these was "The Cat Creature," which had a screenplay by Robert Bloch and recaptured some Val lewton atmosphere.
Harrington is also supposedly the person who saved "The Old Dark House" from becoming a lost film.