The Ghost (1963 film)
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| - | '''''Midi Minuit Fantastique''''' ([[1962]] - [[1971]]) was a French [[film magazine]] published by [[Eric Losfeld]] and edited by [[Jean-Claude Romer]]. | + | '''''The Ghost''''' ([[Italian language|Italian]] title: ''Lo Spettro'') is a [[1963 in film|1963]] [[Cinema of Italy|Italian]] [[horror film]] directed by [[Riccardo Freda]], using the [[pseudonym]] "Robert Hampton". The film stars [[Barbara Steele]] and [[Peter Baldwin]]. Other titles for the film include ''The Spectre'' and ''Lo Spettro de Dr. Hichcock''. |
| - | == Overview == | + | == Cast == |
| - | Founded by [[Michel Caen]] and [[Alain Le Bris]], with help from [[Jean Boullet]], [[Francis Lacassin]] and [[Jean-Claude Romer]], the magazine was dedicated to [[fantastique|le fantastique]], [[horror film|horror]] and [[science fiction]] films of the [[1960s]]. It had a guide to the [[Parisian]] film theatres showing those [[cult film|cultish genres]]. | + | [[Barbara Steele]] — Margaret Hichcock |
| - | Some of Midi Minuit Fantastique issues were dedicated to special themes (''[[King Kong]], [[Dracula]], [[The Most Dangerous Game (film)|The Most Dangerous Game]]''). | + | [[Peter Baldwin]] - Dr. Charles Livingstone |
| - | In later days, when acceptance of alternative canons of cinema had grown, Midi Minuit Fantastique sometimes dealt with more mainstream subject matter with profiles on [[Samuel Fuller]], [[Otto Preminger]] or [[Federico Fellini]]. | + | [[Elio Jotta]] - Dr. John Hichcock |
| - | Literary fiction was also the subject of Midi Minuit, with a memorable essay on [[Gaston Leroux]] by [[Jean Rollin]]. | + | [[Harriet Medin]] - Catherine Wood, Housekeeper |
| - | == Precursors == | + | == The story == |
| - | Precursors to Midi Minuit Fantastique were the film magazine ''[[Saint-Cinéma des Prés]]'' (1949 - 1950) and [[Adonis Kyrou]]'s ''[[Le Surréalisme au cinéma]]'' (1952). [[Lotte H. Eisner]]'s ''[[The Haunted Screen]]'' (1952) also deserves mention. | + | A woman and her lover murder her husband, a doctor. Soon, however, strange things start happening, and they wonder if they really killed him, or if he is coming back from the dead to haunt them. |
| - | In 1953 [[Eric Losfeld]] launches "[[Bizarre (arts magazine)|Bizarre]]", dedicated to surrealism, the magazine also gives ample attention to fantastic cinema. | ||
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| - | In 1957 there is a special issue entitled "Spécial Fantastique" in the magazine [[Cinéma]]. | ||
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| - | In 1958 [[Forrest J Ackerman]] launches "[[Famous Monsters of Filmland]]." | ||
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| - | == What followed == | ||
| - | As [[Gilles Menegaldo]] mentions, after Midi-Minuit cult magazines on the fantastique will proliferate. There is ''[[Horizons du fantastique]]'', launched in June 1967 which specialized in the fantastic literature but also regularly has specials on horror cinema. A little later, magazine ''[[L’Écran fantastique]]'' is founded by [[Alain Schlockoff]]. | ||
| - | == Issues 1 - 24 and bibliography== | ||
| - | :[http://calindex.eu/parutions.php?op=larevue&larevue=MMF&min=0 index of all issues + covers] | ||
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| - | *[[MMF1- 05/1962]] | ||
| - | **On the cover: ''[[The Curse of the Werewolf]]'' by [[Terence Fisher]] | ||
| - | *[[MMF2- 08/1962]] | ||
| - | **On the cover: a scene from'' [[The Thief of Bagdad]]'' | ||
| - | *[[MMF3- 10/1962]] | ||
| - | **On the cover: [[King Kong]] | ||
| - | *[[MMF4-5- 01/1963]] | ||
| - | **On the cover: [[Dracula]] | ||
| - | *[[MMF6- 06/1963]] | ||
| - | **On the cover: [[Count Zaroff]] | ||
| - | *[[MMF7- 09/1963]] | ||
| - | **On the cover:'' [[The Old Dark House]]'' (Janette Scott) | ||
| - | *[[MMF8- 01/1964]] | ||
| - | **On the cover:'' [[Horrors of the Black Museum]]'' (June Cunningham) | ||
| - | *[[MMF9- 07/1964]] | ||
| - | **On the cover: [[Nicole François]] on [[Philippe Lifchitz]]'s '' [[La Prima donna]]'' | ||
| - | *[[MMF10-11- 12/1964]] | ||
| - | **On the cover: [[Barbara Steele]] in '' [[The Ghost (film)]]'' | ||
| - | *[[MMF12- 05/1965]] | ||
| - | **On the cover: ''[[War-Gods of the Deep]]'' | ||
| - | *[[MMF13- 11/1965]] | ||
| - | *[[MMF14- 06/1966]] | ||
| - | *[[MMF15-16- 12/1966]] | ||
| - | *[[MMF17- 06/1967]] (Cover image: [[Barbara Steele]]) | ||
| - | *[[MMF18-19- 12/1967]] | ||
| - | *[[MMF20- 10/1968]] | ||
| - | *[[MMF21- 04/1970]] | ||
| - | *[[MMF22- 07/1970]] | ||
| - | *[[MMF23- 10/1970]] | ||
| - | *[[MMF24- 12/1970]] | ||
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| - | *Bibliography: ''Etude analytique et sémiologique de Midi minuit fantastique'', [[René Prédal]], published by "Centre du vingtième siècle de Nice." | ||
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| - | == External links == | ||
| - | *[http://www.devildead.com/indexdossier.php3?dossier=21 Souvenirs de Midi-Minuit Fantastique] | ||
| - | *[http://calindex.eu/parutions.php?op=larevue&larevue=MMF&min=0 index of all issues + covers] | ||
| - | *[http://www.cairn.be/article.php?ID_REVUE=RFEA&ID_NUMPUBLIE=RFEA_088&ID_ARTICLE=RFEA_088_0062 Cinéma américain et théories françaises : images critiques croisées] | ||
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The Ghost (Italian title: Lo Spettro) is a 1963 Italian horror film directed by Riccardo Freda, using the pseudonym "Robert Hampton". The film stars Barbara Steele and Peter Baldwin. Other titles for the film include The Spectre and Lo Spettro de Dr. Hichcock.
Cast
Barbara Steele — Margaret Hichcock
Peter Baldwin - Dr. Charles Livingstone
Elio Jotta - Dr. John Hichcock
Harriet Medin - Catherine Wood, Housekeeper
The story
A woman and her lover murder her husband, a doctor. Soon, however, strange things start happening, and they wonder if they really killed him, or if he is coming back from the dead to haunt them.
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