Stars: John Cassavetes, Duncan McIntosh, John Ireland, Kerrie Keane, Helen Hughes, Erin Noble, Harvey Atkin, Harry Ditson | Written by Ray Russell, George Franklin | Directed by John Hough
There are films that scare you in the moment, and then there are films that unnerve you in ways you can’t quite name. The Incubus, a 1981 horror oddity starring John Cassavetes, falls squarely into the latter category. When I sat down to watch this new 88 Films Blu-ray, I expected the usual genre mechanics of early-’80s horror: a town in peril, a shadowy force, the expected body count. What I didn’t expect was the eerie, fragmented atmosphere, the lingering existential melancholy—and above all, the strange, haunted performance from Cassavetes that somehow elevates this film from exploitation fare to something more enigmatic.
Let’s get the basics out of the way. The plot, on paper, sounds like pulp: a small New...
There are films that scare you in the moment, and then there are films that unnerve you in ways you can’t quite name. The Incubus, a 1981 horror oddity starring John Cassavetes, falls squarely into the latter category. When I sat down to watch this new 88 Films Blu-ray, I expected the usual genre mechanics of early-’80s horror: a town in peril, a shadowy force, the expected body count. What I didn’t expect was the eerie, fragmented atmosphere, the lingering existential melancholy—and above all, the strange, haunted performance from Cassavetes that somehow elevates this film from exploitation fare to something more enigmatic.
Let’s get the basics out of the way. The plot, on paper, sounds like pulp: a small New...
- 4/10/2025
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