Jessica Harper Archives

The Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

Rating: ★★★★

Mar 9, 2001Phantom of the Opera Rock Musical Parody

Predating The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Brian De Palma conducts a very funny parody of The Phantom of the Opera (and several other horror films) as a glitter rock musical

Director: Brian De Palma

Actors: William Finley, Paul Williams, Jessica Harper, Gerrit Graham, …

Category: Horror

9 March 200120 August 2020 by Roog

Suspiria (1977)

Rating: ★★★

Dec 5, 2000Witchcraft in a Girl's School

The work on which the cult of director Dario Argento was built. The film consists of a series of extravagantly arty deaths at a girls boarding school, although comes without any real plot connecting this

Director: Dario Argento

Actors: Jessica Harper, Alida Valli, Joan Bennett, Udo Kier

Category: Horror

5 December 200013 January 2026 by Roog

The Evictors (1979)

Rating: ★★½

Feb 15, 2001Sinister Attacks

From 1970s exploitation director Charles B. Pierce, this charts similar territory to the Backwoods Brutality cycle in the claimedly true story of a couple who buy a house in the South and then experience a mystery assault

Director: Charles B. Pierce

Actors: Vic Morrow, Jessica Harper, Michael Parks, Sue Ann Langdon

Category: Horror

15 February 200120 October 2025 by Roog

Shock Treatment (1981)

Rating: ★★½

Feb 18, 2010Rocky Horror Sequel

A not uninteresting sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, this has widely divided reactions among fans

Director: Jim Sharman

Actors: Jessica Harper, Barry Humphries, Cliff De Young, Richard O'Brien, …

Category: Fantasy

18 February 201031 January 2025 by Roog

Big Man on Campus (1989)

Rating: ★★★

Jul 29, 1999Modernised Hunchback of Notre Dame Comedy

An amiable comedy that relocates the basic story of The Hunchback of Notre Dame to a modern American campus about the taming of a scruffy hunchback who lives in the university belltower

Director: Jeremy Kagan

Actors: Allan Katz, Corey Parker, Tom Skerritt, Melora Hardin, …

Category: Fantasy

29 July 199927 November 2025 by Roog

Suspiria (2018)

Rating: ★★★

Feb 16, 2019Witchcraft in a Girl’s School

Dario Argento's original Suspiria was an almost entirely narrative-free work set around a series of extravagantly arty deaths; this remake could not be a more different film. Not to say it is uninteresting in what it does

Director: Luca Guadagnino

Actors: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Angela Winkler, …

Category: Horror

16 February 20194 June 2025 by Roog

Bones and All (2022)

Rating: ★★★½

Jan 21, 2023Young Adult Cannibalism Film

Suspiria director Luca Guadagnino sinks his teeth into making a film about cannibalism. Forget the Young Adult label the film was sold with, this is quite an impressive work

Director: Luca Guadagnino

Actors: Taylor Russell, Timothee Chalamet, Mark Rylance, Andre Holland, …

Category: Horror

21 January 20237 December 2025 by Roog

Nightbitch (2024)

Rating: ★★★½

Jan 10, 2025Mother Becomes Were-Dog

This comes with the irresistible appeal of a premise where frustrated mother Amy Adams finds herself turning into a dog. A very interesting take on the problems of motherhood

Director: Marielle Heller

Actors: Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Jessica Harper, Zoe Chao, …

Category: Fantasy

10 January 202521 April 2026 by Roog