Socially Distant, self isolated and sheltered in place.
I love monster movies. Monsters actually created The List. Back then my wife and I decided to watch every movie in the Universal Monsters catalog. At the time a 30 … Continue Reading The Blob (1958) October 12th, 2020
Is a month of horror movies complete if you haven’t watched a Cronenberg movie? No, not unless you’ve seen them all… and then, ya know… watch something new… Luckily Dead … Continue Reading Dead Ringers (1988) October 11th, 2020
There’s no shortage of horror films about cats. There’s Cat People, the sequel The Curse of the Cat People, and the Malcolm McDowell remake. The nautical cat-in-cat movie The Uninvited … Continue Reading The Black Cat (1981) October 6th, 2020
Of all the words that appropriately describe la Belle et la Bête none more succinctly encapsulates its jaw-dropping perfection than beautiful. Of course it’s an etherial, atmospheric and magical fantasy … Continue Reading le Belle et la Bête (1946) June 20th, 2020
I’ve had nothing but difficulty in trying to come up with something to say about Alfred Hitchcock’s 1946 melodramatic spy romance Notorious that’s worth saying. It’s one of those movies … Continue Reading Notorious (1946) June 2nd, 2020
Of the seven Wolf Man films in Universal Studio’s monster blu-ray collection, She-Wolf of London is the final and worst of all. The film features no werewolves, she-wolves, full moons, … Continue Reading She-Wolf of London (1946) May 26th, 2020
The Body Snatcher and I Walked With a Zombie came together in the Val Lewton dvd I borrowed from my local library which is why we watched them back to … Continue Reading The Body Snatcher (1945) May 17th, 2020
Steamboat Bill Jr. is probably the first Buster Keaton film I’ve seen and I regret to say I saw it for the first time just a few days ago on … Continue Reading Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928) May 10th, 2020
My nascent appreciation for Charles Laughton burgeoned earlier this year when I first experienced his acting in The Old Dark House. It is a fantastic movie reuniting James Whale and … Continue Reading Captain Kidd (1945) May 4th, 2020
The Frozen Ghost is another in the Inner Sanctum Mysteries series starring Lon Chaney Jr. This was not an easy film for me to follow. It’s a shame that The … Continue Reading The Frozen Ghost (1944) May 2nd, 2020
In my last review I brazenly compared The Uninvited to Scooby-Doo, which in retrospect now feels like a challenge too tempting for the cinema gods to ignore. As luck would … Continue Reading One Body Too Many (1944) April 25th, 2020
Lewis Allen’s 1944 horror The Uninvited, is a near perfect haunted house movie. I thoroughly enjoyed this film and want to avoid spoiling your enjoyment by over explaining the plot … Continue Reading The Uninvited (1944) April 20th, 2020
In Shadow of a Doubt Hitchcock takes a more subtle approach to his oft used ‘man on the run’ theme, telling the story of a fugitive hiding in plain sight. … Continue Reading Shadow of a Doubt (1943) April 18th, 2020
I really like 39 Steps. It’s one of the best overall pictures I’ve seen from Hitchcock’s British period. The poster for Young and Innocent (retitled to The Girl Was Young) … Continue Reading Young and Innocent (1937) April 12th, 2020
The film I’m discussing today contains content you’ll probably find distasteful. If you’re familiar with Saló, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Henceforth refereed to simply as Saló) then consider … Continue Reading Saló, or The 120 Days of Sodom (1976) April 11th, 2020
The Criterion Collection began publishing Blu-Ray discs between 2008 and 2009. Some of those earliest discs owe their sky-high secondary market price to Criterion’s commitment to film restoration and including … Continue Reading The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) April 4th, 2020
