Socially Distant, self isolated and sheltered in place.
House of Dracula follows House of Frankenstein in the Universal Monsters franchise and like most serials I expected a modicum of continuity. Unfortunately that’s the exact amount of continuity in … Continue Reading House of Dracula (1945) May 8th, 2020
The Frozen Ghost sucked, and much to our chagrin, the next movie on the list is another Inner Sanctum Mystery. That’s too masochistic, even for me. So I told my … Continue Reading Phantasm (1979) May 2nd, 2020
70 years before The Avengers regularly broke box-office records for The Marvel Cinematic Universe, Universal Studios had its own cultural juggernaut with the Universal Monsters. Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff … Continue Reading House of Frankenstein (1944) April 26th, 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
Originally a radio show, the Inner Sanctum Mysteries jumped to the film medium like a Tales from the Crypt precursor with 6 films starring Lon Chaney Jr. We chose to … Continue Reading Calling Dr. Death (1943) April 19th, 2020
If… is the first film in a trilogy starring Malcom McDowell as Mick Travis. All three films are available on the Criterion Channel until the end of April when they, … Continue Reading If…. (1968) April 1st, 2020
The last day of the month means the last chance to watch a movie leaving the Criterion Channel. All I knew going in was someone on r/criterion called the ending … Continue Reading The Day of the Locust (1975) March 31st, 2020
In our house the last couple days of the month means scavenging the Criterion Channel’s scraps. Don’t get me wrong, it’s much more like the moonlit spaghetti dinner in Lady … Continue Reading Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) March 30th, 2020
We strayed from The List today. See, Criterion.com had a 50% off 24 hour flash sale a couple of weeks ago, or months ago, who can tell when sheltering in … Continue Reading Anatomy of a Murder (1959) March 28th, 2020
Yep, we needed a break from Hitchcock. Yep, we did skip ahead in The List… by 52 years, but that doesn’t really break the tenants of the list. As you … Continue Reading Hardcore (1979) March 25th, 2020
I made a big stink about not wanting to watch more Hitchcock in the previous post, but this is how The List works. It’s difficult for me to enjoy a … Continue Reading Downhill (1927) March 24th, 2020
John Conner and I share a birthday. Sure he’s a couple years older than me but I’ve clung to it because there’s really no one cooler born that day. Back … Continue Reading The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) March 23rd, 2020
Well this is a bit momentous (initiating self-aggrandizing mode). This is the first time I’ll be reviewing a movie on ‘The List’ in the correct order. Now you’ll get to … Continue Reading Saboteur (1942) March 22nd, 2020
Anchorage is about to enter what the Mayor is calling a ‘Hunker Down’. I don’t know what that means exactly. It sounds like it means all ‘nonessential’ businesses are closing. … Continue Reading Lost in America (1985) March 21st, 2020
Quarantined Critic 