A Gallery of Photos From Mars …. PA.
Just a short 525 kms and I’m back in the safe confines of the vault here at Mike’s Take. My somewhat annual trip to the Monster Bash in Mars, Pennsylvania […]
What Movies Await On Mars …. Pennsylvania?
June of every year brings what has become a semi-regular road trip for me over the past twenty odd years. I’m off to the Monster Bash in Mars, Pennsylvania for […]
Now Playing December 28th, 1968 At a Theater Near You
Thankfully Malcolm McDowell has given his consent to allow me to borrow his personal time machine that he used to great acclaim in the Nicolas Meyer sci-fi adventure Time After […]
Too Many Movie Posters? ….. Never!
Just as I’m making some sort of headway in cataloging my poster collection along comes another bundle that just might conceal a rare gem in my eyes. I say that […]
Monster Movies on 8 MM
I can’t speak for you but I’ve wanted to collect movies since I was a kid. Here I am as an adult with over 12000 titles in my movie room […]
Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
Not surprisingly, this Italian thriller casts horror icon Christopher Lee in the leading role of the demented Count Drago but what is surprising is that it features the film debut of […]
Deadly Jaws (1974)
aka No Gold For a Dead Diver ….. and a half dozen other names in foreign languages including the original German title, Ein toter Taucher nimmt kein Gold. From the […]
Treasure Island (1934)
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published in 1883, this MGM spectacle from director Victor Fleming found it’s way into movie houses forty years after the writers passing at the […]
My Favorites of Lee and Cushing For Halloween
As Halloween approaches it seems everyone has a list of horrors to see and there’s usually very little that interests me when it comes to seeing the ones splashed about […]
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
As far as classic horrors go there’s plenty to appreciate when it comes to this Amicus title that features an above average cast including two of the biggest names ever […]
The Accursed! (1957)
England’s Donald Wolfit takes charge here in this military murder mystery in a role I would have thought Jack Hawkins or John Mills would have been cast knocking Wolfit into […]
The Deadly Bees (1966)
Known more for their anthology films like Vault of Horror and The House That Dripped Blood, Amicus Films produced this feature length terror directed by genre stalwart, Freddie Francis. At […]
Slumming With Teen Sex Comedies of the 1980’s in Triplicate
OK gentlemen. Raise your hands if you’re old enough to recall the days when you’d hit the video stores looking for those raunchy titles that not likely ever played the […]
The Reptile (1966)
The journey to finally seeing a movie can be a wonderful adventure though the end result isn’t always what one is hoping for and I have to admit that Hammer’s […]
Now Playing July 1st 1967 on Canada’s 100th Birthday
Talk about a celebration! Not only was my beloved Canada celebrating it’s 100th year but theaters in Toronto, Ontario had an amazing line up of movies for everyone to choose […]
My Roundtrip to Mars and the Monster Bash 2018 …. Part 1
Just 525 kms from door to door and I’ve made it to Mars for what I believe is my 7th time attending the classic monsters convention known as the Monster […]
