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 […]
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Here’s a star studded war film from director Richard Attenborough that I can vaguely recall being released to theaters when I was still in grade school. Commercials on television promised […]
Percy (1971)
I’ve always been aware of this movie about the world’s first penis transplant and that’s because I know my parents watched it years ago on our local CITY TV out […]
The Amicus Antholgy …. and …. Amicus House of Horrors
Anyone who is a fan of the British horror films that Hammer studios put forth from the fifties thru to the seventies are all well aware of just who Amicus […]
Gregory Peck as the Bad Guy? Impossible! ….. The Boys From Brazil (1978)
After 34 years and 47 motion pictures to his name, Gregory Peck joined the ranks of Hollywood Royalty like Henry Fonda (Once Upon a Time in the West) to finally […]
TCM Festival 2016 …… Here I Come
While I may not be a Jimmy Stewart type, could it be that I have my very own Clarence the angel looking after yours truly. Maybe he even looks like […]
Trading Places (1983)
Thirty plus years on and I still find myself quoting lines from this tale of greed and the orange crop reports courtesy of director John Landis and a young set […]
Zulu Dawn (1979)
This sprawling battle field epic tells the story of the 1879 Battle of Isandhlwana, pitting the forces of Britain against the Zulu nation. Director Douglas Hickox does a wonderful job […]
Madame Sin (1972)
Serving as both star and executive producer we find Robert Wagner attached to this rather bizarre yet eerily effective at times thriller. From the opening scenes we find Wagner shadowed […]
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
This story of the SS St.Louis leaving Germany in May of 1939 with over 900 passengers of Jewish decent gives director Stuart Rosenberg the opportunity to work with close to […]
Russian Roulette (1975)
While this is far from being a top drawer thriller there are three things I really liked about it. Sadly none of them have anything to do with what appears […]
King Rat (1965)
`Gather round and here the words of the King.` For this black and white POW film set during the final days of WW2 in Singapore we’re treated to George Segal […]
To The Devil …. A Daughter (1976)
For the final horror film of the famed Hammer Films Studios comes this tale from the pen of Dennis Wheatley. Hammer had earlier turned Wheatley’s novel The Devil Rides Out […]
