Two Flags West (1950)
With an opportunity presenting itself to select a Joseph Cotten movie thanks to Maddy’s Classic Film site and Crystal of In The Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood playing host […]
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 […]
Guyana : Cult of the Damned (1979)
Partly biographical, partly exploitation in covering the atrocities of the misguided Reverend Jim Jones Cult from director Rene Cardona Jr. that sees former Oscar Nominee, Stuart Whitman, taking on […]
Soylent Green (1973)
Food is the driving force of the plot in this bleak futuristic tale from director Richard Fleischer that stars the iconic Charlton Heston, and in his final screen role, the legendary […]
Baron Blood (1972)
As if plucked from a table full of discarded Vincent Price scripts, Joseph Cotton continued his journey into the world of horror and fantasy in the this delicious thriller by […]
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Black humor rules the day when Vincent Price stars in one of his most memorable roles to genre fans. That of Dr. Anton Phibes. Colorful, not nearly as graphic as […]
The Killer is Loose (1956)
Before Robert Mitchum’s brutish killer Max Cady cast a long shadow over movie goers in 1962’s Cape Fear, look no further than a surprisingly intense performance from Wendell Corey as a […]
Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977) Burt Lancaster in the Seventies
Burt Lancaster and tough guy director Robert Aldrich (The Dirty Dozen) had a long association together that began on Apache back in 1954 and then on to Vera Cruz in the […]
Island of the Fishmen (1979)
A guilty pleasure I’ll surely watch again when the opportunity presents itself. Equal parts, Voodoo, Dr. Moreau, Atlantis, Sunken treasure, Mad Scientist, Mutations, Greedy Villain, Barbara Bach, Giant Fishmen and […]
Hammer Fest at the Monster Bash 2014 Part 1
While attending the Monster Bash early this year in Mars Pennsylvania (day 1, day 2) I was delighted to learn they were going to celebrate Hammer Films in the fall. […]
Touch of Evil (1958) An Appreciation
Amazing, brilliant, ahead of it’s time, edge of your seat……etc. I sure do love it when my sons come back from ‘the movie room” and ask if I’d like to […]
