Hammer Horror : The Warner Bros Years (2018)
Maybe I should have called this latest feature, “The Great Kickstarter Adventure.” I say this because that’s exactly how this documentary from Hammer Historian, Marcus Hearn, came into being. Now […]
A Total of 10 Mini-Movie Reviews From Mars … and some bonus footage to.
Considering I left for Mars, Pennsylvania on Thursday Morning and returned to Canada Sunday afternoon I’d say that sitting in on 10 movies is a pretty good scorecard overall. Not […]
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 […]
Devil Dog : The Hound of Hell (1978)
Brando’s Halloween Pick of the Month Coming on the heels of a big screen horror flick, The Evil, Richard Crenna signed on for director Curtis Harrington’s movie of the week […]
One Million B.C. (1940)
Not to be confused with the Raquel Welch Harryhausen/Hammer flick of 1966 known as One Million Years B.C., this caveman saga is the first starring role for Victor Mature by way of […]
Cannon Fodder 2 : Another Trio of Titles From Golan / Globus Productions
As discussed earlier in Cannon Fodder Part 1, I grew up a fan of Charles Bronson and I was of an age when he launched into a lengthy contract with […]
Miami Blues (1990)
Why have I always been a fan of Fred Ward? That’s easy. When he drifted on to movie screens and for years since, he’s been like the second coming of Warren Oates minus […]
Valerie Leon : Cologne and Karate for the Hammer Fans
The idea for this post came about in a rather simple way. I made a comment to my number 2 son, Kirk that I vaguely recall a commercial or two […]
The Klaus Kinski Explosion
I can never get to much of a good Klaus Kinski story. His films with Werner Herzog are the stuff of legends. The stories whether fabricated as Herzog has suggested […]
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. […]
Cyclone (1987)
Cheesy straight to VHS films were plentiful in the eighties. This one from low budget king Fred Olen Ray fits right into that category. Fresh from her stint on televisions […]
