While typical of its ilk, The Cat and the Canary is a cut above most of the rest, due in large part to its lead in Bob Hope who always seems to […]
Making Light of a Haunted Situation – The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Not the Perfect Vacation Home – Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
What should have been a surefire hit, what with a title like Bloodbath at the House of Death, turned out to be a mixed bag of good and bad with the latter […]
All It Takes – Once Bitten (1985)
Some horror-comedies work and some do not with those that fail having humour that is dated and no longer funny – if it ever was in the first place. Once Bitten is […]
Spies, Gangsters and the… – Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
Produced and directed by Roger Corman, Creature from the Haunted Sea is one of his all-time worst films and the man can claim to have at least a couple that are truly […]
Where Love is Concerned… – The Sky’s The Limit (1943)
If there was one thing that Fred Astaire excelled at, other than singing and dancing, it was the romantic comedy and The Sky’s the Limit is just that, which also happens to […]
Rapping At My Chamber Door… – The Raven (1963)
Vincent Price, Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre would star in a 1963 adaptation by Roger Corman and Richard Matheson of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven that would end up being far more […]
Out to Sea – In the Navy (1941)
The boys are at it again and this time Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are In the Navy, bringing Dick Powell, Claire Dodd and the Andrews Sisters along for the ride. This […]
In the Army Now – Buck Privates (1941)
Having made a lot of films over the years, one of the best by comedy duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Buck Privates, a movie just as funny now nearly eighty […]
Songs, Stars and Servicemen – Starlift (1951)
Sometimes a schmaltzy romantic comedy is just what a person needs and Starlift is just that – a movie filled with cotton candy and all things sweet making for an incredibly pleasant […]
A Muse and Her Man – Down to Earth (1947)
Terpsichore, one of the nine muses of Greek mythology, the goddess of dance and chorus, has heard about a Broadway musical being put on about her life by producer Danny Miller. Of […]
The Telltale Mind 