Sometimes there are actors that a person sees in a film or a television program, ones they have seen multiple times before, but cannot put a name to a face. Jerome Cowan […]
Always Be Closing – Crime by Night (1944)
Crime by Night (1944) – The Visuals
Saying Nothing… – The Devil’s Mask (1946)
The Devil’s Mask, released by Columbia in 1946, is a fun, little whodunnit that combines horror and mystery into a short and captivating package starring Jim Bannon, Anita Louise, Barton Yarborough, Michael […]
A Leaden Voyage – Torture Ship (1939)
Landing at just over an hour, Torture Ship, a short little programmer from fledgling studio PRC would tread between the lines of mystery, horror and science-fiction and be none the better for […]
Stay Out of the… – Tunnels (1989)
It is hard to fathom as to why some might call Tunnels, also called Criminal Act, a horror movie. There might be a moment or two that would make the viewer slightly […]
Deeper and Deeper – Quicksand (1950)
Sometimes when a person is sinking, the only direction to go is further down in the hopes that they come out the other side. As most will know, that usually makes things […]
When Life Takes a Turn – Crime of Passion (1957)
Going against one’s nature can either lead to unexpected good things or very foreseeable bad things and in this film, Barbara Stanwyck’s character Kathy does just that to marry the man she […]
From Out of the Dark Comes the… – Night Monster (1942)
Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Don Porter and Irene Hervey star in Night Monster, a 1942 shocker from Universal Pictures looking to scare the pants off of the audience by dropping bodies faster […]
Both Dancer and Detective – Lady of Burlesque (1943)
Despite being a film about burlesque, there is not a lot of it shown due to the production codes of the time, but that does not stop Lady of Burlesque from being […]
Not What the Other Expected – The File on Thelma Jordon (1950)
Originally released as just Thelma Jordon, the movie would star Barbara Stanwyck in yet another film noir, a genre that she would excel in over the years, and would end up playing […]
The Telltale Mind 