Circus of Fear, or Psycho-Circus, begins ambitiously enough with a daring robbery on Tower Bridge and from there, it somewhat slows down once the circus comes into play. It also marks one […]
Come One, Come All to the… – Circus of Fear (1966)
A Deadly Love – Black Angel (1946)
Black Angel is an interesting film for a variety of reasons, one such being the performance of Dan Duryea which is as compelling as anything to be found within. While the man […]
Everywhere Twelves – The Missing Juror (1944)
The Missing Juror is a fun little whodunnit that finds reporter Joe Keats on the case, looking to solve a mystery where the jurors in one particular trial are being killed off […]
Out of the Fire… – Jeopardy (1953)
Jeopardy is a very tense and suspenseful thriller starring Barbara Stanwyck, who while looking for aid after a camping trip turns bad, meets an escaped convict instead. It begins rather plainly enough […]
A Dangerous Game – Johnny Allegro (1949)
Falling for the wrong person and knowing that they are indeed just that, never turns out well for those doing the falling, especially when it comes to film noir and yet, it […]
In or Out of Prison – The Threat (1949)
The Threat is a short, tense thriller that sees a convicted murderer break out of prison putting law enforcement and the public on high alert. Said escapee, one Arnold Kluger is no […]
Mike Shayne and… – The Man Who Wouldn’t Die (1942)
Portraying Brett Halliday’s character Michael Shayne, Lloyd Nolan would star in a series of films with The Man Who Wouldn’t Die from 1942 being the fifth picture. The movie would also end […]
Heralding Death – The Black Doll (1938)
C. Henry Gordon plays Nicholas Rood, a miser of a man who once upon a time, murdered one of his business partners. When he receives a black doll upon his desk one […]
Mystery and Menace Was… – The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Despite heavy studio cuts, The Lady from Shanghai remains a film noir classic and one of Orson Welles’ best movies. Intended to be a much longer picture than it was, Welles might […]
A Criminal Known Only as… – The Bat (1959)
With a title like The Bat and the fact that it stars Vincent Price, one would automatically assume that this would be a horror film of some sort, perhaps about vampires or […]
