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 […]
Love that Wounds – East Side, West Side (1949)
Betrayal at the hands of a loved one is never easy, much less forgiving them and yet, that is exactly what Jessie Bourne did when her husband cheated on her. Love it […]
To Do What She Must – No Man of Her Own (1950)
No Man of Her Own, a film that is more drama than noir and starring Barbara Stanwyck, finds her playing a single woman who is pregnant and heading home on the train […]
Seven Keys, Seven Locks and a… – Chamber of Horrors (1940)
Chamber of Horrors or The Door With Seven Locks as it was originally called, is not so much a horror film as it is a mystery, though it does contain elements of the […]