Despite featuring two of horror’s biggest icons in Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi and being marketed as such, Black Friday features very little horror, if any. The story concerns Dr. Ernest Sovac […]
Living Though Dead – Black Friday (1940)
Held Prisoner Upon the… – Island of Doomed Men (1940)
The motion picture called Island of Doomed Men would be a rather forgettable experience if not for the memorable performance of Peter Lorre. It was not a terrible movie as such, but […]
Spy Versus Spy – Top Secret (1967)
The 1960’s would see quite a few spy thrillers produced, both American and those made abroad with many falling under the Eurospy sub-genre and as a result, often being far more entertaining […]
A Little Too Much – Julie Darling (1983)
Julie is a girl who loves her father; much like any other daughter loves her father. Unlike those other girls though, Julie is just a little psychotic and the love she feels […]
Definitely… – Deadlier Than the Male (1967)
During the 1960s, the spy genre was in full effect with James Bond leading the way, but that did not stop other studios from trying to copy its success. One of those […]
The End of the Road – The Mark of Kriminal (1968)
With the success of Kriminal in 1966, it was only natural that a second film be made and thus was born Il marchio di Kriminal or The Mark of Kriminal. Glenn Saxson […]
Not Your Average… – Kriminal (1966)
Kriminal is another film based upon an Italian comic book, this one about a man who lives for the thrill of his criminal actions. While the movie would differ from the source […]
A Twisted Reflection – Satanik (1968)
Satanik, the big screen adaptation of the Italian comic book, is a good movie if taken on its own as it should be. Many like to compare it to Bava’s Diabolik film […]
Not All As It Seems – The Good Neighbor (2016)
Humans are curious creatures, always wanting to know what their friends or co-workers or even strangers are up to. That curiosity can account for the rise in popularity of reality television, the […]
A Mint on the Pillow and Murder, Only at… – The Black Raven (1943)
On a dark and stormy night, a bunch of strangers are driven towards The Black Raven as the only shelter around, an inn run by the one and only George Zucco, known […]
The Telltale Mind 