Joe is an unassuming young man, a painter by day and a drinker by night. After the war, Joe was a little lost, but he soon found himself and now the man […]
Framed! – Crime Against Joe (1956)
You Do Not Want to Sleep On the… – Pillow of Death (1945)
The sixth and final picture to fall under the Inner Sanctum Mystery banner is one that actually features a mystery as Lon Chaney’s character Wayne Fletcher is under investigation for the murder […]
He Has A… – Strange Confession (1945)
Strange Confession is that type of movie that starts out a little uneven but then vastly improves as it moves on until you cannot stop watching. At first you want to stop […]
To See Again With a… – Dead Man’s Eyes (1944)
Dead Man’s Eyes is a nice little whodunnit that stars Lon Chaney Jr. as an artist who loses his sight and whether it was by accident or on purpose is ultimately left […]
Not So Weird – Weird Woman (1944)
The second Inner Sanctum Mystery to hit the silver screen is a vast improvement over the first with a much stronger script taken from a novel by science-fiction stalwart Fritz Lieber and […]
Did He Do It? – Calling Dr. Death (1943)
The Inner Sanctum Mysteries was a radio program once upon a time that was popular enough to garner a film series from Universal. Calling Dr. Death is the first such film and […]
Who to Trust? – The Accursed (1957)
As far as thrillers go, The Accursed is a good one, if a fairly standard one and if you can overlook a couple of flaws in the story such as the very […]
Who Is Going To Die Next? – The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
The Girl in Black Stockings is a good noir film that finds a few murders taking place in a lodge up in Utah. Written by Richard H. Landau and Peter Godfrey and […]
The Road Back – The Man From Nowhere (2010)
Cha Tae-sik is a man who just wants to be left alone. He runs a pawn shop by himself and lives alone and it is the way he likes things to be. […]
In Life and Love – Roadblock (1951)
Roadblock is a nice little mystery/noir thriller that calls to mind shadows of Double Indemnity, though obviously not as good. It finds Charles McGraw as an insurance investigator who has a run-in […]
