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 […]
On a Remote Island, the… – She Gods of Shark Reef (1958)
Chris and Jim are brothers, one good and one bad. Unbeknownst to Chris is the truth of Jim’s nature and when the two get shipwrecked upon an island inhabited by only women, […]
Not As He Appears – The Vampire’s Ghost (1945)
Whether describing spies, illicit lovers or creatures of the night, the very best ones are those that can hide in plain sight and for a vampire, it is somewhat essential. There are […]
Out to Discover the… – Secret of the Incas (1954)
At first, it might seem like Secret of the Incas is a lost Indiana Jones feature, what with Charlton Heston looking exactly like Harrison Ford would many years later sans whip. The […]
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 […]
Helen of Egypt – The Lion of Thebes (1964)
After the Fall of Troy, the infamous Helen and her bodyguard Arion flee the city and make their way to Thebes where they encounter the Pharaoh Ramses. Ramses falls in love with […]
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 […]
Out of Control – The Neanderthal Man (1953)
While The Neanderthal Man is a horror film in the vein of those Universal monster movies, it is more melodrama than anything else as poor Professor Groves is tormented by the fact […]
Every Hundred Years… – Brigadoon (1954)
Brigadoon is the story of two men – Tommy Albright and Jeff Douglas who get lost in the woods on a hunting trip in Scotland. Just as they were starting to feel […]
