In 1958, Hammer would finally find real success with the release of the film, Horror of Dracula as it was known in North America, or simply, Dracula. It, more than any other […]
Hammer Time – Horror of Dracula (1958)
Look Out For… – The Vampire (1957)
Seems like Dr. Campbell has passed away. When Dr. Beecher is called to look in on him he finds a bottle of pills and takes them home. Dr. Campbell was doing experiments […]
I Compell You to Watch This Film – The Witching (1972)
Remember Orson Welles? He starred as Charles Foster Kane in one of the greatest movies of all time, Citizen Kane. He also happened to have a hand in writing it and directed […]
Matinee Fluff – The Soul of a Monster (1944)
The Soul of a Monster is a 1944 film released by Columbia Pictures, directed by Will Jason and written by Edward Dein. It stars Rose Hobart as Lilyan Gregg, George Macready as […]
Don’t Knock On… – The Strange Door (1951)
Sometimes all you need is a good villain to really make a film. This movie features one such scoundrel as personified by Charles Laughton. Oftentimes when you see Laughton in a film […]
There Is Always a Cost – The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957)
If you like women in prison films then you will most likely be disappointed in this one as it is not like those you classically associate with the genre. Yes, there are […]
He Just Wants to be Left Alone – War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
In the follow-up to The Amazing Colossal Man, Colonel Manning has survived despite being hit with a couple of bazooka shells and falling over a dam into the waters below. He should […]
It Only Wants to Help – Night of the Blood Beast (1958)
A rocket crashes on Earth and lands in pretty good shape actually and when some people pass by, people who just so happen to have worked with the pilot stop to help […]
Brotherly Love – The Black Room (1935)
One knows they are watching a good movie when the credits roll and it introduces Boris Karloff as its star. Called The Black Room, the film is about two brothers who are […]
Just a Bit Frustrated – The Mad Magician (1954)
Don Gallico, an up-and-coming magician, in his own mind at least, never had a show of his own but worked for many other magicians creating their tricks and illusions. Halfway through his […]
