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 […]
Deeper and Deeper – Quicksand (1950)
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 […]
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 […]
Everywhere Twelves – The Missing Juror (1944)
The Missing Juror is a fun little whodunnit that finds reporter Joe Keats on the case, looking to solve a mystery where the jurors in one particular trial are being killed off […]
In or Out of Prison – The Threat (1949)
The Threat is a short, tense thriller that sees a convicted murderer break out of prison putting law enforcement and the public on high alert. Said escapee, one Arnold Kluger is no […]
Mike Shayne and… – The Man Who Wouldn’t Die (1942)
Portraying Brett Halliday’s character Michael Shayne, Lloyd Nolan would star in a series of films with The Man Who Wouldn’t Die from 1942 being the fifth picture. The movie would also end […]
Heralding Death – The Black Doll (1938)
C. Henry Gordon plays Nicholas Rood, a miser of a man who once upon a time, murdered one of his business partners. When he receives a black doll upon his desk one […]
A Criminal Known Only as… – The Bat (1959)
With a title like The Bat and the fact that it stars Vincent Price, one would automatically assume that this would be a horror film of some sort, perhaps about vampires or […]
Quaint, Yet Forgettable – Murder By Television (1935)
With television still being new to the world, one man has discovered a way to send a television signal all across the world nearly instantaneously and as such, there are those that […]
One Body is… – One Body Too Many (1944)
One Body Too Many is a mystery film with some comedy and horror thrown in for good measure and while it is never all that bad, it is not a film that […]
The Telltale Mind 