While typical of its ilk, The Cat and the Canary is a cut above most of the rest, due in large part to its lead in Bob Hope who always seems to […]
Making Light of a Haunted Situation – The Cat and the Canary (1939)
One and Done – Big Moose One-Shot
Sean Ryan, Ryan Cady, Gorf – WritersCory Smith, Thomas Pitilli, Ryan Jampole – ArtistsMatt Herms, Glenn Whitmore, Kelly Fitzpatrick – ColoursJack Morelli – Letters During the period of time when Archie was […]
Look Out!! – Here Come the Waves (1944)
Bing Crosby heads up Here Comes the Waves, a Paramount offering that finds him in fine form with Betty Hutton pulling double duty as twin sisters and Sonny Tufts as the comedic […]
Not the Perfect Vacation Home – Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
What should have been a surefire hit, what with a title like Bloodbath at the House of Death, turned out to be a mixed bag of good and bad with the latter […]
All It Takes – Once Bitten (1985)
Some horror-comedies work and some do not with those that fail having humour that is dated and no longer funny – if it ever was in the first place. Once Bitten is […]
They Just Want to Have Fun – Munchies (1987)
Munchies is definitely a movie that is more comedy than horror, though if someone is able to find something to laugh at, they must have been a child in the 80s and […]
Horror in the… – Dead of Night (1945)
As far as horror anthologies go, Dead of Night released in 1945 is a gem that seems to have been forgotten about compared to those that would be released in later years […]
Always Bet on Elvis – Frankie and Johnny (1966)
Johnny is a gambler and not a very good one. He is also a superstitious person which, when combined with the gambling, tends to make it even worse. Money is owed to […]
Spies, Gangsters and the… – Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
Produced and directed by Roger Corman, Creature from the Haunted Sea is one of his all-time worst films and the man can claim to have at least a couple that are truly […]
Where Love is Concerned… – The Sky’s The Limit (1943)
If there was one thing that Fred Astaire excelled at, other than singing and dancing, it was the romantic comedy and The Sky’s the Limit is just that, which also happens to […]
The Telltale Mind 