The Satanic Rites of Dracula is interesting for one notable thing, which is not the actors, though Cushing and Lee are excellent, nor the direction by Alan Gibson which was pretty good, […]
Try Not To Interrupt… – The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974)
More Than Woman – The Reptile (1966)
It was not too often that Hammer would dip into its bag of practical effects for a movie, more often than not relying upon the psychological or a set of fangs to […]
Reimagined – Dracula Untold (2014)
With the release of Dracula Untold, Universal is supposedly looking to reboot their Universal Monsters franchise with this being the first chapter. To do so, they tapped Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless […]
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 […]
All That Glitters… – Enemy Gold (1993)
What makes a film great? Directing? Writing? A good crew and a good cast? Arguably all of these things do. Is that what you will find in Enemy Gold? Not by a […]
Unbalanced? Maybe. – She Devil (1957)
The modest little production that this movie is, looks much bigger and better than it should be, due in part to the way it was filmed by director Kurt Neumann. Released by […]
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 […]
Overflowing With Love – The Devil Commands (1941)
Boris Karloff stars in the appropriately moody horror-suspense-science fiction menagerie called The Devil Commands. Made in 1941, it was a perfect fit for the actor who had just starred in some of […]
The Telltale Mind 