For a Hammer film, and with a title like this, The Old Dark House is not all that dark. Perhaps it would have seemed more so if the comedy had been toned […]
Spend a Night in… – The Old Dark House (1963)
The Soul of a Monster – The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
In Hammer’s 1962 production of The Phantom of the Opera, it would see Herbert Lom step into the shoes of the tragic figure and it would be both a captivating and haunting […]
It Was a Very… – Dark Summer (2015)
Dark Summer is a horror film that stars Keir Gilchrist as a thoroughly unlikeable person and starting your movie out with the main character as such does not bode well whatsoever. Thankfully […]
Hope and Humanity – O. Henry’s Full House (1952)
1952 would see 20th Century Fox produce an anthology film featuring stories from famous author O. Henry on the big screen. Narrated by author John Steinbeck and featuring a bevy of stars […]
There is More to See Than Just the Falls in… – Niagara (1953)
With Niagara, Marilyn Monroe would receive top billing and would be do something she would never do again – be in a thriller and be a bad girl. Later roles like Bus […]
Who Wouldn’t? – Some Like It Hot (1958)
There are some that proclaim Some Like It Hot to be the very best film of Marilyn Monroe’s career, even the best of Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis who also co-star and […]
Too Much… – Monkey Business (1952)
Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers star in Monkey Business as Barnaby and Edwina, a 1952 comedy that finds them acting younger than they are though in reality, you are really only as […]
Look Out Ladies, He Has… – The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Films are often successful for a variety of reasons and this film, like every film, is exactly the same. Three reasons stand out though more than any other – Marilyn Monroe, Tom […]
Beware… The Mummy’s Curse (1944)
Universal, who after making four movies with this one being the fifth, decided to retire Kharis and their mummy franchise in favour of other things as it seemed that people perhaps, were […]
More Real Than You Think – The Mummy’s Ghost (1944)
The Mummy’s Ghost begins like the two previous films with the old priest passing on the responsibilities of looking after Kharis, who is indeed still alive, and the Princess Ananka to a […]
The Telltale Mind 