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 […]
Van Helsing Goes to China – The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires was made during Hammer’s twilight years and also happened to be co-produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. The end result of that collaboration is a […]
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 […]
Worlds Away – The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage Volume 1
Doctor Mirage finally returned to Valiant in a new miniseries, though it is not the character you might remember from the 1990s. In this series, Doctor Mirage is a woman who goes […]
Not a Lot of Substance – Hollow Man 2 (2006)
When it comes right down to it, Hollow Man 2 is not as bad as most people make it out to be. It is no masterpiece and is about as far away […]
Mind Capsules – Weirdworld #4 and Jirni #2
Weirdworld #4 Writer – Jason Aaron Artist – Mike Del Mundo Colours – Mike Del Mundo, Marco D’Alfonso Polemachus seems like it is a million miles away and with every step and […]
Issue by Issue – Rom #59
Writer – Bill Mantlo Artist – Steve Ditko Inker – Bob Layton Colours – Ben Sean Letters – Janice Chiang The Wraith’s sorcery is persistent and vile and it seems like it […]
A Little Uncalled-For Surgery – Hospital Massacre (1981)
Hospitals are scary things. They always have been and they always will be. Sure they can heal you when you feel sick and fix you when you are broken, but they can […]
Issue by Issue – The Warlord #103
Writer – Micheal Fleisher Artist – Jerry Bingham Inker – Pablo Marcos Colours – Jerry Serpe Letters – Duncan Andrews Still on the trail to get what he needs to cure his […]
