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Sony’s ICONS OF SUSPENSE sets the highwater mark for releases in their ICONS series so far. This is the third in the series after ICONS OF ADVENTURE and ICONS OF HORROR to feature releases from England’s Hammer Films. Two other sets, ICONS OF SCIENCE FICTION, feature Japanese movies from Toho Studios and low budget offeringsContinue reading “ICONS OF SUSPENSE: Sony’s Best Collection Yet”

The 4 films collected on this double disc set were made by Hammer Films between 1960 and 1964. In fact, 2 are from 1960 and 2 are from 1964 yet they are not coupled together on their respective DVDs which would have made sense not only chronologically but thematically as well. The 2 1960 features,Continue reading “ICONS OF HORROR: THE GORGON / TWO FACES OF DR JEKYLL & 2 Others”

ICONS OF ADVENTURE is a two DVD set from Sony Pictures (current owner of Columbia Pictures who released the films included here) that offers 4 action/adventure movies from Hammer Films made in the early 1960s. They are making their first DVD appearance. Other DVDs available in the ICONS series of Hammer films include ICONS OFContinue reading “ICONS OF ADVENTURE: TERROR OF THE TONGS / STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY”

Most of the reviews I have read concerning this movie trash it without reservations. I found it to be a lot better than those reviews indicated especially if you are familiar with the source material which is Bram Stoker’s 1903 novel THE JEWEL OF SEVEN STARS. I first saw the film before most of thoseContinue reading “LEGEND OF THE MUMMY: Better Than Most Of The Reviews”

Mention the name Bram Stoker and everyone thinks DRACULA. There are a few other novels such as THE LADY OF THE SHROUD and THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM (made into a movie by Ken Russell with Hugh Grant in 1988) and a series of superior short stories like THE JUDGE’S HOUSE and THE BURIALContinue reading “THE AWAKENING: Why So Serious?”

Bram Stoker’s THE JEWEL OF SEVEN STARS was one of my favorite horror novels when I was younger. I first read it at 15 and couldn’t get it out of my head for weeks. I even preferred it to DRACULA (still do and I still have my original 1968 paperback). When BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY’SContinue reading “BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY’S TOMB (1971): The Best Version Of Bram Stoker’s THE JEWEL OF SEVEN STARS”

Even though I have been a silent film enthusiast for 50 years now (I started very young) and have read a number of books on the subject as well as having amassed a rather large collection of silent movies on DVD, I can’t remember ever having run across the name of Hungarian born director PaulContinue reading “LONESOME + 2 = 3 Remarkable Rediscoveries”

I first purchased this film over a decade ago on VHS and then when it first came out on DVD a few years later. Now I see that it has become part of the latest trend and has become an on demand DVD-R. I don’t care what the format is as long as the filmContinue reading “REGENERATION Revisited”

As silent cinema continues to grow in popularity with new silent film festivals popping up and the rediscovery of more and more titles once thought lost, we are beginning to get a clearer picture of the types of movies that were made then. Everyone is familiar with silent comedy thanks to the antics of Chaplin,Continue reading “THE DEVIL’S NEEDLE: Movies With A Message In The Silent Era”

Having recently reviewed the NORMA TALMADGE COLLECTION from Kino, It’s time now to say a few words regarding sister Constance. THE CONSTANCE TALMADGE COLLECTION contains the double feature HER NIGHT OF ROMANCE (1924) and HER SISTER FROM PARIS (1925). Both feature Ronald Colman as her leading man already perfecting the look and stylish interplay ofContinue reading “CONSTANCE TALMADGE DOUBLE FEATURE”