THE GHOST CAMERA (1933): Ida Lupino’s Film Debut
THE GHOST CAMERA is one of those little movies that is of no great significance. It’s an early 1930s British movie which was made as a “Quota Quckie”. That’s the term used to describe British B films made between 1928 and 1938 which were meant to bolster the British film industry. No American movie could be…
DEVIL BAT’S DAUGHTER (1946) Is A Shameless Attempt To Hoodwink Its Intended Audience
Most of the reviews on IMDb and other websites love to trash DEVIL BAT’S DAUGHTER (1946) for not being a horror movie like its earlier namesake THE DEVIL BAT (1940) was and they are perfectly justified in doing so. Blame PRC who were blatantly trying to cash in on the success of the other movie…
PRC’s LIGHTHOUSE (1947) Shines Brightly Despite Its Low Budget
This review does not refer to other lighthouse titles such as Robert Eggars THE LIGHTHOUSE (2019) or Britain’s 2016 THE LIGHTHOUSE both of which are inspired by a real life tragedy from 1801. Those two movies have a contemporary edge (especially the former) but this LIGHTHOUSE (no THE) is a 1947 B movie from Poverty…
GOODNIGHT MY LOVE (1974): ABC TV Movie Pays Tribute To 1940s Detective Film Noir
I recently came across a photo of actors Richard Boone and little person Michael Dunn (of WILD WILD WEST fame) as down and out detectives in the TV movie GOODNIGHT MY LOVE. I first saw it when it aired in 1974 as part of ABC’s MOVIE OF THE WEEK concept which began in 1969 and…
JOURNEY TO THE UNKNOWN (1968): Hammer Films’ First Foray Into Television
Unlike Hammer Films’ two television shows from the 1980s (HAMMER HOUSE OF HORROR, HAMMER HOUSE OF MYSTERY & SUSPENSE), I saw their JOURNEY TO THE UNKNOWN when it first aired on ABC in 1968. At that time, I had heard the name Hammer but didn’t know who they were. I had caught some of the…
HORROR HOTEL / CITY OF THE DEAD (1960): An Old Favorite That Still Has The Power To Chill
HORROR HOTEL has always been one of my favorites since I first saw it on TV back in 1962. I was surprised to discover that I hadn’t written a review for it so, finally, here it is. This review refers to this VCI edition released under the original British title, CITY OF THE DEAD. Online…
PSYCHO-CIRCUS / CIRCUS OF FEAR (1966) Is An Edgar Wallace Crime Thriller Not A Horror Film
During the 1960s there was an entire subgenre of films, most of them German, based on the works of prolific English author Edgar Wallace (1877-1933) who is best known in America for having written the original draft script of KING KONG. He was immensely popular during his lifetime but his reputation rapidly declined after his…
THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES (1946): Atypical Abbott & Costello Vehicle Is One Of Their Very Best
THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES is generally described as the Abbott & Costello movie for people who don’t like Abbott & Costello. A&C made 36 movies together from 1941-1956. There are only four films where they don’t act together as a team but as separate characters. Two of them are LITTLE GIANT and this one which were…
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES (1940): Undervalued Adaptation Deserves Wider Recognition
My first acquaintance with the HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES was in 1963 when I was 11 years old. I read the CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED comic book and liked it because of the idea of a family curse that transcends generations. About the same time as I was enjoying my CI version, a heavily revised and altered version…
HAMMER HOUSE OF MYSTERY & SUSPENSE (1984): The Original Company’s Final Offering
For many years I’ve been a fan of all things Hammer, and though I was aware of HAMMER HOUSE OF MYSTERY & SUSPENSE, I’d only seen a few episodes on YouTube a few years ago. I completely missed its 1984 American TV run as FOX MYSTERY THEATRE. That’s because it went straight into syndication and…
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