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A number of reviews love to trash this version by comparing it to the Bogart/Bacall original but it’s really an apples to oranges comparison. They are two very different films removed by a generation from each other. The 1946 version is a classic Hollywood film noir that is loaded with atmosphere but heavily waters downContinue reading “THE BIG SLEEP (1978): Comparing Apples & Oranges”

When British filmmaker Michael Winner died in 2013, I decided to go back and revisit several of his movies (which I have done on many occasions) and the one that always makes the biggest impression is LAWMAN. When I first saw it on the big screen back in 1971, I was impressed with the bigContinue reading “LAWMAN (1971): One of Michael Winner’s Finest”

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 hisContinue reading “CIRCUS OF FEAR Is An Edgar Wallace Crime Thriller Not A Horror Film”

Although it was short-lived (only 3 double feature DVDs in 2006), I take my hat off to Lionsgate for making available these Samuel Z. Arkoff Cult Classics in first class, high quality prints. Of the three discs released, this one is by far and away my favorite. HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER combines elements ofContinue reading “AIP Hypno-Horror Double Feature Worth Revisiting”

BLACK ZOO marks the third and final teaming of producer Herman Cohen and actor Michael Gough and the results are definitely mixed. This is a pity because the other two movies, the incredibly lurid HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM and the deliriously outrageous KONGA are guilty pleasures of the first order. ZOO doesn’t quite measureContinue reading “BLACK ZOO: The Third Time Is Not The Charm”

Leave it to B movie mogul Herman Cohen (I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF) to give us two movies for the price of one low budget effort and that’s what KONGA is. The first hour of the film is remarkably well done with an intelligent script (under the circumstances) and a creative use of color forContinue reading “KONGA Is Two Movies In One”

When this movie first appeared in 1959, it was considered shocking and incredibly brutal. “For strong stomachs” a review at the time said. That was then. Today it probably wouldn’t even raise an eyebrow although the film still contains several scenes that, while they aren’t graphic, do remain quite disturbing in their implications. What couldContinue reading “HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM: Dated But Still Effective”

After American International Pictures, one of the greatest providers of cheap, classic 1950s cinematic fare was Allied Artists which began as Monogram Pictures in the 1930s and morphed into Lorimar in the 1970s before calling it a day. In 1958 the company spent more bucks than usual to come up with a fascinating double feature.Continue reading “FRANKENSTEIN 1970 (1958): Lesser Known Karloff Is A Welcome Addition to Blu-Ray”

Before I viewed this as part of a collection called CULT CAMP CLASSICS – VOL 1, I had not seen QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE in over 40 years. I first saw it on TV in black and white without realizing that it was originally shot in color and in Cinemascope. Even as a kid IContinue reading “QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE Must Be Seen To Be Believed”

..but it really isn’t. That honor must go to the 1977 obscure Canadian anthology film THE UNCANNY. What Cushing probably meant was that this was the worst script he’d ever seen and it’s bad but not THAT bad. Cushing and co-star Robert Flemyng (THE HORRIBLE DR HICHCOCK) liven up the proceedings by either injecting veryContinue reading “THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR (1967): Peter Cushing’s Worst Movie (In His Opinion)…”