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TEMPEST was the penultimate silent movie made by John Barrymore (ETERNAL LOVE directed by Ernst Lubitsch would be the last). The setting is not Shakespeare but takes place around the time of the Russian Revolution. The direction is credited to Sam Taylor who was best known for his comedies but a lot of it wasContinue reading “TEMPEST (1928): This Kino Version Is Good But The 2003 Image Release Is Better”

In 1925 when TUMBLEWEEDS was released, William S. Hart was 60 years old and been had supplanted at the box office by a host of cowboy stars like Tom Mix who were much flashier and far less realistic. Hart wanted to go out on top and that is just what he did. TUMBLEWEEDS is setContinue reading “TUMBLEWEEDS Is William S. Hart’s Lasting Legacy”

I have looked forward to having John Barrymore’s SHERLOCK HOLMES on DVD for quite some time. I had seen the movie before but only in a wretched public domain VHS which was so dark that most of the film was hard to make out. The first half is made up of original material that setsContinue reading “SHERLOCK HOLMES (1922): It’s Great To Have But I Wish The Movie Were Better”

Ernst Lubitsch is remembered today as “the man with the golden touch”. His droll and witty comedies of the sexes from the 30’s and 40’s such as TROUBLE IN PARADISE and TO BE OR NOT TO BE certainly deserve their place in movie history. So do his silent films which thanks to present day technologyContinue reading “ETERNAL LOVE: Last Lubitsch Silent Loses A Little”

While the MGM/20th Century Fox Midnite Movies series has a number of great offerings from the 1950s through the 1980s, this double feature is, in my opinion, the best of the lot. The reason is that both movies are sci-fi classics from the late 1950s (’57 and ’58 to be specific) and they are presentedContinue reading “MIDNITE MOVIES: Their Best Double Feature”

I have waited for years to see these titles on DVD and at last they are finally here. Anyone who grew up watching late night horror shows on local TV probably saw these films at one time or another especially THE RETURN OF DRACULA. Both were made by Gramercy Productions a division of Levy-Gardner-Laven, anContinue reading “RETURN OF DRACULA / THE VAMPIRE: Classic 1957 Double Bill On DVD Or Separately on Blu-Ray”

I had read about WITCHCRAFT (1964) for years in anthologies about British horror films but I had never seen it until I purchased this set a few years back. While undeniably low budget, it was definitely a quality example of the less is more school of filmmaking. It also happens to be the last inContinue reading “WITCHCRAFT / DEVILS OF DARKNESS: Very Uneven Double Feature”

Director Daniel Haller began his career as an art director for Roger Corman. He worked on all the early Edgar Allan Poe pictures and after the success of THE HAUNTED PALACE (1963), was given his chance to direct on another adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft story. H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was a writer who came intoContinue reading “H. P. LOVECRAFT: 2 Films, Same Director”

Over the several years there have been a number of these MOVIES 4 YOU DVDs released under the MGM banner in conjunction with Timeless Media. They specialize in B movie horror and sci-fi and come primarily from the American International and United Artists back catalogue. They are designed to give the consumer a decent productContinue reading “MOVIES 4 YOU: Quadruple Feature DVDs That Won’t Cost You A FOURtune”

This review will focus on THE FACE OF MARBLE which is the one rare title in the set and was another seminal B movie horror from my childhood. It is also the only one of the 4 movies to have been made by Monogram, one of the legendary Poverty Row studios. A number of reviewsContinue reading “TIMELESS HORROR: THE FACE OF MARBLE Beckons”