Nestled inside an eight Blu-ray collection of Hammer Horror movies I own is 1962’s Night Creatures. When I chose it for this year’s Halloween Fifteen, I assumed it was a horror film. Known as Captain Clegg outside the United States, Night Creatures is actually more of an action/adventure film withContinue Reading
When I was a kid, I remember seeing pictures of the werewolf makeup from 1935’s Werewolf of London in books and thinking it looked much better than the Lon Chaney version. That might be the case in still photos, but almost everything else about this precursor to 1941’s The WolfContinue Reading
Under Paris, a French shark horror film, briefly dominated Netflix’s most-watched movies chart in the spring of 2024. Could this entry into the already-crowded shark flick market rise above the competition or is it just another stinker? Having just watched the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, which took placeContinue Reading
I was never into the punk scene. I didn’t understand it as a kid. And, I never related to it. I was more of a metalhead. Although, I grew up in a blue collar small town and not a suburb. Maybe that made a difference? I don’t know. But, afterContinue Reading
Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most influential directors in cinema history. He also has a somewhat checkered reputation among those who’ve worked with him. Or so I’ve read. If I’m being honest, I know very little about the man responsible for such acclaimed movies as North by Northwest, TheContinue Reading
Jules takes place in a small Western Pennsylvania town named Boonton, which is located just south of Pittsburgh. It’s one of those communities that seems to only exist in the movies where everyone knows everyone else’s business. For some reason, the town holds counsel meetings every week. Milton (Ben Kingsley)Continue Reading
How’s this for a cast? Elliott Gould, Linda Gray, Lainie Kazan, Della Reese, Gene Simmons, Fred Willard, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, and Olesya Rulin. If any of those names mean anything to you, the combination has to drum up a little curiosity as to what kind of movie this couldContinue Reading