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
There’s a lot to be said for a good movie title. With a name like Doctor Blood’s Coffin, the subject of my review today couldn’t be anything other than a horror movie, right? The lurid title conjures up images of mad scientists, gore, macabre experiments, and, possibly, a cemetery orContinue Reading
Before George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead introduced movie audiences to the modern concept of zombies, films that featured “the walking dead” were usually voodoo legend-laden affairs like I Walked with a Zombie. Such is the same with 1957’s Zombies of Mora Tau, although the film’s titular creaturesContinue 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’ve reviewed a few of Bert I. Gordon’s films on this site. Also known as Mr. BIG, Gordon wrote and directed a number of B-movies revolving around animals or humans made larger or smaller by radiation or environmental tampering. You can read my reviews of The Food of the GodsContinue Reading
A tiny meteorite pierces through the window of a New York apartment and settles in a dollhouse. An unremarkable-looking spider crawls out and is quickly found by 12-year-old Charlotte (Alyla Brown), who adopts it as a pet. Charlotte keeps the spider, which she dubs Sting, in a jar and soonContinue Reading
Lon Chaney, often dubbed “The Man of a Thousand Faces,” garnered this moniker through his remarkable talent for altering his appearance. Utilizing makeup and prosthetics, Chaney was adept at transforming himself from a regular person into a host of distinct and often more bizarre characters for his most demanding roles.Continue Reading