The Monster (1925)
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
Krull (1983)
During the summer of 1983, it was hard to escape the hype of Krull, an epic fantasy adventure movie that was heralded by marketing campaigns as the next Star Wars. Ads appeared on the back of comic books and Starlog magazine. Basically, anywhere a young nerd like myself would beContinue Reading
Jules (2023)
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
Expecting Mary (2010)
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
Midnight Movie (2008)
Horror movie plots don’t always make a lot of sense. Sometimes, if you turn off your brain and roll with the ridiculous logic, there’s a good time to be had. Such is the case with Midnight Movie, a low-budget independent slasher film released in early 2009. The movie is centeredContinue Reading
The Colossus of New York (1958)
An atomic-age update of Frankenstein, 1958’s The Colossus of New York takes Mary Shelley’s concept of man resurrecting the dead and puts a 1950s spin on it. Directed by Eugène Lourié (The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,) the film has some visual panache, but is hampered by a weak script andContinue Reading
To Catch a Killer (2023)
To Catch a Killer opens in Baltimore on New Year’s Eve. As celebratory fireworks ring in the new year, a sniper uses the noise to mask a mass shooting. 29 seemingly random people are gunned down for no apparent reason. The only common thread is the almost inhuman accuracy ofContinue Reading