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 Those who actually read this blog (I assume somebody out there does) should know by now that I am a huge long time fan of Hammer Films. The number of books, magazines, and articles that I've read about the company has to reach into the triple digits. I know far, far more minutiae about Ha read more

 Last year Arrow Video released GOTHIC FANTASTICO, a four-disc Blu-ray set of Italian Gothic thrillers. This year Severin follows suit with DANZA MACABRA, which has four other Italian horrors on Blu-ray. There is a film called DANZA MACABRA (aka CASTLE OF BLOOD), and it happens to be one o read more

 This is another film I discovered on the Tubi streaming channel. THE UNNATURALS is a 1969 German/Italian co-production, directed and co-written by cult fave Antonio Margheriti, under his usual "Anthony M. Dawson" moniker. The original Italian title of the film is CONTRONATURA. The story i read more

 I recently discovered this rare 1975 film on the Fawesome streaming channel, under the title A CHOICE OF WEAPONS. This movie is also known as A DIRTY KNIGHT'S WORK. As you would expect from a production with multiple titles, it deserves its obscurity, but it does have a notable cast. The read more

 THE MISSISSIPPI GAMBLER is a 1953 period tale from Universal, starring Tyrone Power. It's a film that is usually included alongside the many Westerns made by Universal in the 1950s, although personally I don't think it belongs in that genre. Tyrone Power plays the dashing Mark Fallon, an read more

 Kino continues to release notable silent features on Blu-ray. This time it's a disc featuring Lon Chaney and his 1922 film THE TRAP. Chaney plays Gaspard, an earnest, if somewhat naive, French-Canadian trapper. Gaspard is a bit of a country bumpkin, and his mine is taken over by city slic read more

 Last week I wrote a blog post on the 1930 film version of MOBY DICK, starring John Barrymore. This movie is actually a sound version of an earlier film adaptation of Melville's novel called THE SEA BEAST. Both MOBY DICK and THE SEA BEAST were made by Warner Bros., and they both had Barrymore p read more

 As I have mentioned in an earlier post, this month the Turner Classic Movies cable channel is having a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros. by having a marathon of movies made (or at least released) by the company. Among the lesser-ones being shown is LOVE IS A RACKET, a 1 read more

 This is not the same-named TV show starring Dick Van Dyke that seemingly plays on every other basic cable channel. This is a very rare British mystery movie with Christopher Lee and Judy Geeson. I've been looking for it ever since Geeson told me about it when I met her at a convention a few ye read more

 This month of April, the Turner Classic Movies network is holding a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros. Studios. Every film that TCM will show this month will be one produced by the company, or at least released by it. As expected, most of the roster of films TCM has sche read more

 WINGS OF THE HAWK is a 1953 Western produced by Universal and directed by Budd Boetticher. Set during the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th Century, the movie was originally released in 3-D. I recently watched it for the first time in 2-D, but that didn't matter--it's a rousing fast-paced a read more

 I had never seen this film before, and not only was I impressed with it, I believe it's one of the best Pre-Code movies ever made. COUNSELLOR AT LAW contains one of John Barrymore's greatest screen performances, and it also gave a young William Wyler a chance to show off plenty of directorial read more

 I became aware of this film due to a post in the Seductive Cinema Facebook group. What mainly attracted my interest in it was that it stars Hammer Films veteran Barbara Shelley. It's fitting that Shelley does appear in this picture, since THE END OF THE LINE (1957) has several things in c read more

 There's been a number of films over the years that have been titled BEYOND THE LAW. This one is a Euro Western from 1968, starring Lee Van Cleef. It's one I had never seen before, and one that should get more notice among Van Cleef fans. Van Cleef plays Cudlip, a drifter and small-time th read more

 I finally caught up with this film recently--it was one of the very few post-1956 movies made by Hammer Films that I had not seen. THE SECRET OF BLOOD ISLAND (1965) is a follow-up to Hammer's notorious WWII POW tale THE CAMP ON BLOOD ISLAND (1958). THE SECRET OF BLOOD ISLAND also has more absu read more

 There's been numerous books written about the James Bond film franchise, especially lately, with the recent 60th anniversary of the release of DR. NO, the first Bond movie. In WHEN HARRY MET CUBBY, author Robert Sellers takes a look at the two producers who instigated the most successful film read more

 If you know what the title of this blog refers to, then you know that I am a lifelong hardcore fan of the Chicago White Sox Major League baseball team. One thing that all White Sox fans have in common is an eternal chip on the shoulder--we Sox followers are convinced that the team has never go read more

 In his newest film, Joshua Kennedy ventures into Lovecraft territory with THE INNSMOUTH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Basing a movie on one of H.P. Lovecraft's most famous tales, "The Shadow Over Innsmouth", is a tremendous task for anyone. Just the name "Innsmouth" in the title lets most of the audi read more

 Earlier this month I wrote a blog post about a low-budget Western called TWO-GUN LADY. One of my readers (yes, I actually have a few) made a comment on the post that the director of that film also helmed and starred in another Western called THE SILVER STAR, which also featured Lon Chaney Jr. read more

 This two-disc set from Indicator includes the very first films featuring El Santo, the legendary masked Mexican professional wrestler. The two films are SANTO VS. EVIL BRAIN (SANTO CONTRA CEREBRO DEL MAL) and SANTO VS. INFERNAL MEN (SANTO CONTRA HOMBRES INFERNALES). The story behind the m read more