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You might have noticed the content on my blog has slowed down a bit.  Chalk it off to holiday blues, watching a slew of mediocre flicks that defy critique, a general malaise, or what have you, but things are about to pick up in a hurry.  You see, there’s one thing that only happens o read more

You might have noticed the content on my blog has slowed down a bit.  Chalk it off to holiday blues, watching a slew of mediocre flicks that defy critique, a general malaise, or what have you, but things are about to pick up in a hurry.  You see, there’s one thing that only happens o read more

(1966) Directed by Don Sharp; Written by: Anthony Hinds; Starring: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco and Francis Matthews; Available on DVD. Rating: *** ½ “Healer and rapist, peasant and seer, Rasputin was a legendary enigma, a real actor’s part, one of t read more

(1966) Directed by Don Sharp; Written by: Anthony Hinds; Starring: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco and Francis Matthews; Available on DVD. Rating: *** ½ “Healer and rapist, peasant and seer, Rasputin was a legendary enigma, a real actor’s part, one of t read more

Somebody out there likes me (well, my blog at least)!  Vern, owner and evil mastermind of the blogs VideoVanguard and Video Vortex, has honored me with the coveted Sunshine Award.  I’m awed and amazed that anyone would take time out of their day to read my little ‘ol blog, and read more

Somebody out there likes me (well, my blog at least)!  Vern, owner and evil mastermind of the blogs VideoVanguard and Video Vortex, has honored me with the coveted Sunshine Award.  I’m awed and amazed that anyone would take time out of their day to read my little ‘ol blog, and read more

(1928) Directed by: Tod Browning; Written by Elliott J. Clawson; Titles by Joseph Farnham; Based on the play Kongo, by Chester De Vonde and Kilbourn Gordon; Starring: Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore, Mary Nolan and Warner Baxter Available on DVD Rating: **** “There is somethi read more

(1928) Directed by: Tod Browning; Written by Elliott J. Clawson; Titles by Joseph Farnham; Based on the play Kongo, by Chester De Vonde and Kilbourn Gordon; Starring: Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore, Mary Nolan and Warner Baxter Available on DVD Rating: **** “There is somethi read more

“I really never got excited about the size of a part.  I didn’t realize the staying power of stars, when you got top billing, and then you’ve got to go a little lower, a little lower.  But maybe that’s why I’ve been around so long.” – Dick Miller ( read more

“I really never got excited about the size of a part.  I didn’t realize the staying power of stars, when you got top billing, and then you’ve got to go a little lower, a little lower.  But maybe that’s why I’ve been around so long.” – Dick Miller ( read more

Psycho (1960) Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock; Written by Joseph Stefano; Based on the novel by Robert Bloch; Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin and Martin Balsam Available on Blu-ray and DVD  Rating: ***** Psycho II (1982) Directed by: Richa read more

Psycho (1960) Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock; Written by Joseph Stefano; Based on the novel by Robert Bloch; Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin and Martin Balsam Available on Blu-ray and DVD  Rating: ***** Psycho II (1982) Directed by: Richa read more

(1970) Directed by Peter Sasdy; Written by: Anthony Hinds; Based on the character created by Bram Stoker; Starring: Christopher Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Gwen Watford, Peter Sallis, Roy Kinnear and Ralph Bates; Available on DVD. Rating: *** ½ “The tasteful title is Taste the Blood read more

(1970) Directed by Peter Sasdy; Written by: Anthony Hinds; Based on the character created by Bram Stoker; Starring: Christopher Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Gwen Watford, Peter Sallis, Roy Kinnear and Ralph Bates; Available on DVD. Rating: *** ½ “The tasteful title is Taste the Blood read more

(1988) Directed by Stephen Chiodo; Written by Charles Chiodo, Edward Chiodo and Stephen Chiodo; Starring: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson and John Vernon; Available on Blu-Ray and DVD Rating: *** ½ “…we tried to take every circus motif, every clown gag, read more

(1988) Directed by Stephen Chiodo; Written by Charles Chiodo, Edward Chiodo and Stephen Chiodo; Starring: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson and John Vernon; Available on Blu-Ray and DVD Rating: *** ½ “…we tried to take every circus motif, every clown gag, read more

It’s hard to believe it’s been three years since Cinematic Catharsis started.  Stemming from a lifelong passion for films, and a desire to keep writing after finishing my master’s degree, I set up this blog as an outlet.  By the same token, I didn’t want it to read read more

It’s hard to believe it’s been three years since Cinematic Catharsis started.  Stemming from a lifelong passion for films, and a desire to keep writing after finishing my master’s degree, I set up this blog as an outlet.  By the same token, I didn’t want it to read read more

This month's feature title is a misnomer, since there are no pans, only picks.  I deliberately chose to cover films across a broad spectrum of genres, but as is always the case with theme months, I ended up screening more films (including The Passion of Joan of Arc, Bardelys the Magnificent and read more

This month's feature title is a misnomer, since there are no pans, only picks.  I deliberately chose to cover films across a broad spectrum of genres, but as is always the case with theme months, I ended up screening more films (including The Passion of Joan of Arc, Bardelys the Magnificent and read more