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OUTSIDE THE LAW On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 28, 2020
Another home video presentation of a rare silent classic from Kino. This time it is the 1920 OUTSIDE THE LAW, co-written and directed by Tod Browning. This was an early collaboration between Browning and Lon Chaney, but it is not a tale of the macabre. Set in San Francisco's Chinatown dis read more
THE APE On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 25, 2020
In the late 1930s, Boris Karloff signed a deal with low-budget Monogram Pictures to star in a series of films concerning the exploits of a Chinese detective named Mr. Wong. Karloff's last film in the contract wound up being a horror film: 1940's THE APE, just released on Region A Blu-ray from read more
WAR BETWEEN THE PLANETS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 17, 2020
WAR BETWEEN THE PLANETS (original Italian title IL PLANETA ERRANTE) is one of four 1965 Italian science-fiction films detailing the adventures of the crew of a space station called Gamma One. All four films were directed by Antonio Margheriti (the American versions of these features use his "A read more
NORTH TO THE KLONDIKE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 15, 2020
Out of all the blog posts that I have written, the one that has by far gotten the most hits is my examination of the screen pairings of Evelyn Ankers and Lon Chaney Jr. (dandayjr35.blogspot.com/2013/07/evelyn-ankers-lon-chaney-jr.html). My theory on why is that Svengoolie shows about once a mo read more
CURSE OF THE UNDEAD On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 13, 2020
CURSE OF THE UNDEAD is a Horror-Western, made by Universal and released in 1959. I first saw it on the "Son of Svengoolie" program back in the mid-1980s. One would expect a title like this to be included in one of Shout Factory's recent Universal Horror Blu-ray sets, but it gets a release on i read more
ASSIGNMENT: OUTER SPACE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 11, 2020
ASSIGNMENT: OUTER SPACE is a 1960 Italian science-fiction film, directed by Antonio Margheriti. I viewed it on the Tubi streaming channel. The version I saw had an American International Pictures logo at the beginning, and an English voice track and credits. (Margheriti was credited with his u read more
Brian Clemens' THRILLER--"Spell Of Evil"
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 10, 2020
Among the many streaming services I have access to through Disney+ and Xfinity is the Tubi channel. I've seen a lot of obscure movies and shows on Tubi, and I've written a number of blog posts on them. I recently discovered that Tubi carries episodes of a early 1970s British TV show calle read more
TIME WITHOUT PITY
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 8, 2020
Out of all the films that Turner Classic Movies is showing this October in honor of Peter Cushing being their Star of the Month, the only one I had never seen was TIME WITHOUT PITY. This is a 1957 black & white melodrama directed by Joseph Losey, with a very distinguished cast. Things read more
My Favorite Episodes Of THE TWILIGHT ZONE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 4, 2020
A couple of weeks ago, the legendary Joshua Kennedy informed me that he had been engaged in watching several episodes of the original THE TWILIGHT ZONE TV series. He asked me what my favorite episodes were...and that was not an easy question. THE TWILIGHT ZONE is one of my favorite TV series of all read more
Peter Cushing--The Turner Classic Movies Star Of The Month For October
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 3, 2020
Ever since I've been on the internet, I've constantly suggested that the Turner Classic Movies cable television channel feature Peter Cushing as a Star of the Month, or at least give him a day during their annual Summer Under The Stars event. A few years ago, TCM featured Christopher Lee as a read more
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK--Again
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 30, 2020
Monday night I ventured back out to an actual movie theater. I can't even remember the last time I was in a movie theater--was it for 1917, in the early part of this year?? Anyway, it felt like it had been the year 1917 since I last saw a film on the big screen. And what did I choose to w read more
THE GREEN SLIME
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 27, 2020
In the mid 1960s, a quartet of Italian science-fiction films were made concerning the adventures of a futuristic space station called Gamma One. The films were directed by the legendary Antonio Margheriti (aka Anthony M. Dawson). The Gamma One movies are colorful, wild sci-fi adventures, with read more
THE COSMIC MONSTER
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 26, 2020
American character actor Forrest Tucker starred in three different science-fiction movies made in England that were released in 1957-58. The U.S. titles of the films are THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN OF THE HIMALAYAS, THE CRAWLING EYE, and THE COSMIC MONSTER. Out of the three, THE COSMIC MONSTER is t read more
Book Review--RUNGS ON A LADDER: HAMMER FILMS SEEN THROUGH A SOFT GAUZE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 25, 2020
One of my latest discount book purchases is RUNGS ON A LADDER: HAMMER FILMS SEEN THROUGH A SOFT GAUZE. This is a short memoir on what it was like to work behind the camera for Hammer Films from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. The author of this volume is Christopher Neame--but this is N read more
The Dr. Who Films On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 24, 2020
The two Dr. (not Doctor) Who films produced by Amicus in the mid-1960s have now been released on Region A Blu-ray by Kino. DR. WHO AND THE DALEKS and DALEKS: INVASION EARTH 2150 A.D. are available separately. I've already covered these films in a post I wrote back in August 2017 for a Bri read more
THE MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 20, 2020
I received as an early birthday present from my good friend Tim Durbin a Kino Blu-ray of the 1957 sci-fi monster movie THE MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD. Believe it or not, I had never actually seen this film. An earthquake strikes the area around the Salton Sea in southern California read more
GAMERA: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION On Blu-ray From Arrow Video
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 15, 2020
There are box sets, and then there are ultra-special box sets. And then.....there is the Gamera Blu-ray box set from Arrow Video. Calling it gigantic doesn't even cover the scope of this collection...it is as mammoth as the Titanic Terrapin himself.
Before I continue with this post, I have to admit read more
ROUGH RIDERS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 12, 2020
My latest cheap home video acquisition ($5 at Walmart) is a DVD of the 1997 2-part cable TV movie ROUGH RIDERS, co-written and directed by John Milius. The movie dramatizes the events surrounding Theodore Roosevelt's military adventures in the Spanish-American War.
The idea for ROUGH RIDERS came fr read more
More Of My Favorite Movie Cast Ensembles
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 6, 2020
The other day I was going through some of my older blog posts, which shows how exciting my life is. Anyway, a couple years ago I wrote a post called "My Favorite Movie Cast Ensembles", and I noticed there were plenty of movie cast lists I should have included on it, but didn't. That always happens w read more
NUMBER ONE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 5, 2020
It's football season....well, it's supposed to be football season, but, I'm not going to get into that. But I will get into a 1969 film about a fictional football player--NUMBER ONE, starring Charlton Heston.
Heston is Ron "Cat" Catlan", quarterback for the NFL's New Orleans Saints. As the story be read more