Director Michael Curtiz, the man responsible for directing some of the arguably best classic films in cinema including Casablanca, Mildred Pierce, and Angels with Dirty Faces, dabbled a little into the classic horror film genre in the early thirties. Horror themed movies on his resume which consist of Doctor X, Mystery of the Wax Museum…
The Thin Man Collection Blu-ray
Created by Dashell Hammett, the Thin Man is a series of mystery-comedy movies featuring private detective Nick Charles and his wife Nora. Screen legends William Powell and Myrna Loy played the roles Nick and Nora Charles to perfection and starred in all six Thin Man movies. Of the thirteen films they did together, six of…
The Hitcher UHD review (Warner Brothers)
Robert Harmon’s The Hitcher is an immensely popular horror thriller that fans had been clamoring a Blu-ray release for many years. Fans of the film have finally had their requests met. Not only has it been finally released domestically on Blu-ray for the first time, but also now is available on 4K UHD. Warner Brothers…
Night of the Blood Beast/Attack of the Giant Leeches Blu-ray review
Film Masters has once again gone into the Corman vaults for a highly anticipated pair of classic B-movies in a must own double feature. The latest Blu-ray presentation has a couple of late-night creature feature classics in Night of the Blood Beast and Attack of the Giant Leeches that were produced by Roger and Gene…
I Remember Mama Blu-ray review
George Stevens’ I Remember Mama is considering to be one his biggest achievements in the director’s career. The 1948 drama was based on John von Duten’s play, which was based the novel by Kathryn Forbes which was called Mama’s Bank Account. The film has a mighty fine cast with Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Sir…
Journey into Fear Blu-ray review
Norman Foster’s Journey into Fear was a movie that had never been on DVD or Blu-ray domestically until just recently the Warner Archive Collection gave it the first ever release on disc. It was available on VHS and laserdisc back in the day and a DVD was released overseas and that was it until now!…
Conflict Blu-ray review
Screen legend Sydney Greenstreet and the iconic Humphrey Bogart appeared together in five films. Only one of those films had Bogart playing a villainous role, with Greenstreet playing a noble character and that film is the classic Warner Brothers Film Noir, Curtis Bernhardt’s Conflict. In addition to being a Film Noir, Conflict it is also…
Creature with the Blue Hand / Web of the Spider Blu-ray review
Legendary German actor Klaus Kinski is a household name when it comes to cult, Euro-sleaze, foreign crime and horror films. Early in his career he had roles in many Edgar Wallace krimi films made in Germany. Later, he became a top-star in many Spaghetti Westerns, American horrors and other assorted German thrillers and cult movies…
The Bat Whispers Blu-ray review
Roland West’s 1930 classic crime thriller, The Bat Whispers is a mystery movie during the pre-code era that is about a master criminal named ‘The Bat’ who wears a black costume that resembles a bat. The Bat had a rich history in cinema as the movie was remade several times. There aren’t that many movies…
Once to Every Woman Blu-ray review
Fay Wray fans can celebrate as another classic movie she starred in has been given a Blu-ray release courtesy of Sony Pictures! The film, Once to Every Woman is a pre-code drama from 1933 that is basically a hospital drama. Wray, mostly known for screaming at the top of her lungs in the mega-classic King…