The line “Tom Stewart killed me” to me is the most memorable piece of dialogue spoken in Bert I. Gordon’s Tormented, a 1960 ghost horror mystery film from Allied Artists Picture Corporation where a man murders the woman in which has had an affair with. With this picture, Bert I. Gordon goes from making movies…
The Swiss Conspiracy Blu-ray review
Director Jack Arnold, the man behind The Creature from the Black Lagoon, This Island Earth and other wonderous, great low-budget science fiction and horror movies from the 1950s, ends his directorial career with 1976 crime action thriller, The Swiss Conspiracy, which is a co-production between the United States and West Germany. The story is about…
Devil’s Partner / Creature from the Haunted Sea Blu-ray review
The Film Masters label continues the B-movie double-feature craze with a new Blu-ray release featuring another pair of obscure films in Devil’s Partner (the film title has no “the” next to Devil’s) and Creature from the Haunted Sea. Back in the day, Roger and Gene Corman’s company, Filmgroup, purchased Devil’s Partner be part of a…
The Terror / The Little Shop of Horrors (Film Masters) Blu-ray review
Film Masters has released another Roger Corman classic double-feature on Blu-ray! This time around it’s The Terror and The Little Shop of Horrors. Both films feature the iconic actor Jack Nicholson along with Corman regulars Dick Miller and Jonathan Haze. Taking place in 1906, The Terror has André Duvalier (Jack Nicholson, Batman, The Shining, Chinatown),…
Stella Maris (1918 film) Blu-ray review
VCI Entertainment has once again dug into the Mary Pickford vaults, releasing another great silent starring the legendary actress. Stella Maris is a 1918 classic silent drama where she plays two completely different characters, and both happen to fall in love with a married man! The film is based on William John Locke’s 1913 novel…
Horrors of the Black Museum Blu-ray review
Horrors of the Black Museum is a British horror film which stars legendary horror actor Michael Gough doing what he does best- playing a charming, yet sinister villain who is behind a series of murders which he then writes books about them! In this picture, Michael Gough (Horror of Dracula, Konga, Trog) is Edmund…
The Scarlet Letter (1934) Blu-ray review
The Scarlet Letter is a 1934 drama on a topic that was highly sensitive at the time, adultery. The story involves a married woman who has an affair, and a child out of wedlock and is publicly condemned and humiliated shortly thereafter. During this time in our history, adultery was extremely taboo and highly deviant…
Beast from Haunted Cave/ Ski Troop Attack Blu-ray review
New boutique label Film Masters, who wowed us with their initial Blu-ray release of creature feature favorites, The Giant Gila Monster and The Killer Shrews which was outstanding, are back at it again with another Blu-ray double feature of another pair of entertaining B-movies in Beast from Haunted Cave and Ski Troop Attack. Deadwood, South…
Jack Armstrong Blu-ray review
Adapted from the Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy radio series, Wallace Fox’s 1947 serial from Columbia Pictures, entitled Jack Armstrong appears in an epic 15-chapter serial where he must prevent a group of evil thugs from taking over the world! Gang leader Jason Grood (uncredited Charles Middleton from the Flash Gordon serials) and his…
Johanna Enlists Blu-ray review
VCI Entertainment has once again partnered with The Mary Pickford Foundation and have released another classic silent film with the legendary actress. Not too long ago, they give us a great release of Sparrows, and now through the pair of companies, they have released Johanna Enlists onto Blu-ray! This picture is a 1918 silent comedy…