The Victim is a 1972 made-for-television thriller with Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched) in the lead role. Kate Wainwright (Elizabeth Montgomery) goes to her sister’s house after a distressing phone call from her sister Susan Chappel (Jess Walton from The Young and the Restless television series). She is feeling down because she’s divorcing her husband Ben Chappel(George…
The Screaming Woman Blu-ray review
The Screaming Woman is a 1972 television movie starring screen legend Olivia de Havilland. The movie is based on a Ray Bradbury short story and the iconic John Williams provided the soundtrack. Laura Wyant (Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress) is a rich, former mental patient who decides to go to her countryside estate to rest…
Scream, Pretty Peggy Blu-ray review
In my life, I’ve seen plenty of movies that imitate Psycho such as Homicidal, Dressed to Kill, among others. Scream, Pretty Peggy is the latest one I’ve seen with blatant nods to Psycho, in fact this movie wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for Psycho! Sculptor Jeffrey Elliott (Ted Bessell, That Girl) hires a young college…
Mary Stevens, M.D. Blu-ray review
Mary Stevens, M.D. is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film starring Kay Francis, Lyle Talbot, and Thelma Todd. This story is about a married doctor who has an affair with a long-time friend and fellow doctor and impregnating her. Screen legend Kay Francis (In Name Only, For the Defense) stars as the title character…
Devil and the Deep Blu-ray review
Devil and the Deep is a pre-code film from 1932 starring four screen legends Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, Tallulah Bankhead, and Cary Grant, who at the time was just rising to stardom. The movie is about a jealous husband who goes through great lengths to remove potential lovers. Naval commander Charles Sturm (Charles Laughton, The…
Ladies They Talk About Blu-ray review
Ladies They Talk About is a 1933 pre-code film that stars screen icon Barbara Stanwyck. This film can also be described an early woman in prison film. In this movie, the imprisoned women were actually guilty, as opposed to films where women were being falsely accused of committing a crime and going to jail to…
The Thin Man Goes Home Blu-ray review
The Thin Man Goes Home is the fifth in the six film Thin Man series which stars William Powell and Myrna Loy reprise their roles as Nick and Nora Charles. The 1945 film is notable for being the first that was not directed by W.S Van Dyke who passed away in 1943. In this comedy…
The Cheat (1931) Blu-ray review
The Cheat is a 1931 American pre-code drama film directed by George Abbott and starring screen legend Tallulah Bankhead, Irving Pichel and Harvey Stephens. This is the remake of the 1915 film directed by Cecile B. DeMille and is just as good. Elsa Carlyle (Tallulah Bankhead, Lifeboat) is a gambling addict and likes to…
The Ghost Ship / Bedlam Blu-ray review
The Ghost Ship and Bedlam are two films produced by Val Lewton and directed by Mark Robson. Lewton at the time was producing many great semi-horror themed films without showing much in the way of horror as we see it today. The films have been paired together in a Warner Archive Val Lewton double-feature Blu-ray….
Prince of the City Blu-ray review
Back in 1998, I watched a cool monster horror thriller called Deep Rising. This is the movie where I first became aware of Treat Williams. I hadn’t seen many other films with Treat Williams outside of Deep Rising and The Phantom. Sidney Lumet’s Prince of the City is the earliest film I’ve seen the actor…