Time Out of Mind is Film Noir drama from 1947 that is directed by legendary director Robert Siodmak who directed some Noirs in his career which includes Criss Cross, The Killers, and Cry of the City The story focuses on Christopher Fortune (Robert Hutton, The Slime People, The Invisible Invaders, They Came from Beyond Space)…
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo Blu-ray review
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo is a made for television movie from 1977 that stars Claude Akins, Charles Frank, and Deborah Winters. This movie came out the same year as another made for television horror, Ants! and is just as much fun, making for a double-feature that will make your skin crawl and have you looking…
Ants!(It Happened at Lakewood Manor) Blu-ray review
Ants! AKA It Happened at Lakewood Manor is a 1977 made for television horror movie. This is another one of those man versus nature films that dominated the seventies along the lines of Frogs, Grizzly, Empire of the Ants, Dogs, Day of the Animals and Long Weekend, among others. This movie takes place at an…
Son of Samson Blu-ray review
Known in Italy as Maciste Nella Valle Dei Re, but in the USA as Son of Samson and Maciste in the Valley of the Kings, this is one of many sword and sandal films that dominated Italian cinema during the sixties. There were many films with Hercules, Samson, Maciste, Goliath among others that had beefcake…
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu / The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu double feature Blu-ray review
Just before he starred as Charlie Chan, screen legend Warner Oland played the role of Sax Rohmer’s arch-villain Dr. Fu Manchu in the 1929 feature The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu followed by a sequel, The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu. Both films starred Warner Oland, Neil Hamilton, Jean Arthur and O.P. Heggie and were directed…
Without Warning (1980) Blu-ray review (Kino Lorber)
Also known as It Came Without Warning and The Warning, Greydon Clark’s Without Warning is a precursor to 20TH Century Fox’s Predator. You might say Without Warning was a huge inspiration to Predator! In fact, Kevin Peter Hall, the actor that played the alien in this movie, went on to play Predator! The story…
All My Sons Blu-ray review
Imagine marrying a woman who is the daughter of someone you threw under the bus when you were in a jam. That’s what we have here in the 1948 classic, All My Sons. The film is a suspenseful noir drama directed by Irving Reis, and starring a pair of screen icons in Edward G. Robinson…
China – 1943 film Blu-ray review
China is a 1943 war drama film that was directed by John Farrow and stars Loretta Young, Alan Ladd, and William Bendix. The latter two were paired together in The Blue Dahlia and The Glass Key. In this picture, the roles are different than their usual Noirish gritty characters. Ladd’s character, complete with a leather…
The Crime of the Century Blu-ray review
William Beaudine was one of the most versatile and celebrated directors in Hollywood, having directed hundreds of films in various genres over the course of 50 years. Classic movie fans probably own at least one William Beaudine film. He might be mostly known for Billy the Kid vs. Dracula and Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter,…
Double Door Blu-ray review
Double Door is a pre-code film from 1934 that is about a sick family member who will stop at nothing to ruin her brother’s marriage. This film features one of the most despicable characters in cinema! There are also some minor horror elements, think Secret of the Blue Room type of horror. A wealthy, controlling,…