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It’s that time of year again! Join Richard and Jeff as they launch the podcast’s annual “Summer at the Drive-In” with two great features: Revenge from Planet Ape (aka Tombs of the Blind Dead) and the final portmanteau from Amicus, From Beyond the Grave. Joining them for the first one in 1976 is Jonathan Angarola…
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Warning: This review contains spoilers! In the must-have-been-Psycho-inspired Italian thriller, Il Terzo occhio (1966), Franco Nero is impossibly handsome. However, in only his ninth film out of an eventual 242 (and still counting) he doesn’t have the acting chops to portray the subtle creepiness of an Anthony Perkins. He either made a personal choice, or was coached…
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Around 4:00, Ned called me at home. He asked if I knew who he was. I sighed, “Yes.” He informed me that he and Sabrina had not left town. I told him that was no concern of mine and he contradicted me. If it wasn’t, he said, it should be. He then said he thought…
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Of course, I’ve always admired Rosemary’s Baby (1969), but I was a latecomer to Repulsion (1965). Now I’m even more of a latecomer to The Tenant (1976), the third movie in Roman Polanski’s loose trilogy of movies about the horrors of apartment living in the big city. The most personal thing they have in common is that I’ve given them all…
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A new day at Collinwood and another strange occurrence… I knocked on the door of the Old House and when Barnabas answered, I told him that what I had just seen: a man with long sideburns wearing old-fashioned clothes. When I yelled out to him, he disappeared. Barnabas told me that the family was staying…
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Originally intended as a sequel to the far superior White Zombie (1932), Revolt of the Zombies (1936) was unable to be promoted as such due to a lawsuit from Amusement Securities Corporation (one of the financiers of the original), which claimed they had exclusive rights to the word “zombie.” That’s all I’ll say about White Zombie, in an effort to…
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Welcome to Mario May, where we’ll be discussing the films of Mario Bava. Now, we’ve already discussed several of them over the years, so be sure to review our thoughts on those by searching “mario bava” from the Home page (or by clicking the links in the filmography below.) This month, we’ll discuss some Bava…
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As dust cast its ominous shadows over the Collins estate, Julia and I returned from seeing Ned and Sabrina. Julia told me to come into the drawing room, that a drink might help settle my nerves. That wasn’t going to help me stop thinking about Sabrina. Julia pointed out that her situation hasn’t changed in…
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Welcome to Mario May, where we’ll be discussing the films of Mario Bava. Now, we’ve already discussed several of them over the years, so be sure to review our thoughts on those by searching “mario bava” from the Home page (or by clicking the links in the filmography below.) This month, we’ll discuss some Bava…
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Dusk cast its ominous shadows over the Collins estate as Julia and I went to see Ned Stuart and, presumably, Sabrina. We knocked on the door of their room. Ned opened it a crack, peeked through, then closed it to release the chain. He opened it again and I followed Julia into the room. He…