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A title card before It’s Never Too Late to Mend (1937) reads, “Controlled and Presented by The Rev. Brian Hession, M.A., copyright Dawn Trust.” My puzzlement was reinforced when I learned that Hession, who was at the time a vicar, had created Dawn Trust Films to bring religious themes to mainstream cinema. So this was
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Mousey (1974) doesn’t feel like a made-for-television movie. In fact, it was released theatrically in the UK, Australia, Italy, and Denmark, where it was known as Cat & Mouse. I couldn’t find much about its origins, but there’s got to be a story to explain the melting pot of production contributors. It’s a joint US/UK
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The fact that key roles in both movies are played by Tod Slaughter, Eric Portman, and D.J. Williams caused me to automatically compare The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936) with the trio’s earlier film, Maria Marten, or the Murder in the Red Barn (1935.) That further caused me to compare Slaughter’s two performances. My conclusions
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As often as we see movies about disasters in big cities like Los Angeles and New York City, The Day the Earth Moved (1974) reminds us that earthquakes can also strike in small towns like Bates, Nevada. Sure, the stakes aren’t as high… there just aren’t as many people in danger. Plus, there aren’t many
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The poster for Tender Dracula (1974) aka The Big Scare, gives us a good idea about how conflicted the movie is going to be. Drawn with dripping red blood in the background is a gorgeous image of Peter Cushing baring fangs as a vampire (perhaps the titular Dracula,) yet in the foreground are green caricatures
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Before it was announced that the latest incarnation of Hammer Films was going to release Doctor Jekyll, I was intrigued by the fact that it starred Eddie Izzard, who was apparently going to play the titular character as a woman. What exactly did that mean? Was there going to be a reversal of gender, an
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There’s a reason Locusts (1974) is not included as one of the “Television Fright Films of the 1970” in my bible for this series, the book by David Deal. Don’t let the IMDb category fool you; it’s not a horror film. Instead, it’s strictly a drama where turmoil in the family causes a bigger threat
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After watching only 30 minutes of Blood Suckers (1971), I stopped the Blu-ray and turned off the television. I wan’t enjoying it at all and I simply could not continue. The next day I awoke knowing that I had to finish it. I figured there would be either another 50 minutes to grin and bear
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Jeff and Richard revisit the Hagsploitation subgenre with two films: Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) and Die! Die! My Darling! (1965.) Spoiler alert: we liked them both, but agree that while one is a better movie, the other one is more fun. Do you dare venture a guess as to which is which? The only
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The tagline for Panic on the 5:22 reads, “They can’t let anyone off this train alive!” That’s how I felt watching the movie. It’s dumb, noisy, and annoying. And it arrivesd on the small screen about a month after The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 hit the big screen. Similar story… dissimilar results. I will geek-out
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