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If you’re not a fan of cheesy alien design in 1960s science fiction films, stick with Warning from Space (1966); the creatures soon forego their natural appearance for human disguise, and the rest of the movie might surprise you. If you are a fan, the rest of the movie might disappoint you. In either case, if you’re expecting giant aliens to…
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I woke up this morning in the woods, covered in blood. What happened last night? Carolyn! I had to find out. I couldn’t let anyone see me like this. Back at the cottage, I pulled all the shades and started picking up. There was a knock at the door… Barnabas Collins. I took off my…
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Prior to searching for a movie with a milestone anniversary in January, I had never heard of The Face of Marble (1946.) It’s apparently rare but has been released on physical media in the past, and I found a very good print to stream on Amazon Prime. It’s about as average as can be, but for 1940s…
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It had been only a day after moving into the cottage that I was at Collinwood and Carolyn asked me how I liked it. I told her it’s fine, just what I need, private and away from other people. She asked what I had against other people? When I answered, “Nothing,” she said I just…
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It breaks my heart to write this. Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966) has never been one of my favorite Hammer Dracula films, but I’ve wanted to revisit it for years now to see if my opinion has changed. I gave it four stars on IMDb (below average on my scale) on November 3, 2008, and after watching…
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For once, I had a good day. I got a nice haircut this afternoon and took Carolyn to dinner tonight. When I took her back to Collinwood, she suggested I live there; well, in a cottage where a caretaker used to live. She explained she’d feel better if I lived on the property and asked…
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Molly (Millie Perkins) and her sister, Cathy (Vanessa Brown), have conflicting memories of their father. Molly believes he’s a brave captain lost at sea because he was too good a man to live on land. That’s what she tells her nephews, Tadd (Jean Pierre Camps) and Tripoli (Mark Livingston), and that’s what we believe until…
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Around 8:15, I went to Collinwood to see Amy, although I had an ulterior motive: I needed to find out what happened to Joe. Mrs. Johnson answered the door and I asked if anybody else had come by to see Amy lately, specifically, my cousin. I explained that I hadn’t been able to find him…
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Believing I had already seen and written about Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), I jumped fearlessly into the sequel, cleverly titled, Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987.) I was enjoying the structure with Ricky Caldwell, fka Ricky Chapman, (Eric Freeman) in some type of holding cell being interviewed by Dr. Henry Bloom (James Newman.) However, there were frequent…
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What do people do in the daytime in Collinsport? I mean, why did I find Joe in my hotel room just as the moon was rising? I told him he better get out of here, but he said not until I answered his question. As I paused, he raised his voice, “Answer!” He raised my…