Category: Movie Discussions
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I Married a Witch (1942)
Written by Robert Pirosh and Marc Connelly Directed by Rene Clair Starring Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward, Cecil Kellaway US Release Oct. 30, 1942 RT 77 min. Home Video Criterion Collection Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. “Long, long ago, when people still believed in…
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City of the Dead (1960) aka Horror Hotel
Written by George Baxt Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey Starring Christopher Lee, Dennis Lotis, Tom Naylor, Betta St. John, Venetia Stevenson US Release Sept. 12, 1962 RT 78 min. Home Video VCI Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers; ending of the movie revealed. If memory serves, Horror…
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Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Written by Mark Hanna Directed by Nathan Juran Starring Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers US Release May 19, 1958 RT 65 min. Home Video Warner Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. You don’t have to be overly optimistic to say there’s a nugget of a…
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The Cat & the Canary (1927)
Written by Alfred A. Cohn Directed by Paul Leni Starring Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall US Release Sept. 9, 1927 RT 80 min. Home Video Kino Lorber Films Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Made near the end of the silent film area and…
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Written by Perley Poore Sheehan Directed by Wallace Worsley Starring Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry US Release Sept. 6, 1923 RT 117 min. Home Video Flicker Alley (or Amazon Prime) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. It’s more challenging for me to write about silent movies…
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Lured (1947)
Written by Leo Rosten Directed by Douglas Sirk Starring George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Boris Karloff, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, George Zucco US Release Sept. 5, 1947 RT 102 Home Video Kino Video Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. As Lured began with a spotlight exploring a London street to…
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Logan’s Run (1976)
Written by David Zelag Goodman Directed by Michael Anderson Starring Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter US Release June 23, 1976 RT 119 Home Video Warner Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. I distinctly remember the first time I did not see Logan’s Run. My best…
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Marooned (1969)
Written by Mayo Simon Directed by John Sturges Starring Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus, Gene Hackman US Release Dec. 11, 1969 RT 134 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. The opening of Marooned sets the calm, some may…
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Abbott & Costello Meet the Monsters
The role that Abbott & Costello played during the last hurrah of the Universal Monsters is indisputable. If the movies offend you because of their silly tone, remember that your lasting memory of Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster and the Wolf Man could have been from House of Dracula (1945). You don’t get much sillier than that.…
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House of Dracula (1945)
Written by Edward T. Lowe, Jr. Directed by Erle C. Kenton Starring Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Lionel Atwill, Jane Adams, Glenn Strange US Release Dec. 7, 1945 RT 67 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. They should have quit while they…
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