This pretty much sums up the concept of uninspired. It’s competent, but there’s a generic knock-off barbarian (Marvel had the Conan license, but I’m sure would have preferred to own a character… Read Article →

First of all, I hope everyone is well. I actually braved a theater with a friend yesterday (along with maybe 10 other souls) to see King Kong. I will say that the… Read Article →

YouTube has a nice (if nowhere near this crisp) copy of Lady Vampire from 1959. I had never even heard of that. Now I can’t find the channel anymore, though, and apparently… Read Article →

Although my first thought of Max Von Sydow was of The Seventh Seal, featured yesterday, I know that for most people it’s his turn as the titular Father Merrin in The Exorcist…. Read Article →

Max Von Sydow, RIP. This has been a tough year for old movie buffs already, what with Kirk Douglas passing away last month and now Max Von Sydow passing. I’ve seen Strange… Read Article →

Coming soon to a theater near you! Kong has been featured here many times, but I figured folks would want to know that TCM and Fathom Events will be hosting two showings,… Read Article →

A Japanese poster for Ghosthouse! Ha! It sure makes the film look a lot better than it is.

Yes, if a poster ever summed up with experience of watching Roman Polanski’s Fearless Vampire Killers, surely it was this one.

Oh, Japan. I’m pretty sure the posters for American horror films from 1960 didn’t look like this. Of course, the film’s trailer makes it look a lot more grueling than American horror… Read Article →

Have I featured this before? VERY early stop animated dinosaur from the 1923 (!) Buster Keaton movie Three Ages. So that’s two years before Willis O’Brien’s Lost World was released. The goofy… Read Article →