I think this was the second A&C movie. Again, horror comedies were a popular gateway genre for movie acts. I think it was service comedy, this, and then another service comedy. Another,… Read Article →

Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve was a comically pompous (but loveable) supporting character on the Fibber McGee and Molly radio series–the show with the closet–who blew up and got spun off into his own… Read Article →

It’s a little unfair to compare with a B cheapie like The Gorilla, but if you want a MUCH better Old Dark House comedy I’d suggest Bob Hope’s Ghost Breakers or his… Read Article →

So I started watching The Gorilla (1939) on Amazon Prime. It was indeed completely a knock-off of Mary Roberts Rinehart’s The Bat, and Cat and the Canary, and just like Shh! The… Read Article →

I’m sure we could field half a dozen nominees just among ourselves. However, when I think of the most boring ’50s or ’50s-esque sci-fi film, the title that looms above the others… Read Article →

And there are movies that just OWN IT.

So while the Shrew and Gila Monster posters were clearly artistic choices–if odd ones–here the odd framing of the art really call attention to itself. It’s mystifying, in fact. Unless you’ve seen… Read Article →

I was ruminating yesterday on why the painted poster art for The Killer Shrews didn’t exploit the actually kind of cool look (especially if artistically reinterpreted) of the shrews. I guess it… Read Article →

Last Friday’s Watch Party subject was The Killer Shrews, and needless to say it provided a very good time. I find the poster a little weird. Giant Claw, there’s a movie where… Read Article →