RIP Herbert Lom
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RIP Herbert Lom

  Well, crap. You know you've created an indelible comedy character when you're more remembered for that instead of playing such genre characters as The Phantom of the Opera (admittedly, in one of Hammer's lamer movies) and Captain Nemo (in the rather more spectacular Mysterious Island). Yet Mr. Lom will surely always be best…
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Megaforce DVD: A Kissed Thumb’s Down…
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Megaforce DVD: A Kissed Thumb’s Down…

You can imagine how excited I was when Amazon listed a Hen's Tooth DVD release for this venerable Jabootu classic. However, I've now received and checked my copy,  and reports on Amazon from fellow consumers proved all too true. The sound mix on the DVD is noticeably off, with everything playing at a higher…
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Out next week / T-Fest…
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Out next week / T-Fest…

First, it's family trip in Kentucky time next week, so I will be absent from these precincts for that length of time. Should be back by Monday the 24th. Sadly, neither Chris nor Freeman can attend T-Fest this time around (nor Galaxy Jane, tragically).  Sandy and I will start the programming ball rolling in…
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Monster of the Day #560
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Monster of the Day #560

The crew wasn't enjoying the owner's 'healthy' new kelp diet much. Sam Katzman produced in some fashion nearly 250 (!) movies in his career, starting in the '30s. By the '40s he started moving occasionally into a 'spook' direction with flicks like Invisible Ghost, Spooks Run Wild and the Vanishing Corpse. These and several…
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