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WEB OF THE SPIDER On Blu-ray From Film Masters
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 28, 2024
My last blog post was on a Blu-ray of Antonio Margheriti's CASTLE OF BLOOD, so I might as well follow that up with a look at a special edition release of the remake of that film: WEB OF THE SPIDER. This 1971 feature was also helmed by Margheriti, and it is included on a two-disc Blu-ray set fr read more
THE SPIDER WOMAN STRIKES BACK On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Dec 4, 2021
THE SPIDER WOMAN STRIKES BACK (1946) was made toward the end of what is called Universal's "Silver Age" of thrillers and chillers. The movie is not a sequel to the studio's Sherlock Holmes entry THE SPIDER WOMAN, despite having the same star, Gale Sondergaard. A young woman named Jean (Br read more
Dick Tracy (1937, Ray Taylor and Alan James), Chapter 12: The Trail of the Spider
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 18, 2018
The Trail of the Spider is the clip chapter. After the current winner for laziest cliffhanger resolve in the serial–Ralph Byrd turns a steering wheel to get out of danger–Byrd and the cast get together with three new characters to hear all about the Spider. Although Byrd’s been hunting the Spider read more
CHRISTIE CUTE: The Spider's Web (1960)
Caftan Woman Posted by on Jul 27, 2018
Glynis Johns stars as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown in the comedy-thriller The Spider's Web from Agatha Christie's play.
Margaret Lockwood, Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie had great success with her plays The Mousetrap and The Hollow and was preparing for the opening of Witness for the Prosecution read more
CHRISTIE CUTE: The Spider's Web (1960)
Caftan Woman Posted by on Jul 27, 2018
Glynis Johns stars as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown in the comedy-thriller The Spider's Web from Agatha Christie's play.
Margaret Lockwood, Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie had great success with her plays The Mousetrap and The Hollow and was preparing for the opening of Witness for the Prosecution read more
Dick Tracy (1937, Ray Taylor and Alan James), Chapter 1: The Spider Strikes
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 10, 2018
The Spider Strikes opens the Dick Tracy serial with an awesome sequence–a group of crime bosses meeting up on a train to meet with the big boss (The Spider). One of them tries to stand up to the unseen Spider, only to have his plans foiled… supernaturally it seems. The Spider then hunts the man read more
SIFF 2015: Separated by Decades--Cave of the Spider Woman (1927) and The Cave of the Silken Web (1967)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 5, 2015
Last night was one of the most delightfully unusual nights I've experienced at SIFF 2015.
I saw a pair of films separated by forty years: one a silent film long though lost and another an eye-popping 1960s spectacle of song, martial arts and sorcery. Both are based on an episode in the Ming d read more
The Great Villain Blogathon: The Spider Woman
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Apr 22, 2014
Something scary is happening. Speakeasy, Shadows and Satin and Silver Screenings have pooled their considerable talents to bring us The Great Villain Blogathon, running April 20th to 26th.
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce first embodied Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson for Twentieth Century Fox read more
Kiss of the Spider Woman
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 14, 2010
In a South American prison, Luis and Valentin are cellmates. Luis (William Hurt) is a flamboyant homosexual, incarcerated for immoral behavior who finds escape in retelling romantic tales he saw in old movies. Valentin (Raul Julia) is a restless political prisoner who believes he’s still alive read more