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Humanoids from the Deep
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 18, 2020
(1980) Directed by Barbara Peeters; Written by Frederick James (aka: William Martin); Story by Frank Arnold and Martin B. Cohen; Starring: Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, Vic Morrow, Cindy Weintraub, Anthony Peña and Breck Costin; Available on Blu-ray, DVD, Shudder and Amazon Prime Rating: ** “ read more
It Came from Beneath the Sea
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 10, 2020
(1955) Directed by Robert Gordon; Written by George Worthing
Yates and Harold Jacob Smith; Starring: Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald
Curtis and Ian Keith
Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***½
“It’s just like the basic concept of Mickey Mouse. He only
has four finger read more
Mad Scientist May Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 1, 2020
The Alligator People (1959) Beverly Garland plays Joyce Webster,
a woman searching for her missing husband Paul (Richard Crane). Her search ends
up at an estate in bayou country, where Paul is part of an experiment to restore
bodies that have been horribly injured. It’s too bad the process (us read more
Dr. Cyclops
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 28, 2020
(1940) Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack; Written by Tom
Kilpatrick; Starring: Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley, Janice Logan, Charles
Halton, Victor Kilian and Frank Yaconelli; Available on Blue-ray and DVD
Rating: ***
“Are we then country doctors? You do not realize what we
have here. In our read more
The City of Lost Children
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 20, 2020
(1995) Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro; Written by Gilles Adrien, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro; Starring: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, and Mireille Mossé; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating ****½ “This film is read more
Doctor X
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 11, 2020
(1932) Directed by Michael Curtiz; Written by Robert Tasker
and Earl Baldwin; Based on a play by Howard W. Comstock and Allen C. Miller; Starring:
Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster, John Wray, Harry Beresford
and Dr. Rowitz; Available on DVD (in the “Hollywood Legends of Horro read more
April Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 30, 2020
The Strangler (1964)
This overlooked little thriller is worthy of rediscovery, thanks to Victor Buono’s
gloriously unhinged performance as Leo Kroll, a man frozen in a stage of arrested
development. The standard police procedural plot is nothing special, hampered
by wooden acting from David Mc read more
Polyester
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 28, 2020
(1981) Written and directed by John Waters; Starring: Divine,
Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson and Mink Stole; Available on Blu-ray and
DVD
Rating: ***½
“If Polyester is suburban hell, then I don’t think… I
think people could be happy in suburbia. I’m not say read more
The Vincent Price Blogathon – Wrap Up
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 19, 2020
It’s
hard to believe that we’ve reached the end of the Vincent Price Blogathon,
after months of planning. The call for submissions went out in February, and participants
rose to the challenge with multiple reviews, a podcast, videos, a cocktail
recipe, and another fabulous word puzzle, c read more
Dragonwyck
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 18, 2020
(1946) Written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz; Based
on the novel by Anya Seton; Starring: Gene Tierney, Vincent Price, Walter
Huston, Glenn Langan, Anne Revere and Vivienne Osborne; Available on Blu-ray (Region
B) and DVD
Rating: ****½
“I didn’t expect you to unde read more
The Vincent Price Blogathon – Day 2 Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 18, 2020
Day
Two of the Vincent Prince Blogathon is upon us, and we have another bumper crop
of posts, with Edgar Allan Poe, creepy houses, flying mammals, gothic romance, the
silly side of Mr. Price, a double dose of biopics, TV, radio drama, and Vincent
singing!
If
you plan to participate but y read more
The Vincent Price Blogathon Is Here – Day 1 Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 17, 2020
Gill
Jacob of Realweegiemidget Reviews and I proudly present the first day of The
Vincent Price Blogathon! To say that response to this three-day blogging
extravaganza has been tremendous would be an understatement. Our talented bloggers
have risen to the challenge, doing what they do best, to show read more
Short Take: Lord of the Flies
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 4, 2020
(1963) Written and directed by Peter Brook; Based on the
novel by William Golding; James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin
and Tom Gaman; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***½
“All I wanted was a small sum of money, no script; just
kids, a camera, and a beach.& read more
March Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 31, 2020
Danger: Diabolik! (1968) Director/co-writer Mario Bava’s
delicious artifact from the swinging ‘60s, based on an Italian comic, oozes style
and sex from every pore. Bava and crew make the modestly budgeted production look
like it cost millions of dollars, thanks to an endless parade of co read more
Mysterious Island
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 26, 2020
(1961) Directed by Cy Endfield; Written by John Prebble, Daniel
B. Ullman and Crane Wilbur; Based on the novel by Jules Verne; Starring: Michael
Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill, Beth Rogan and Herbert Lom
Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***½
“The original s read more
Introducing Westgate Gallery – Plus Vincent Price Blogathon Contest!
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 21, 2020
I
don’t typically do endorsements here at Cinematic Catharsis, but I couldn’t
keep a lid on something that truly represents my sensibilities (Or is that senselessness?
I get these two confused.). Westgate Gallery is an online store
by a movie fan for movie fans, stocked with thousands of read more
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 14, 2020
(1976) Directed by Nicolas Roeg; Written by Paul Mayersberg;
Based on the novel by Walter Tevis; Starring: David Bowie, Buck Henry, Candy
Clark, Rip Torn and Bernie Casey; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***
“I think that probably one of the things that Nick (Roeg)
identified with m read more
The Peanut Butter Solution
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 7, 2020
(1985) Directed by Michael Rubbo; Written by Michael Rubbo, Vojtech Jasný, Andrée Pelletier and Louise Pelletier; Starring: Mathew Mackay, Siluck Saysanasy, Alison Darcy, Michael Hogan and Michel Maillot; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: ***½ “I wanted to say something: Life is read more
Ghost Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 2, 2020
The Uninvited (1944) Ray Milland stars as music critic Roderick
Fitzgerald, who travels to the English coast to escape the hustle and bustle of
London. Along with his sister Pamela (Ruth Hussey), they purchase a 200-year-old
seaside mansion from a retired Navy captain (Donald Crisp). Instead of peac read more
The Changeling
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Feb 25, 2020
(1980) Directed by Peter Medak; Written by William Gray and
Diana Maddox; Story by Russell Hunter; Starring: George C. Scott, Trish Van
Devere, Melvyn Douglas, John Colicos, Barry Morse and Madeleine Sherwood;
Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ****
“There’s nothing more creep read more