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(1934) Directed by: Edgar G. Ulmer; Written by: Peter Ruric; Based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe; Starring: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop and Lucille Lund; Available on DVD. Rating: **** “Supernatural, perhaps. Baloney, perhaps not. There are many thin read more

(1934) Directed by: Edgar G. Ulmer; Written by: Peter Ruric; Based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe; Starring: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop and Lucille Lund; Available on DVD. Rating: **** “Supernatural, perhaps. Baloney, perhaps not. There are many thin read more

(1970) Directed by Roy Ward Baker; Written by Tudor Gates; Adapted by Harry Fine, Tudor Gates and Michael Fine; Based on the story “Carmilla” by Sheridan Le Fanu; Starring: Ingrid Pitt, Pippa Steel, Dawn Adams, Madeline Smith and Peter Cushing; Available on Blu-Ray, DVD and Netflix Strea read more

(1970) Directed by Roy Ward Baker; Written by Tudor Gates; Adapted by Harry Fine, Tudor Gates and Michael Fine; Based on the story “Carmilla” by Sheridan Le Fanu; Starring: Ingrid Pitt, Pippa Steel, Dawn Adams, Madeline Smith and Peter Cushing; Available on Blu-Ray, DVD and Netflix Strea read more

(1980) Directed by Roger Spottiswoode; Written by: T.Y. Drake; Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Johnson, Hart Bochner, Derek McKinnon and David Copperfield.  Available on Blu-ray and DVD. Rating: ** Why do I love Canada so much? Is it the gorgeous scenery? The poutin read more

(1980) Directed by Roger Spottiswoode; Written by: T.Y. Drake; Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Johnson, Hart Bochner, Derek McKinnon and David Copperfield.  Available on Blu-ray and DVD. Rating: ** Why do I love Canada so much? Is it the gorgeous scenery? The poutin read more

It’s that time of year again, when the leaves begin to change colors, a chill enters the air (Who am I kidding? This is Central Texas), and the mind drifts to darker, more comforting places, where ghostly apparitions and monsters dwell. It’s October, and that means two things: Horror Mon read more

It’s that time of year again, when the leaves begin to change colors, a chill enters the air (Who am I kidding? This is Central Texas), and the mind drifts to darker, more comforting places, where ghostly apparitions and monsters dwell. It’s October, and that means two things: Horror Mon read more

Sunrise (aka: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans) (1927) F.W. Murnau’s stylish, affecting melodrama packs a wallop. The deceptively simple story about a crumbling marriage is enhanced by complex visuals that underscore the ensuing drama. The main characters, known simply as The Man and The Wife (Ge read more

Sunrise (aka: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans) (1927) F.W. Murnau’s stylish, affecting melodrama packs a wallop. The deceptively simple story about a crumbling marriage is enhanced by complex visuals that underscore the ensuing drama. The main characters, known simply as The Man and The Wife (Ge read more

(1928) Directed by: Herbert Brenon; Written by Elizabeth Meehan; Titles by Joseph Farnham; Based on the play by David Belasco and Tom Cushing; Starring: Lon Chaney, Bernard Siegel, Loretta Young and Nils Asther Available on DVD Rating: **** “I believe you’re sufferin read more

(1928) Directed by: Herbert Brenon; Written by Elizabeth Meehan; Titles by Joseph Farnham; Based on the play by David Belasco and Tom Cushing; Starring: Lon Chaney, Bernard Siegel, Loretta Young and Nils Asther Available on DVD Rating: **** “I believe you’re sufferin read more

(1927) Directed by: Paul Leni; Adapted from the stage play by Robert F. Hill and Alfred A. Cohn; Based on the stage play by John Willard; Starring: Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall and Martha Mattox; Available on DVD and Netflix Streaming Rating: **** &# read more

(1927) Directed by: Paul Leni; Adapted from the stage play by Robert F. Hill and Alfred A. Cohn; Based on the stage play by John Willard; Starring: Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall and Martha Mattox; Available on DVD and Netflix Streaming Rating: **** &# read more

(1928) Directed by: Charles Reisner; Written by Carl Harbaugh: Starring: Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Marion Byron and Ernest Torrence; Available on Blu-ray, DVD and Netflix Streaming Rating: **** ½ “I was mad at the time, or I would never have done the thing.” – read more

(1928) Directed by: Charles Reisner; Written by Carl Harbaugh: Starring: Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Marion Byron and Ernest Torrence; Available on Blu-ray, DVD and Netflix Streaming Rating: **** ½ “I was mad at the time, or I would never have done the thing.” – read more

(1917) Directed by Cecil B. DeMille; Written by: Jeanie Macpherson; Starring: Mary Pickford, Jack Holt, Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth and Walter Long; Available on DVD Rating: *** “It pained Mary Pickford’s thrifty soul to wear a $400 dress splashing around in the wat read more

(1917) Directed by Cecil B. DeMille; Written by: Jeanie Macpherson; Starring: Mary Pickford, Jack Holt, Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth and Walter Long; Available on DVD Rating: *** “It pained Mary Pickford’s thrifty soul to wear a $400 dress splashing around in the wat read more

The Mystery of Rampo (aka: Rampo) (1994) Naoto Takenaka stars as notorious Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Rampo (his nom de plume was a play on “Edgar Allan Poe). After his latest book is banned by a censorship board, he falls into a slump, but subsequently finds inspiration in a turn of even read more

The Mystery of Rampo (aka: Rampo) (1994) Naoto Takenaka stars as notorious Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Rampo (his nom de plume was a play on “Edgar Allan Poe). After his latest book is banned by a censorship board, he falls into a slump, but subsequently finds inspiration in a turn of even read more