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Book Review--FRANKENSTEIN'S WITCH: ST. LIZZIE, PRAY FOR US
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 31, 2022
The esteemed classic horror film historian Gregory William Mank has written his first novel. FRANKENSTEIN'S WITCH: ST. LIZZIE, PRAY FOR US (published by Bear Manor Media) spans two different eras in Hollywood--1931 and 1967. In the spring of 1967, a fire breaks out at Universal Studios. A read more
FRANKENSTEIN (1984)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 30, 2022
The excellent English actor David Warner passed away recently. While reading various internet tributes about him, I discovered that he played the Frankenstein monster in a 1984 British TV adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel. I was not aware of this production, and I was even more stunned to fin read more
THE MATCH KING
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 24, 2022
Actor Warren William was the King of Pre-Code Cinema, and one of the best examples of this is the 1932 Warners melodrama THE MATCH KING. William plays Paul Kroll, who at the beginning of the film is a street sweeper in Chicago. To earn extra money Kroll comes up with a scheme involving ph read more
THE SCARLET BLADE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 18, 2022
I finally caught up with one of the very, very few post-1957 Hammer films I had not seen. THE SCARLET BLADE (1963) is one of Hammer's colorful historical adventures, written & directed by John Gilling. (For whatever reason, the movie was titled THE CRIMSON BLADE in America.) England, read more
AND GOD SAID TO CAIN...
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 17, 2022
It's Euro Western time again, with a 1970 Italian-German film called AND GOD SAID TO CAIN. The movie was co-written and directed by the legendary Antonio Margheriti (under his usual alias of Anthony Dawson). The big highlight in this entry is that long-time spaghetti western bad guy Klaus Kins read more
THE SIEGE OF SIDNEY STREET
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 16, 2022
The latest issue of Richard Klemensen's wonderful LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS magazine, #48, has a feature article on British filmmakers Robert Baker and Monty Berman. The Baker/Berman team is best known for English Gothic films like THE FLESH AND THE FIENDS, JACK THE RIPPER, and BLOOD OF THE VAM read more
FLESH AND THE SPUR
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 9, 2022
During the audio commentary for the new Blu-ray of THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS, Tom Weaver mentioned that the stars of the film, John Agar and Joyce Meadows, had already appeared together in a low-budget Western called FLESH AND THE SPUR. That film was released by American International Pictur read more
OBI-WAN KENOBI
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 6, 2022
Like all original Star Wars fans, I had my own ideas about what Obi-Wan Kenobi was doing during his hiatus on Tatooine. I certainly didn't think he was sitting on his behind for twenty years. In my mind, he was staying alert, keeping ready, and maintaining contacts with the burgeoning Reb read more
THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS On Blu-ray From The Film Detective
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 3, 2022
The 1957 science-fiction film THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS is one of my guilty pleasures. It's also one of the most notable (some would say notorious) examples of 1950s low-budget big-screen sci-fi. The Film Detective has now released it on Blu-ray, with all sorts of trimmings. Somewhere i read more
THE RETURN OF THE DR. FU MANCHU On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 2, 2022
THE RETURN OF DR. FU MANCHU (1930) is a direct sequel to THE MYSTERIOUS DR. FU MANCHU. Both of these films, produced by Paramount, have been released on Blu-ray by Kino on one disc.I reviewed THE MYSTERIOUS DR. FU MANCHU on this blog a couple weeks ago. THE RETURN OF DR. FU MANCHU picks up rig read more
Book Review: ANGELS AND MINISTERS OF GRACE DEFEND US!
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 30, 2022
Greg Mank travels down more dark alleys of classic horror cinema with ANGELS AND MINISTERS OF GRACE DEFEND US! This new book is something of a follow up to the author's THE VERY WITCHING TIME OF NIGHT. Like the earlier volume, this book contains 13 chapters, each focusing on a different subjec read more
THE MYSTERIOUS DR. FU MANCHU On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 20, 2022
Kino has released a true (and rare) treat on Blu-ray--the two Fu Manchu films made by Paramount during the early talkie period. THE MYSTERIOUS DR. FU MANCHU (1929) and THE RETURN OF FU MANCHU (1930) were both directed by Rowland V. Lee, and Warner Oland plays the nefarious doctor in each. I'll read more
UNCLE WAS A VAMPIRE On Blu-ray From Severin
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 18, 2022
Included in Severin's THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE COLLECTION 2 Blu-ray box set is the 1959 Italian horror spoof TEMPI DURI PER I VAMPIRI, known in English-speaking countries as UNCLE WAS A VAMPIRE. I wrote a blog post on this movie a few years ago (dandayjr35.blogspot.com/2017/04/unc read more
THE GHOST OF PETER SELLERS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 12, 2022
There's always been a fascination over terrible films. Whether it's a no-budget turkey with no proficient technical values whatsoever, or a major-budget blockbuster disaster, the stories behind the making of lousy movies are often times more compelling than watching a well-made cinematic story read more
THE SECRET OF THE RED ORCHID On Blu-ray From Severin
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 10, 2022
The first Blu-ray from Severin's THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE COLLECTION 2 box set I will examine is 1961's THE SECRET OF THE RED ORCHID (original German title DAS RATSEL DER ROTEN ORCHIDEE). This film is part of the long-running series of krimi movies based on the works of British wr read more
THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE COLLECTION 2 On Blu-ray From Severin
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 7, 2022
Last year Severin's THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE Blu-ray box set was my pick for home video release of the year. The company is back with THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE 2, a seven-disc collection containing six rare films featuring Lee. (This set is not available yet for general release, read more
SATURNALIA
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 5, 2022
SATURNALIA is writer-producer-director-star Joshua Kennedy's wildest, most off-beat film yet....and that's saying something. Because it's so wild and off-beat, and because it touches upon so many genres, it's almost impossible to describe. The main point is that the film is exceedingly fu read more
THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 4, 2022
THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD is a 1936 light-comedy/mystery film from RKO, starring William Powell and Jean Arthur (pictured above). By the time this film was made, William Powell had plenty of experience in the lighthearted mystery genre, having already played Nick Charles, Philo Vance, and many read more
NO TIME FOR COMEDY
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 31, 2022
This is a Jimmy Stewart film that I had never seen. The title of this film, which was produced by Warner Bros. in 1940, is somewhat ironic, because in my opinion there's not a lot of comedy in it. NO TIME FOR COMEDY is a film adaptation of a successful Broadway play that starred Laurence read more
VIOLENT CITY On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 30, 2022
VIOLENT CITY is a 1970 Italian crime drama starring Charles Bronson and Telly Savalas. I had never seen the film, and didn't really know anything about it...but when I found out that Kino's Blu-ray release of it was going to feature three versions of the movie, I figured why not take a chance? read more