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DUNE (1984)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 11, 2021
Arrow Video has released a new Blu-ray special edition of the notorious 1984 film adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel DUNE. That is the impetus for this post. There are plenty of people who hate DUNE. Most folks consider it to be too weird, or incomprehensible. (Ironically, hardcore fans read more
CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE TALKIES VOLUME THREE 1934-36
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 6, 2021
Kit Parker Films and The Sprocket Vault continue their DVD series of comedy short subjects from the Hal Roach Studios with CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE TALKIES VOLUME THREE 1934-36. The three-disc set contains the final 21 two-reelers Charley Chase starred in for Roach before he and the com read more
CLOUDBURST
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 5, 2021
Last night Turner Classic Movies showed the 1951 British film CLOUDBURST as part of the network's "Noir Alley" series. CLOUDBURST was made by Hammer Films, and it has an important part in that company's history. The movie was the first production by Hammer to be mainly shot at the manor house read more
SARATOGA TRUNK
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 1, 2021
A couple of days ago, Ingrid Bergman was given her own day as part of "Summer Under The Stars" month on Turner Classic Movies. This gave me the opportunity to watch a movie starring Bergman I had never seen before--SARATOGA TRUNK, a Warner Bros. film made in 1943, but not released until 1945.& read more
MAN BEAST
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 29, 2021
Another Tubi discovery--a very, very low budget 1956 film dealing with the Yeti. The producer-director of MAN BEAST was Jerry Warren, best known for churning out mediocre versions of various Mexican genre movies. This is another "the poster is far more exciting than anything that happens read more
KILL ME TOMORROW
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 22, 2021
KILL ME TOMORROW (1957) is the last film Terence Fisher directed before THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN. It is a low-budget British black & white crime story, much in the same vein as the B pictures Fisher made for Hammer Films in the early 1950s. KILL ME TOMORROW attempts to be a gritty noir th read more
CRYPT OF THE VAMPIRE On Blu-ray From Severin
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 20, 2021
One of the films included in the magnificent THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE COLLECTION box set from Severin is CRYPT OF THE VAMPIRE, a 1963 film that has gone under many titles. The main title on the version presented in this Blu-ray set is LA CRIPTA E L'INCUBO. I had a Retromedia DVD of thi read more
F. P. 1 DOESN'T ANSWER On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 18, 2021
Kino continues its exemplary series of Weimar Cinema releases with the 1932 film F. P. 1 DOESN'T ANSWER. Both the original German and English-language versions of the film are included on this disc. The story concerns the F. P. 1, or Floating Platform One, an artificial island built in th read more
THUNDERBOLT (1929)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 16, 2021
Kino has released on Region A Blu-ray Josef von Sternberg's first talking film, the 1929 THUNDERBOLT, from Paramount. THUNDERBOLT is a follow-up to von Sternberg's gangster hit UNDERWORLD of a few years earlier. Both movies star George Bancroft. In my opinion UNDERWORLD is the much better read more
CURSE OF THE FLY
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 8, 2021
Another first-time watch for me. This is the third classic "Fly" movie, after THE FLY and RETURN OF THE FLY, which were made in America in the late 1950s. CURSE OF THE FLY wasn't produced until 1965, and it was made in England. The co-producer was low-budget movie maven Robert Lippert, and the read more
THE SECRET BRIDE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 7, 2021
THE SECRET BRIDE (1934) is not a romantic melodrama--it is a mystery story involving political corruption at the state level. It was produced by Warner Bros., and it stars Barbara Stanwyck and Warren William. Robert Sheldon (Warren William), the attorney general of his state, marries Ruth read more
POSTAL INSPECTOR
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 2, 2021
Is there anything more exciting than the life of a U.S. Postal Inspector? Apparently Universal Studios in 1936 thought the job was exciting enough to make a movie about the profession, called, naturally enough, POSTAL INSPECTOR. Ricardo Cortez plays Inspector Bill Davis, a man dedicated t read more
THE CREATION OF THE HUMANOIDS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 1, 2021
The legendary Svengoolie showed this film last night on his MeTV program, and it was the first time I had ever seen it. I was well aware of its notorious reputation--some consider it to be among the worst films ever made, others believe its story line to be meaningful. It is a movie with read more
HEAT LIGHTNING
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 31, 2021
HEAT LIGHTNING, from 1934, is another of those great early 30s Warner Bros. pictures that, despite its short running time, has far more entertainment value than most two hour-plus blockbusters made today. Aline MacMahon plays Olga, a no-nonsense woman who runs a gas station/lunch counter/ read more
Book Review: TERENCE FISHER--MASTER OF GOTHIC CINEMA
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 29, 2021
Nearly every film director with a major association with the cinema of the fantastic has been the subject of a major biography, including James Whale, Tod Browning, and Ishiro Honda. Now Terence Fisher is finally the recipient of an extensive look at his life with Tony Dalton's TERENCE FISHER- read more
BLACK WIDOW
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 21, 2021
BLACK WIDOW is the first movie I've seen in a theater this year. It's not because I've been afraid to go, or wary of the experience. If the entertainment conglomerates would put out things that I actually want to see, I'd go all the time. But the pickings at the local multiplexes have been rat read more
PORTRAIT FROM LIFE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 18, 2021
I'm currently reading TERENCE FISHER--MASTER OF GOTHIC CINEMA, written by Tony Dalton. It appears to be the volume on the life and works of English film director Fisher, best known for his several Hammer horror films. One of the best features of the book so far is that it gives a comprehe read more
Book Review: THE PASSION OF THE MUMMY
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 12, 2021
Frank Dello Stritto's THE PASSION OF THE MUMMY is in the same vein as his earlier works, A WEREWOLF REMEMBERS and CARL DENHAM'S GIANT MONSTERS. All three deal with the lives and adventures of famous classic horror film characters. In the earlier two volumes Frank revealed the "actual" exploits read more
Book Review: ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD--A NOVEL
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 10, 2021
Has any other film director written a novel based on one of his movies? Someone might have done it before...(one must realize that even though George Lucas is credited as the author of the novelization of STAR WARS, the book was actually written by Alan Dean Foster). When I wrote a blog p read more
EAGLE IN A CAGE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 4, 2021
EAGLE IN A CAGE, released in 1972, is another obscure film I stumbled upon on the Tubi streaming channel. It dramatizes the beginning of Napoleon Bonaparte's exile on the small island of St. Helena in 1815. The movie has a strong cast of acclaimed actors (Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, B read more