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THE GREEN SLIME
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 27, 2020
In the mid 1960s, a quartet of Italian science-fiction films were made concerning the adventures of a futuristic space station called Gamma One. The films were directed by the legendary Antonio Margheriti (aka Anthony M. Dawson). The Gamma One movies are colorful, wild sci-fi adventures, with read more
THE COSMIC MONSTER
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 26, 2020
American character actor Forrest Tucker starred in three different science-fiction movies made in England that were released in 1957-58. The U.S. titles of the films are THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN OF THE HIMALAYAS, THE CRAWLING EYE, and THE COSMIC MONSTER. Out of the three, THE COSMIC MONSTER is t read more
Book Review--RUNGS ON A LADDER: HAMMER FILMS SEEN THROUGH A SOFT GAUZE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 25, 2020
One of my latest discount book purchases is RUNGS ON A LADDER: HAMMER FILMS SEEN THROUGH A SOFT GAUZE. This is a short memoir on what it was like to work behind the camera for Hammer Films from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. The author of this volume is Christopher Neame--but this is N read more
The Dr. Who Films On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 24, 2020
The two Dr. (not Doctor) Who films produced by Amicus in the mid-1960s have now been released on Region A Blu-ray by Kino. DR. WHO AND THE DALEKS and DALEKS: INVASION EARTH 2150 A.D. are available separately. I've already covered these films in a post I wrote back in August 2017 for a Bri read more
THE MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 20, 2020
I received as an early birthday present from my good friend Tim Durbin a Kino Blu-ray of the 1957 sci-fi monster movie THE MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD. Believe it or not, I had never actually seen this film. An earthquake strikes the area around the Salton Sea in southern California read more
GAMERA: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION On Blu-ray From Arrow Video
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 15, 2020
There are box sets, and then there are ultra-special box sets. And then.....there is the Gamera Blu-ray box set from Arrow Video. Calling it gigantic doesn't even cover the scope of this collection...it is as mammoth as the Titanic Terrapin himself.
Before I continue with this post, I have to admit read more
ROUGH RIDERS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 12, 2020
My latest cheap home video acquisition ($5 at Walmart) is a DVD of the 1997 2-part cable TV movie ROUGH RIDERS, co-written and directed by John Milius. The movie dramatizes the events surrounding Theodore Roosevelt's military adventures in the Spanish-American War.
The idea for ROUGH RIDERS came fr read more
More Of My Favorite Movie Cast Ensembles
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 6, 2020
The other day I was going through some of my older blog posts, which shows how exciting my life is. Anyway, a couple years ago I wrote a post called "My Favorite Movie Cast Ensembles", and I noticed there were plenty of movie cast lists I should have included on it, but didn't. That always happens w read more
NUMBER ONE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 5, 2020
It's football season....well, it's supposed to be football season, but, I'm not going to get into that. But I will get into a 1969 film about a fictional football player--NUMBER ONE, starring Charlton Heston.
Heston is Ron "Cat" Catlan", quarterback for the NFL's New Orleans Saints. As the story be read more
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1916) On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 28, 2020
Kino Lorber continues its acclaimed history of releasing silent films on home video with the 1916 adaptation of Jules Verne's 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA.
This was the first full-length cinematic adaptation of the Verne novel, produced by Universal Pictures. The film also includes much material fr read more
FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 27, 2020
Another Region A Hammer Blu-ray from Shout Factory--this time it is FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL. Made in 1972 but not released until 1974, this was the last Frankenstein film made by Hammer, the last time Peter Cushing played the role of Baron Frankenstein, and the very last film ever dir read more
NO MAN OF HER OWN
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 23, 2020
The final film in the three-disc Kino Carole Lombard Blu-ray set I am reviewing is NO MAN OF HER OWN, a 1932 Paramount production. This movie is famous for being the only onscreen pairing between Lombard and Clark Gable, long before they became an item in real life.
Gable plays Jerry "Babe" Stewart read more
MAN OF THE WORLD
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 15, 2020
Kino's "Carole Lombard Collection I" Blu-ray set includes MAN OF THE WORLD, a 1931 Paramount film that is known for the first onscreen pairing of William Powell and Carole Lombard.
MAN OF THE WORLD concerns one Michael Trevor (Powell), an American living in self-imposed exile in Paris. Trevor makes read more
FAST AND LOOSE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 14, 2020
Kino has recently released a "Carole Lombard Collection I" Blu-ray box set, featuring three of the actress' early films, when she was under contract to Paramount. Two of the movies included, MAN OF THE WORLD and NO MAN OF HER OWN, had already been available on DVD, but the one I am covering today, F read more
WHITE WOMAN
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 10, 2020
The title for this one doesn't lie. There is a white woman, in the luxurious form of Carole Lombard. WHITE WOMAN is a 1933 potboiler produced by Paramount and set in Malaya, although the shooting locations are strictly indoor studio jungles.
In Larry Swindell's excellent biography of Lombard, SCREW read more
RINGO FROM NEBRASKA (AKA SAVAGE GRINGO)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 4, 2020
RINGO FROM NEBRASKA (also known as SAVAGE GRINGO, NEBRASKA JIM, RINGO DEL NEBRASKA, and a few other titles) is a 1966 Italian-Spanish Western. The movie's direction is credited to Antonio Roman, but according to Troy Howarth's book THE HAUNTED WORLD OF MARIO BAVA, Roman was removed from the producti read more
WICHITA
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 2, 2020
Director Jacques Tourneur is best known for making film noirish black & white thrillers such as CAT PEOPLE and NIGHT OF THE DEMON, but he also worked on a number of colorful Westerns. Tourneur directed genre star Joel McCrea multiple times, and one of their collaborations was WICHITA, a 1955 pro read more
KISS OF EVIL--The American TV Version Of THE KISS OF THE VAMPIRE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 26, 2020
In my post on the new Shout Factory Blu-ray of THE KISS OF THE VAMPIRE, I mentioned that the disc includes a version of the film prepared by Universal for American network television. This TV version not only has added scenes (to lengthen the film to fit into a two-hour time slot with commercials), read more
THE KISS OF THE VAMPIRE On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 25, 2020
The latest Hammer film to be released by Shout Factory on Region A Blu-ray is THE KISS OF THE VAMPIRE. This 1963 color Gothic is one of Hammer's best productions.
THE KISS OF THE VAMPIRE was not directed by Terence Fisher, and it does not star either Peter Cushing or Christopher Lee. Nevertheless, read more
THE FLESH AND THE FIENDS On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 19, 2020
There have been many filmed adaptations of the historical events concerning the notorious murderers Burke & Hare, but the best by far is the 1959 British film THE FLESH AND THE FIENDS. The movie was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman (who also did the cinematography), and co-written and d read more