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The Favorite Famous Roles List
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Mar 7, 2020
Today's list comes from an idea that somehow popped into my head. There's a number of famous roles that have been played in movies (and TV) over and over again--legendary fictional and historical characters such as Dracula, Batman, Wyatt Earp, etc.
The purpose of this list is to present my pick for read more
THE BLACK RAVEN
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Mar 4, 2020
THE BLACK RAVEN (1943) is a mystery film with a rather obvious title--what else would they have called it...THE PLAID RAVEN?? It was made by the Poverty Row company Producers Releasing Corporation, and produced by Sigmund Neufeld and directed by Sam Newfield, frequent low-budget filmmakers (and brot read more
THE UNEARTHLY
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Mar 1, 2020
THE UNEARTHLY (1957) is a ultra-low budget crazy combination of science-fiction, horror, and noir. It features elements and plot devices reminiscent from films such as the 1935 THE RAVEN, BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT, VOODOO MAN, and THE BLACK SLEEP.
It is rather fitting that the star of the film is John Car read more
RASPUTIN THE MAD MONK On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 29, 2020
The 1966 Hammer historical melodrama RASPUTIN THE MAD MONK contains one of Christopher Lee's greatest film performances. The movie makes its American Blu-ray debut courtesy of Shout Factory.
Production began on RASPUTIN THE MAD MONK literally days after DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS wrapped. RASPUTIN read more
THE BRIGAND OF KANDAHAR
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 26, 2020
Britain's Hammer Films made a number of historical action-adventure pictures in the 1960s. Due to the company's typical low budgets, these films usually bit off more than they could chew, but for the most part they were decent entertainments.
THE BRIGAND OF KANDAHAR (1965) is one of the least of Ha read more
X THE UNKNOWN On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 22, 2020
X THE UNKNOWN (1957) was Hammer's first attempt to follow up on the success of their science fiction adaptation THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT. It was also the debut screenplay of Jimmy Sangster, who would go on to write many of Hammer's most famous films. X THE UNKNOWN is not as beloved as the Hammer Qua read more
#PreMakeAMovie
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 20, 2020
One of the things that has been trending among movie buffs on Twitter recently is #PreMakeAMovie. The premise is simple: take a recent film (or a relatively modern one) and "premake" it--that is, pretend the movie had been made years before, with a cast and crew befitting the times.
It's a great an read more
THE DEVIL WITHIN HER
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 16, 2020
Joan Collins appeared in a number of 1970s horror films: TALES FROM THE CRYPT, DARK PLACES, TALES THAT WITNESS MADNESS, EMPIRE OF THE ANTS....but the weirdest and worst of all has to be a 1975 British production that was known in America as THE DEVIL WITHIN HER.
Why is this one the weirdest and the read more
THE LIGHTHOUSE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 15, 2020
THE VVITCH, which came out a couple years ago, was a film I made sure to see in the theater. It had plenty of eerie and uncanny moments, and its director, Robert Eggers, knew how to make use of stillness and sound.
Eggers' follow-up, THE LIGHTHOUSE, didn't even make it to any South Bend theaters in read more
JOHN THE BASTARD
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 10, 2020
The latest issue of CINEMA RETRO (#46) contains an interview with actor John Richardson, who appeared in such noteworthy genre films as Mario Bava's BLACK SUNDAY (1960) and the Hammer Films version of SHE (1965). In the magazine Richardson mentions a 1967 Euro Western he starred in called JOHN THE B read more
WILLOW
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 9, 2020
The 1988 fantasy-adventure film WILLOW has been back in the news recently due to info that there may be plans for a TV sequel. I never saw WILLOW in the theater--I must have only seen it on either videotape or on cable. I only saw it once, and it didn't make too much of an impression on me.
I decid read more
JOKER
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 4, 2020
I finally watched JOKER last night. Boy, that was a film that I needed after a hard day at work (sarcasm).
As I'm sure everybody knows now, JOKER tells the story of Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), a mentally unstable, put-upon individual who lives a grim, bleak existence in what appears to be an ea read more
THE SPECIALISTS On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 1, 2020
THE SPECIALISTS (1969) is one of Sergio Corbucci's lesser known Euro Westerns. It's not on the same level as the director's DJANGO or THE GREAT SILENCE, and it doesn't have any major spaghetti western or American stars. The main character is in fact played by a French pop star called Johnny Hallyday read more
DR. CRIPPEN
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jan 30, 2020
The outstanding character actor Donald Pleasence gets to have a leading role, and a romance with a beautiful young woman as well, in the 1962 historical drama DR. CRIPPEN.
In 1910 England, Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen was convicted of murdering his wife and later executed by hanging. The trial and det read more
FALSE PRETENSES
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jan 28, 2020
Last week a Facebook friend of mine posted photos of her wearing an outfit inspired by a 1935 film called FALSE PRETENSES. During the movie a similar outfit was worn by the leading actress, Irene Ware. Ware is best known for co-starring in two films with Bela Lugosi: CHANDU THE MAGICIAN (1932) and t read more
KILL THEM ALL AND COME BACK ALONE On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jan 25, 2020
KILL THEM ALL AND COME BACK ALONE (1968) is made for all those who don't like the "boring parts" of a movie. It's almost wall-to-wall action, and the Euro Western has been released on Region A Blu-ray by Kino.
During the American Civil War, a hardened mercenary named McKay (Chuck Connors) assembles read more
REQUIEM FOR A SECRET AGENT
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jan 22, 2020
A few weeks ago I was with my brother at a Half Price Books in Illinois. While going through the soundtracks section I came across the original score, on vinyl, for a 1966 Eurospy film called REQUIEM FOR A SECRET AGENT (original Italian title REQUIEM PER UN AGENTE SEGRETO). It was brand new and only read more
THE HELLBENDERS On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jan 19, 2020
Kino Lorber has put out another series of Euro Westerns on Region A Blu-ray, including THE HELLBENDERS, released in 1967 and produced by Albert Band and directed by Sergio Corbucci. The film is also known as THE CRUEL ONES and I CRUDELI.
Soon after the end of the Civil War, a Union convoy carrying read more
1917
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jan 18, 2020
1917 is a brilliantly crafted and very riveting film. If I had seen it in December, I would have named it my favorite movie of 2019.
Director and co-writer Sam Mendes takes the relatively simple story of two British soldiers tasked to deliver an important message through enemy lines on the Western read more
DEMONS OF THE MIND
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jan 17, 2020
One of the latest Shout Factory Hammer Blu-ray releases is DEMONS OF THE MIND, a film produced in 1971. This was one of the few Hammer movies I had not yet seen, until I purchased the Blu-ray. It doesn't have the most sterling reputation, and it is a downbeat, puzzling, and at times disturbing affai read more