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Book Review: GEORGE LUCAS--A LIFE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Nov 2, 2019
I picked this volume up at a local Meijers at a discount--there's nothing better than getting books cheap.
In high school back in the 1980s I read the first major biography of George Lucas, SKYWALKING, by Dale Pollock. This newer book by Brian Jay Jones is a much more thorough examination of the fi read more
Rating The Amicus Anthologies
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 30, 2019
Amicus Productions is best known as being a rival to Hammer Films in the making of various horror and science-fiction films during the 1960s and 1970s. While Hammer became famous for their English Gothic titles, the British-based Amicus (headed by Americans Max Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky) stuck m read more
TIME OUT FOR RHYTHM
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 26, 2019
I am a huge fan of the Three Stooges, but until this week I had never seen the 1941 film TIME OUT FOR RHYTHM. This was one of the very few full-length features the Stooges appeared in during their long time working for Columbia Pictures.
I've never understood why the Stooges didn't get more chances read more
THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN Original Soundtrack Recording On CD
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 24, 2019
La-La Land Records has released a CD of original soundtrack music from THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN as part of the Universal Pictures Film Music Heritage Collection. It is not the complete original soundtrack--according to the liner notes only about 35 minutes of the score exist--but it is more than en read more
HERCULES IN THE HAUNTED WORLD On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 23, 2019
HERCULES IN THE HAUNTED WORLD (1961) isn't just another cheesy sword & sandal movie. It is a phantasmagorical wonder, allowing Mario Bava's creativity and ingenuity to run riot (even if the film's budget didn't).
Kino has given the title a magnificent Region A Blu-ray release, which contains tw read more
THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 16, 2019
The latest issue of Richard Klemensen's LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS, #43, is chock full of goodies. Two films are exhaustively covered in this issue. The first one is CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED, the almost-forgotten sequel to the original VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED.
The second is THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR, a 1967 read more
FFOLKES
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 14, 2019
Roger Moore was born on this day in 1927, so there's no better time to write a blog post on Kino's new Region A Blu-ray of the 1980 action-suspense film FFOLKES.
Moore plays Rufus Excalibur ffolkes (the first letter in his last name is supposed to be smaller-case), a rather eccentric underwater exp read more
MADEMOISELLE FIFI
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 12, 2019
This month being October, one naturally thinks about classic horror films. Producer Val Lewton is most famous for the series of thrillers he made at RKO in the 1940s. Writer Guy de Maupassant penned many renowned tales of terror. MADEMOISELLE FIFI is a 1944 film that Lewton produced based on two of read more
THE FIRST TEXAN
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 5, 2019
Last week a wrote a post about the 2004 THE ALAMO. This week I viewed another film dealing with subject of Texas independence: THE FIRST TEXAN, a 1956 production that is a mini-biography of Sam Houston.
Joel McCrea portrays Sam Houston, and here the statesman comes off like just about every other M read more
FIELD OF DREAMS And The Black Sox Scandal
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 1, 2019
This week is the 100th anniversary of the 1919 World Series. For those of you who are not baseball fans, the 1919 World Series is one of the most infamous events in American cultural history. During that series, the American League champion Chicago White Sox faced off against the National League cha read more
THE ALAMO (2004)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 28, 2019
My birthday was earlier this week, and as a present my great friend Josh Kennedy sent me a DVD of the 2004 version of THE ALAMO. Josh has been trying to get me to see this movie for years.
Josh is a native Texan, which means that the legend of the Alamo has made a huge impression on him. Josh can l read more
Book Review: THE MAKING OF DUNE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 21, 2019
A couple weeks ago I visited my brother Robert in Illinois, and while there we went to a Half-Price Books store. I picked up three titles--one on the Fatty Arbuckle scandal, a Carole Lombard biography, and THE MAKING OF DUNE.
The 1984 version of DUNE, which was directed by David Lynch, is now consi read more
BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY'S TOMB On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 15, 2019
Yet another Hammer Region A Blu-ray release from Shout Factory--this time it's BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY'S TOMB. This 1971 film is best known for what happened during the making of it.
Peter Cushing was cast in the role of Professor Fuchs in the movie, but he had barely started working on it when his wi read more
FEAR IN THE NIGHT On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 12, 2019
It's another Region A Hammer release from Shout Factory--this time it's the 1972 psychological thriller FEAR IN THE NIGHT.
In the early 1960s Jimmy Sangster wrote a number of twist-filled contemporary-set shockers that were made by Hammer and influenced by the French film LES DIABOLIQUES. Two of th read more
THE UNDEAD
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 10, 2019
THE UNDEAD (1957) is almost impossible to categorize. It's a wild mixture of reincarnation, time travel, medieval witchcraft, devil worship, and post-WWII science-fiction. The movie was produced and directed by the legendary Roger Corman, and released by American-International Pictures.
Nearly ever read more
RINGO AND HIS GOLDEN PISTOL
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 9, 2019
A couple days ago TCM aired the 1966 Euro Western RINGO AND HIS GOLDEN PISTOL, and I was able to watch it last night through an Xfinity app. The original Italian title of the film is JOHNNY ORO. It was released in American by MGM and presumably re-titled to reference the original Ringo spaghetti wes read more
TROG
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 4, 2019
Have I seen every bizarre old horror/science fiction movie? Certainly not. There's plenty I haven't gotten around to, or haven't had the time--or the inclination--to view. But yesterday I did take the opportunity to watch one of the most infamous films ever made--TROG, the 1970 British production th read more
L'ARGENT
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 1, 2019
L'ARGENT is a 1928 French silent film that I had no knowledge of until I learned earlier this year that it was going to be released on Blu-ray from Flicker Alley. What caught my attention was finding out that the movie starred Brigitte Helm. I've been fascinated by the German actress since I first s read more
HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 31, 2019
Shout Factory's series of Region A Hammer releases carries on with HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN (1970).
This movie is the product of one of Hammer's most quizzical production decisions. By 1970 the company had made five Frankenstein features starring Peter Cushing. The latest film in the series was the b read more
DJANGO THE BASTARD On Blu-ray From Synapse
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 27, 2019
Sergio Corbucci's DJANGO (1966) became one of the most renowned Spaghetti Western films, and it inspired a slew of imitators. One of those productions has been released on Blu-ray by Synapse Films.
DJANGO THE BASTARD was made in 1969, but according to Euro Cult movie expert Troy Howarth, it was not read more