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THE BODY SNATCHER On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Mar 30, 2019
I had been debating for a while on whether I should even buy the new Shout Factory Blu-ray of THE BODY SNATCHER. The movie is my personal favorite among the series of famed thrillers produced by Val Lewton for RKO Studios during the 1940s. But I already own the Val Lewton DVD set, which came out in read more
DAMNED HOT DAY OF FIRE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Mar 27, 2019
My last post concerned FORT YUMA GOLD, which is included on a Spaghetti Western double feature blu-ray just released by Mill Creek. Today I'll discuss the other film on the disc, DAMNED HOT DAY OF FIRE.
DAMNED HOT DAY OF FIRE (1968) isn't even the title used on the print featured on this Blu-ray. T read more
FORT YUMA GOLD
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Mar 24, 2019
Mill Creek has just released a "Western Double Feature" Blu-ray containing the films FORT YUMA GOLD and DAMNED HOT DAY OF FIRE. These are two somewhat obscure Spaghetti Westerns--I had never heard of them before--but they do have a couple things in common: they are both set during the Civil War and read more
THE WITCHES On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Mar 23, 2019
Shout Factory's latest Hammer home video release is one of the company's more offbeat productions--the 1966 tale concerning witchcraft in modern England called THE WITCHES. (The American release title was THE DEVIL'S OWN.)
The movie starts with a effective pre-credits sequence, showing how Englishw read more
APOLLO 11
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Mar 20, 2019
The new documentary APOLLO 11 is absolutely stunning.
Director-editor Todd Douglas Miller assembled the film from hundreds of hours of actual NASA footage and audio produced over the course of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. The picture and sound quality was cleaned up, and the result, when seen read more
DER HUND VON BASKERVILLE On Blu-ray From Flicker Alley
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Mar 16, 2019
Flicker Alley presents a wonderful find on home video--a rediscovered and restored 1929 German silent version of the most famous Sherlock Holmes story, THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. The Blu-ray release also features a 1914 German film adaptation of the tale.
For me the discovery of a lost Sherlock read more
THE MAN WITH TWO FACES
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Mar 11, 2019
What I love most about Turner Classic Movies is how many obscure films they show. particularly ones from the 1930s. Last week TCM presented a 1934 melodrama called THE MAN WITH TWO FACES. The movie stars Edward G. Robinson, and it was produced by First National/Warners.
Robinson plays Damon Wells, read more
STAND-IN On Blu-ray From Classic Flix
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Mar 10, 2019
STAND-IN is a 1937 light comedy satirizing the Hollywood studio system of the period, and it has just been released on home video by Classic Flix. The movie was produced by Walter Wanger and originally released by United Artists.
The New York-based bank of Pettypacker and Sons is planning to sell t read more
QUANTEZ
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Mar 3, 2019
While scrolling through the list of free movies available on Xfinity OnDemand last night, I stumbled upon a Western I had never heard of--a 1957 film produced by Universal called QUANTEZ, starring Fred MacMurray and one of my favorites, Dorothy Malone.
The movie begins with five figures riding hell read more
Fay Wray And Robert Riskin, The Blogathon: Fay Wray In MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Mar 2, 2019
This is my contribution to Fay Wray and Robert Riskin, The Blogathon. I must point out that the day I am writing this, March 2, happens to be the birthday of Willis O'Brien...and yesterday, March 1, was the birthday of Lionel Atwill--two men who had a major impact on the movie career of Fay Wray.
F read more
THE RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Feb 28, 2019
Shout Factory gives one of Bela Lugosi's best films of the 1940s the Blu-ray treatment with their release of THE RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE.
This 1943 movie from Columbia has been categorized by some as nothing more than a copy of the Universal horror style. In many ways, though, it's more notable than read more
THE PHANTOM FROM 10,000 LEAGUES
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Feb 25, 2019
My latest cheap DVD purchase is a 1955 film called THE PHANTOM FROM 10,000 LEAGUES, released by American Releasing Corporation (the company that would soon become American International Pictures).
THE PHANTOM FROM 10,000 LEAGUES is one of those low-budget black & white science fiction films tha read more
THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Feb 18, 2019
My recent post on my favorite silent movies reminded me once again how much I love Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL. I mentioned in that post how the movie is based on a real-life Civil War incident known as the Andrews Raid. In 1862 Union spy James Andrews led a group of Northern soldiers behind enemy l read more
My Top Favorite Silent Movies
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Feb 16, 2019
About a week ago, the esteemed Joshua Kennedy (writer, producer, and director of HOUSE OF THE GORGON) asked me to compile a list of my favorite silent movies. I consider this to be a worthy request, and this list will mark my 700th(!) blog post.
If you think being a classic film buff makes you some read more
THE FACE OF TERROR
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Feb 11, 2019
THE FACE OF TERROR (aka LA CARA DEL TERROR) is a 1962 Spanish-American co-production, filmed in Spain, that belongs to the "horribly disfigured woman who undergoes ground-breaking plastic surgery with tragic results" mini-genre. Other films in this grouping include EYES WITHOUT A FACE, ATOM AGE VAMP read more
HORIZONS WEST
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Feb 6, 2019
In my tribute post to Julie Adams, I mentioned that instead of being known for just one classic monster movie, she should probably be remembered for the many Western films and TV episodes she appeared in. At the very beginning of her screen acting career, she starred in a series of low budget Wester read more
Julie Adams (1926-2019)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Feb 4, 2019
The passing of Julie Adams is a truly sad event for many film buffs. As anyone who met her can attest, she was a gracious individual who went out of her way to treat anyone who approached her feel special.
I met Julie Adams at the 2014 Summer Monster Bash Conference. She was as nice as a person cou read more
ROCK ALL NIGHT
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Feb 3, 2019
The great cult movie character actor Dick Miller passed away earlier this week. If you are reading this blog, I assume you know who he was. Starting with his association with producer-director Roger Corman in the 1950s, Miller appeared in all sorts of low-budget horror, science-fiction, and exploita read more
THE GORILLA (1939)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Feb 2, 2019
THE GORILLA, produced in 1939, is actually the third film made by 20th Century Fox with that title. All three versions were based on a stage play by Ralph Spence. The first two cinematic adaptations were made in 1927 and 1930, and they are now considered lost.
The 1939 version is notable for the ap read more
Book Review: THE HAL ROACH COMEDY SHORTS OF THELMA TODD, ZASU PITTS, AND PATSY KELLY
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jan 30, 2019
One of the home video highlights of 2018 was the official release of all the Hal Roach comedy shorts of Thelma Todd, Zasu Pitts, and Patsy Kelly....and now we have a book to go along with them. James L. Neibaur's THE HAL ROACH COMEDY SHORTS OF THELMA TODD, ZASU PITTS, AND PATSY KELLY, published by M read more