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Monster Kid Radio's Classic Five Core Deck Card Of The Month For November
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Nov 17, 2018
Now, there isn't really of lot of choices for this question. When it comes right down to it, for me anyway, there's only three: WHITE ZOMBIE, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (the original version, of course).
I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE is an excellent film, but like most of read more
THE WASP WOMAN On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Nov 10, 2018
The 1959 Roger Corman THE WASP WOMAN isn't one of the director's better films, and it's not even one of the more notable fantastic films of its period--so why did Shout Factory give it a major Blu-ray release? Because that's what Shout Factory does, and let's all give thanks that they do it.
THE WA read more
Thelma Todd & Zasu Pitts: The Hal Roach Collection 1931-33
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Nov 4, 2018
This summer Classic Flix released the entire series of Thelma Todd-Patsy Kelly short subject comedies on DVD, and now the Sprocket Vault brings us the complete Thelma Todd-Zasu Pitts series on DVD as well. The Todd/Pitts/Kelly comedies, produced at the Hal Roach Studios, are now finally all availabl read more
Halloween Movie Memories
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Oct 30, 2018
Whenever it gets near Halloween, a few people usually say to me, "Since you are a big monster movie fan, you must always get excited around this time of year." In all honesty...I don't. Especially in this day and age, when Halloween has basically become what every other holiday celebrated in America read more
Monster Kid Radio's Classic Five Core Deck Card Of The Month For October
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Oct 27, 2018
My favorite mummy movie of all time is the 1959 THE MUMMY from Hammer Films.
Yes, the 1932 THE MUMMY from Universal is a great classic horror film. It has a dreamlike, creepy atmosphere, moody expressionistic direction from Karl Freund, and it features one of the best overall performances from Bori read more
BERSERK!
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Oct 22, 2018
Budget conscious mavens Mill Creek have released a Blu-ray double feature entitled "Psycho Biddy". (Is that a politically incorrect term, or what?) The two films on the bill both star Joan Crawford--STRAIT-JACKET, directed by William Castle, and BERSERK!, co-written and produced by Herman Cohen.&nbs read more
DRACULA A.D. 1972 On Blu-ray From Warner Archive
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Oct 20, 2018
The Warner Archive Collection made a lot of fanboys happy when it was announced they would be releasing DRACULA A.D. 1972 and THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA on Region A Blu-ray. THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA disc has been delayed to November, but DRACULA A.D. 1972 is available now.
With DRACULA A.D. 1 read more
CRY OF THE WEREWOLF
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Oct 14, 2018
Last night on his weekly MeTV program, the legendary horror movie host Svengoolie showed the 1944 Columbia film CRY OF THE WEREWOLF. This was one of the very, very few American monster movies made during that period that I had never seen. It doesn't have much of a reputation, and after actually view read more
THE NIGHT STRANGLER On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Oct 10, 2018
Yesterday I covered Kino's Blu-ray release of the famed TV movie THE NIGHT STALKER. Today I'll examine the sequel, THE NIGHT STRANGLER, which Kino has also put out on Blu-ray.
TV movies very rarely received sequels, but THE NIGHT STALKER was such a success a new story featuring the character of Car read more
THE NIGHT STALKER On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Oct 9, 2018
Kino Lorber gives the special edition treatment to one of the greatest television movies of all time with their Blu-ray release of THE NIGHT STALKER.
True examples of the major network made for TV film are all but extinct now (about the only places you'll find anything that comes near to that defin read more
PILGRIMAGE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Oct 6, 2018
My last post concerned a DVD I bought containing two early John Ford sound films: BORN RECKLESS and PILGRIMAGE. I covered BORN RECKLESS in that post, and today I will be reviewing PILGRIMAGE.
Film historian and Ford biographer Joseph McBride calls PILGRIMAGE the director's first great film. It has read more
BORN RECKLESS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Oct 2, 2018
My latest home video purchase is a DVD containing two rare films directed by the legendary John Ford. BORN RECKLESS (1930) and PILGRIMAGE (1933) are two early sound features made during Ford's tenure at Fox Studios in the 1930s. Today I will be discussing BORN RECKLESS.
John Ford is my favorite mov read more
The Vincent Price Tag
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Sep 29, 2018
Recently my good friend Derek Koch of the Monster Kid Radio podcast applied the "Vincent Price Tag" on me. Apparently the "Vincent Price Tag" has been going around YouTube for awhile--it is a series of questions concerning the legendary actor, and various podcasts have been "tagging" others to take read more
THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN At The University Of Notre Dame's Browning Cinema
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Sep 26, 2018
This fall the University of Notre Dame is hosting a series called "Operation Frankenstein", in which a number of events will be helda to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's famed novel. As part of the series, a number of Frankenstein films are being screened at the Browning Cinema, l read more
GOD'S GIFT TO WOMEN
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Sep 23, 2018
GOD'S GIFT TO WOMEN is a strange 1931 Pre-Code comedy from Warner Brothers. It was directed by the legendary Michael Curtiz, and it features a number of actresses that have rather notable reputations among film buffs today.
The movie is set in Paris and stars vaudeville comic Frank Fay as a notorio read more
MY MAN GODFREY On Blu-ray From Criterion
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Sep 22, 2018
MY MAN GODFREY (1936) isn't just one of the greatest screwball comedies of all time--it's one of the greatest American film comedies, period. The movie has just been released on Blu-ray by Criterion.
The rich Bullock sisters, Irene (Carole Lombard) and Cornelia (Gail Patrick), visit a New York City read more
Making The Case For Physical Media
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Sep 15, 2018
Ever since the 21st Century began I've been hearing about how physical media--DVDs, Blu-rays, CDs, books, magazines, etc.--is on the way out. You wouldn't know that if you visited my house. I have five different shelves filled with various discs, and I've got books piled up all over the place, inclu read more
Book Review: HITCHCOCK'S HEROINES
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Sep 13, 2018
Probably no other film director has been the subject of more books than Alfred Hitchcock. I'd venture that the number of volumes concerning the man runs into the hundreds, and dozens more seem to crop up each year. One has to wonder about these new Hitchcock tomes--what more can one say about him an read more
Burt Reynolds (1936-2018)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Sep 7, 2018
When I was a pre-teenager, my parents almost never went to the movies. Their philosophy was, "It'll be shown on TV eventually." I had to beg them over and over again just to get them to take me to any of the Star Wars films. But for SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT, they made an exception. My entire family mad read more
Monster Kid Radio's Classic Five Core Deck Card Of The Month For September
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Sep 5, 2018
Now, here's a question that seems relatively simple, but is actually quite complicated. My immediate response would be, "I'd like to spend time with one of the Hammer heroines!" The thing is, I basically did that for real on the set of HOUSE OF THE GORGON earlier this year. But the question isn't ab read more