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LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS #40
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jul 4, 2018
The latest issue of Richard Klemensen's magnificent LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS is available, and it continues the high standards the magazine has maintained for over forty years. LSOH is the ultimate resource when it comes to everything about Hammer Films.
LSOH #40 has an amazing fold-out cover from read more
Monster Kid Radio's Classic Five Core Deck Card Of The Month
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jul 1, 2018
One of the many major highlights of last weekend's Monster Bash Conference was meeting up again with Derek Koch, the man behind the famed Monster Kid Radio podcast (www.monsterkidradio.net). Derek was awarded a much deserved Monster Bash Lifetime Achievement Award, and I for one know how much person read more
JOURNEY'S END (1930)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jun 30, 2018
On the weekend of June 22-24 of this year, I attended the annual Monster Bash Conference in Mars, PA. One of the major highlights of this event for me is attending one of author Greg Mank's informative and entertaining presentations. Greg has made an immeasurable contribution to the field of classic read more
Monster Bash June 2018
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jun 25, 2018
Another year, another Monster Bash Conference. The annual celebration of all things concerning classic horror and science-fiction movies was held in Mars, PA on the weekend of June 22-24. As usual, Ron Adams and all the people at Creepy Classics put on a magnificent show.
When I went to my first Mo read more
THE GREAT SILENCE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jun 16, 2018
It's a great time to be alive if you are a Spaghetti Western fan. Nearly all of the outstanding examples of the genre have recently been released on special edition Blu-ray, and more of them are on the way. A company known as Film Movement is responsible for a full restoration of Sergio Corbucci's T read more
DOCTOR BLOOD'S COFFIN On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jun 10, 2018
I've often said that the best thing about the 1960 English horror entry DOCTOR BLOOD'S COFFIN is seeing Hazel Court in a nurse's outfit. The movie had been available for many years on several public domain home video releases, and now Shout Factory has put it out on Blu-ray.
What makes DOCTOR BLOOD read more
THE VAMPIRE AND THE BALLERINA On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jun 9, 2018
I did a full review on the 1959 Italian Gothic horror tale THE VAMPIRE AND THE BALLERINA in November 2016. Shout Factory, under its Scream Factory label, has recently released the movie on Blu-ray. and it is a fine upgrade from the many grey-market and YouTube presentations of the film.
The read more
The Great Hammer-Amicus Blogathon: FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jun 1, 2018
This is my contribution to The Great Hammer-Amicus Blogathon.
FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED (1969) was the fifth film in the Hammer Frankenstein series. In the groundbreaking THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1956), Peter Cushing first portrayed the Baron as a Byronic anti-hero who was willing to do eve read more
THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 30, 2018
The 1970 horror anthology film THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD is my favorite Amicus film of all time. There are several reasons for this. The top reason is the main cast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Ingrid Pitt (looking as luscious as ever), and Jon Pertwee, who also happens to be my favorite Doct read more
SOLO
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 27, 2018
I have to admit that I felt a certain amount of trepidation when Disney/Lucasfilm announced they were going to produce a film concerning the younger days of Han Solo. The main reason for my worries was the fact that Harrison Ford would not be starring in the movie.
Unlike characters such as read more
A LADY TAKES A CHANCE On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 26, 2018
Not that long ago on this blog I posted lists of my favorite actors and actresses. John Wayne and Jean Arthur appeared on those lists, so it's only natural that I purchased A LADY TAKES A CHANCE, a 1943 film starring the duo, on Blu-ray.
The movie details the adventures of one Molly Truesda read more
TAKE THE STAND
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 21, 2018
My latest YouTube discovery is a 1934 programmer called TAKE THE STAND. A murder mystery based on a novel written by Earl Derr Biggers (the creator of Charlie Chan), the film stars one of my favorite classic Hollywood ladies, Thelma Todd.
TAKE THE STAND was made by an independent company called Lib read more
More STAR WARS Spin-Offs We'd Like To See
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 18, 2018
You know there's a movie called SOLO coming out soon, right? Of course you do. And of course you know that it's gonna make a ton of money, and there's going to be even more STAR WARS movie spin-offs in the future. If Disney/Lucasfilm was smart, they'd give me a ton of money to develop these new idea read more
A STUDY IN TERROR On Blu-ray From Mill Creek
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 12, 2018
A STUDY IN TERROR is a 1965 British film that brings together Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper. The movie has been released on Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment.
In 1888 London, Sherlock Holmes (John Neville) receives a surgical kit in the mail, postmarked from the district of Whitechapel. I read more
THE LOVES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 11, 2018
One would think that a movie biography on the life of Edgar Allan Poe would feature all sorts of dramatic highlights. The story of a genius writer, beset by a number of personal and professional problems, sounds tailor-made for a cinematic adaptation. THE LOVES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE, a 1942 production read more
The Ringo Blu-ray Double Feature From Arrow Video
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 6, 2018
Arrow Video continues its superb presentations of classic Euro Westerns with a Blu-ray release of the first two Ringo films starring Giuliano Gemma.
The name "Ringo" has been used in the title of many a Spaghetti Western, just like "Django", "Sartana", "Sabata", etc.The films included on this disc read more
The Charles Bronson 4 Movie Collection On Blu-ray From Mill Creek (Part Two)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 5, 2018
Yesterday I reviewed one of the two discs in the "Charles Bronson 4 Movie Collection" Blu-ray set from Mill Creek. Today I'll look at the other one, which features THE STONE KILLER and THE VALACHI PAPERS.
THE STONE KILLER
This movie is a perfect representation of a 1970s violent , gritty, urban cr read more
The Charles Bronson 4 Movie Collection On Blu-ray From Mill Creek (Part One)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 4, 2018
Mill Creek brings out another bang for your buck home video release with the two disc "Charles Bronson--4 Movie Collection" Blu-ray set. Most shopping sites are selling it now for around $10.
The set features four films made during the 1970s, the period when Charles Bronson became a true leading ma read more
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Apr 27, 2018
A full decade of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has led up to this. After years of being teased about Thanos and the Infinity Stones, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR lets them both loose against nearly every Marvel superhero character that has appeared in a live-action theatrical film (with a few notable exce read more
READY PLAYER ONE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Apr 26, 2018
Steven Spielberg has spent most of the 21st Century making respectable historical dramas, but with READY PLAYER ONE he returns to his popcorn movie roots. The film is based on the best-selling novel by Ernest Cline (who is credited as co-screenwriter on the production).
My brother Robert lent me hi read more