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 Esteemed classic Hollywood historian Gregory William Mank brings back his private eye Porter Down in the new novel PLATINUM WIDOW: Who Killed Jean Harlow's Husband?, published by Bear Manor Media. PLATINUM WIDOW is a follow-up to last year's FRANKENSTEIN'S WITCH, the book that introduced read more

 After I first saw INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL, I wondered if the movie needed to be made in the first place. When INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY was first announced, I wondered the same thing....but a company like Disney isn't going to buy a famed product and not read more

 MINNESOTA CLAY is the second  Euro Western directed by Sergio Corbucci. First released in Italy in late 1964, it stars Cameron Mitchell in the title role (by this time Mitchell had plenty of experience working on productions made in Italy and Spain). The story is set in 1883, and Min read more

 When THE YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES debuted on the ABC TV network in March, 1992, it had a huge amount of hype attached to it. One must remember that the early 1990s were the "In-between years" for Lucasfilm--the early Star Wars and Indy theatrical films had come and gone, and at this poin read more

 THE LAST CHANCE is a 1968 Italian spy film, originally titled SACCO INTERNAZIONALE. It happens to be the very last film that Eurospy queen Daniela Bianchi starred in--and I doubt after this movie she missed the acting business very much. The MacGuffin in this espionage tale is an Albanian read more

 Last Friday night I attended a White Sox-Red Sox game in Chicago. The White Sox lost (what did you expect?), but I got home in time to view an episode of THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR on MeTV. What made this particular episode special is that it guest starred Christopher Lee, and I had never seen read more

 WOMEN IN WAR is a 1940 picture made by Republic, concerning the trials and tribulations of a group of Englishwomen who become nurses at the beginning of Britain's entry into WWII. The movie features several actors familiar to classic horror films fans, including Peter Cushing. Wendy Barri read more

 PUSSYCAT, PUSSYCAT, I LOVE YOU (1970) is something of a follow-up to the popular 60s comedy WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT. It attempts to be sexy and funny, but it's just plain weird. The main reason I watched it was due to the fact that Veronica Carlson makes an appearance in it. PUSSYCAT is set i read more

 With the new Indiana Jones movie coming out at the end of this month, I've decided to write a few Indy-centric posts this June. Today I'll be looking at what is probably the most controversial Indy film--a movie that still gets fans going on the internet 15 years after its release. I saw read more

 This is a really obscure film, made in 1933 by Majestic Pictures. It's a mystery story with a theatrical setting, and it has one of the strangest solutions to a murder one will ever see. Wylie Thornton (Paul Cavanagh) is a popular leading man on the stage, and a notorious Lothario off of read more

 My last entry in this blog concerned a low-budget 1932 mystery-comedy called THE THIRTEENTH GUEST. Now I'll be discussing A SHRIEK IN THE NIGHT (1933), which is something of a follow-up to THE THIRTEENTH GUEST. Both movies have the same director (Albert Ray), the same screenwriter (Francis Hyl read more

 THE THIRTEENTH GUEST, a 1932 mystery story from Monogram, has long been a public domain fixture on the internet and home video. It's been available in so many ways and forms that I'm sort of embarrassed to say that it wasn't until recently that I actually saw it for the first time. The ti read more

 BOTTOMS UP is a 1934 comedy-musical produced by Fox, starring Spencer Tracy (before he went over to MGM and became a major star). Tracy plays con man Smoothie King, who arrives in Hollywood with all sorts of big plans. He gets together with his pals Limey (Herbert Mundin) and Spud (Sid Si read more

 In honor of the 40th anniversary of the original theatrical release of RETURN OF THE JEDI, here are 40 things I love about the movie. These are listed in no particular order, except for No. 1. 40. The Rancor eating the Gamorrean guard.   39. The echo of the speeder bikes going t read more

 This is one of the most obscure films that Peter Cushing appeared in, and I finally caught up with it this weekend. The most notable thing about SOME MAY LIVE is that it is a 1967 Vietnam War tale. Almost no fictional movies or TV shows referenced the conflict at that time. Despite that fact, read more

 SLALOM (1965) is one of the many Eurospy adventures inspired by the James Bond film series. This Italian production features the exquisite Daniela Bianchi, who had already appeared in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, and Adolfo Celi, who would soon appear as Largo in THUNDERBALL. Lucio (Vittorio Ga read more

 STAMBOUL QUEST is a 1934 spy adventure produced by MGM. It has plenty of famous names involved in it--Sam Wood was the director, the screenplay was credited to Herman J. Mankiewicz, and the cinematographer was James Wong Howe. The movie is in the same vein as DISHONORED with Marlene Dietr read more

 This is one of the films included in Severin's DANZA MACABRA: THE ITALIAN GOTHIC COLLECTION box set. The disc case uses the title SCREAM OF THE DEMON LOVER, while the print of the film used on this Blu-ray is titled THE KILLERS OF THE CASTLE OF BLOOD. Jonathan Rigby's book EURO GOTHIC calls th read more

 Those who actually read this blog (I assume somebody out there does) should know by now that I am a huge long time fan of Hammer Films. The number of books, magazines, and articles that I've read about the company has to reach into the triple digits. I know far, far more minutiae about Ha read more

 Last year Arrow Video released GOTHIC FANTASTICO, a four-disc Blu-ray set of Italian Gothic thrillers. This year Severin follows suit with DANZA MACABRA, which has four other Italian horrors on Blu-ray. There is a film called DANZA MACABRA (aka CASTLE OF BLOOD), and it happens to be one o read more