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WHOM THE GODS WISH TO DESTROY
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 5, 2023
My latest Tubi discovery is the English language version of the 1966 remake of DIE NIBELUNGEN. Like the legendary silent version of the story directed by Fritz Lang, the 1966 version is in two parts, with a massive running time. The title WHOM THE GODS WISH TO DESTROY is affixed to this Englis read more
LADY FOR A NIGHT
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 2, 2023
LADY FOR A NIGHT is a 1942 Republic production starring two of my favorites, Joan Blondell and John Wayne. With the film being set in post-Civil War Memphis, I assumed it was going to be a rollicking period adventure--but it actually is more of a Southern Gothic with a few GONE WITH THE WIND e read more
OPPENHEIMER
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 29, 2023
The best way I can sum up Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER is to call it a thinking person's historical epic. It's a three-hour film filled with all sorts of technical wizardry, but it's really more of an intimate drama than a big-budget spectacle. Despite what the trailers and advertising read more
REVENGE OF THE ZOMBIES
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 24, 2023
Another Poverty Row zombie flick? Yes, it's Monogram's 1943 REVENGE OF THE ZOMBIES, which has a lot of similarities with the company's earlier KING OF THE ZOMBIES. REVENGE OF THE ZOMBIES starts right out with the "good stuff". On a stormy, windswept night, a mysterious fellow holding a la read more
Book Review: PATRON SAINTS OF THE LIVING DEAD
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 22, 2023
The latest volume in Frank Dello Stritto's series of books combining classic horror film characters with historical fiction is PATRON SAINTS OF THE LIVING DEAD, from Cult Movie Press. Like the other three books in the series (A WEREWOLF REMEMBERS, CARL DENHAM'S GIANT MONSTERS, and THE PAS read more
KING OF THE ZOMBIES
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 16, 2023
Another low-budget zombie tale. This time it's the 1941 Monogram production KING OF THE ZOMBIES. Three Americans (John Archer, Dick Purcell, and Mantan Moreland) are flying in a storm somewhere between Cuba and Puerto Rico. The trio crash land on an island, and find it to be inhabited by read more
REVOLT OF THE ZOMBIES
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 15, 2023
I'm currently reading Frank Dello Stritto's new book PATRON SAINTS OF THE LIVING DEAD. It's the latest volume in what I call the "Strittoverse", where the author takes various classic movies, TV episodes, and characters and weaves fantastic tales of his own. In PATRON SAINTS, Frank takes on th read more
WILL PENNY On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 9, 2023
Charlton Heston considered WILL PENNY to be his favorite film role. This unique 1967 Western gets a nice Blu-ray treatment courtesy of Kino Lorber. Heston's Will Penny isn't a larger-than-life legend of the Old West. He's an ordinary man, a true working cowboy, and he's spent his entire l read more
Book Review--PLATINUM WIDOW: Who Killed Jean Harlow's Husband?
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 8, 2023
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
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 6, 2023
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
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 2, 2023
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
THE YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 29, 2023
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
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 26, 2023
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
THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR--"The Sign Of Satan"
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 25, 2023
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
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 20, 2023
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
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 19, 2023
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
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 13, 2023
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
CURTAIN AT EIGHT
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 12, 2023
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
A SHRIEK IN THE NIGHT
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 11, 2023
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
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 5, 2023
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