The Invisible Man Appears / The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly Blu ray Arrow Films 1949, 1957 / 1.33:1 / 87, 96 min. Starring Chizuru Kitagawa, Takiko Mizunoe Cinematography by Hideo Ishimoto, Hiroshi Murai Directed by Nobuo Adachi, Mitsuo Murayama Founded in 1942, Daiei Films appealed to the hearts and minds of movie-goers with…
Isle of the Dead Blu ray Warner Archive 1945 / 1.33:1 / 72 min. Starring Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Katherine Emery Cinematography by Jack MacKenzie Directed by Mark Robson The Swiss symbolist Arnold Böcklin produced several versions of Isle of the Dead in the late 1800’s—none of them suggested a typical tourist attraction but more…
The Bad News Bears Blu ray Imprint 1976 / 1.78:1 / 102 min. Starring Walter Matthau, Tatum O’Neal, Vic Morrow Cinematography by John Alonzo Directed by Michael Ritchie W.C. Fields’ final screen appearance was a brief walk-on in Sensations of 1945, an overloaded variety show that barely found time for the great man. As usual…
Twentieth Century Blu ray – Region B Indicator 1934 / 1.33:1 / 91 min. Starring John Barrymore, Carole Lombard Cinematography by Joseph August Directed by Howard Hawks All the world’s a stage and that includes the Twentieth Century, a deluxe passenger train transformed into an itinerant theater thanks to the first class talent in first…
Baby Doll Blu ray Warner Archive 1956 / 1.85:1 / 114 min. Starring Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach Cinematography by Boris Kaufman Directed by Elia Kazan Depraved, degenerate, and dreadfully funny, the genre known as Southern Gothic blurred the line between humor and horror and helped define the work of artists like William Faulkner,…
So Evil My Love Blu ray Kino Lorber 1948 / 1.33:1 / 112 min. Starring Ray Milland, Ann Todd, Geraldine Fitzgerald Cinematography by Mutz Greenbaum Directed by Lewis Allen In 1944 Ray Milland starred in The Uninvited, the story of an orphan plagued by the vengeful spirit of her mother. The film remains a shivery…
Dark Intruder Blu ray Kino Lorber 1965 / 1.85:1 / 59 min. Starring Leslie Nielsen, Peter Mark Richman, Judi Meredith Cinematography by John F. Warren Directed by Harvey Hart Produced in 1965, Universal Pictures intended Dark Intruder for television but when NBC executives screened the film they took a pass—set in the goth-friendly year of…
Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2 Blu ray Warner Archive 1948-55 / 1.33:1 / 143 min. Starring Blasé Basset Hounds, Antisocial Alley Cats, Swivel-hipped Sex-bombs, Hot-to-Trot Wolves Directed by Tex Avery With their bawdy gags and come-hither chorus girls, Tex Avery’s cartoons might seem better suited to the burlesque stage than a movie theater. Your…
The Kiss Before the Mirror Blu ray Kino Lorber 1933 / 1.33:1 / 69 min. Starring Nancy Carroll, Frank Morgan, Gloria Stuart Cinematography by Karl Freund Directed by James Whale James Whale’s The Kiss Before the Mirror opens on familiar terrain for the director of Frankenstein—a moon-lit backroad littered with crooked trees and clutching branches….
Inner Sanctum Mysteries—Franchise Collection Blu ray Mill Creek Entertainment 1943, 1944, 1945 / 63, 64, 61, 62, 66 Min. / 1.33:1 Starring Lon Chaney Jr., J. Carroll Naish, Evelyn Ankers Cinematography by Virgil Miller, Paul Ivano, Maury Gertsman Directed by Reginald LeBorg, Harold Young, John Hoffman, Wallace Fox For the first eight years of his…
Castle of the Creeping Flesh Blu ray Severin 1968 / 77 Min. / 1.66:1 Starring Howard Vernon, Janine Reynaud, Michel Lemoine Cinematography by Jorge Herrero Directed by Adrian Hoven Just in time for the holidays, it’s Castle of the Creeping Flesh. The film’s director, Adrian Hoven, helmed a mere seven films but one of them…
Fear No Evil / Ritual of Evil Blu ray Kino Lorber 1969, 1970 / 196 Min. / 1:33.1 Starring Louis Jourdan, Wilfred Hyde-White, Bradford Dillman Cinematography by Andrew J. McIntyre, Lionel Lindon Directed by Paul Wendkos, Robert Day Just as she hops into bed with Charles Aznavour in Shoot the Piano Player, Michèle Mercier exclaims,…