Following in the footsteps of trailblazing publicity hound Carl Denham, William Castle learned that if you can’t bring your audience to the sideshow, bring the sideshow to them – the 3D craze of the 50’s allowed him to do just that. After toying with the format in 1953’s Fort Ti and 1954’s Jesse James vs. the Daltons,…
The Night Stalker/The Night Strangler Blu ray Kino Lorber 1972/73 / 1.33:1 / 74/90 Min. / Street Date October 2, 2018 Starring Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland Cinematography by Michel Hugo, Robert B. Hauser Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey, Dan Curtis In January of 1972 ABC broadcast the story of a middle-aged newsman hot on the…
Horrors of Malformed Men Blu ray – Region Code: B Arrow Films 1969/ 2.35:1 / 99 Min. / Street Date September 17, 2018 Starring Teruo Yoshida, Yukie Kagawa Cinematography by Shigeru Akatsuka Directed by Teruo Ishii The Toei Company made their mark in the 50s with a series of atmospheric horror films like Kinnosuke Fukada‘s…
The Collector Blu ray – All Region Indicator/Powerhouse 1965/ 1.85:1 / Street Date September 24, 2018 Starring Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar Cinematography by Robert Surtees, Robert Krasker Directed by William Wyler German-born William Wyler was a storyteller who asked the audience not to understand him too quickly. A notorious perfectionist (Bette Davis credited him with…
The Changeling Blu ray Severin Films 1980/ 1.85:1 / Street Date August 7, 2018 Starring George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas Cinematography by John Coquillion Directed by Peter Medak The success of 70’s shockers like The Devils, The Exorcist and Alien – grindhouse films in big budget drag – opened the door to increasingly explicit…
Paranoid, vengeful, with skin so thin you can see through it, The Invisible Man is the most nakedly neurotic of Universal’s classic monsters (beating out Larry Talbot by a hair). That said, this particular monster was something of a one-note character yet the diligent creators behind the subsequent sequels did their best to introduce a…
Strait-Jacket Blu ray Shout Factory 1964 / 1.85:1 / Street Date August 21, 2018 Starring Joan Crawford, Diane Baker Cinematography by Arthur Arling Directed by William Castle The planets aligned in 1964 as William Castle’s Strait-Jacket premiered in January and Susan Sontag’s Notes on Camp was published later that fall. There’s no mention of Castle’s…