Blood and Lace 1971 – 86 Min. Starring Gloria Grahame, Melody Patterson, Vic Tayback Written by Gil Lasky Directed by Phil Gordon As discriminating in their appetites as an expert wine-taster, grindhouse audiences were a special breed of movie-goer: true connoisseurs of crap. Whether lounging in notorious Times Square fleapits like the Liberty or Cine…
Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles 1966-67 – 395 Min. Starring Dick Beals, Paul Frees, Don Messick Written by Michael Maltese, Eddie Brandt Directed by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera A pretty cool cash-in combining the 60s monster-craze and Beatlemania, Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles shouldn’t work but it does; powered by Hanna-Barbera’s well-oiled assembly line of…
The Undead A CineSavant Revival House Review 1957 – 75 Min. Starring Pamela Duncan, Val Dufour Cinematography by William A. Sickner Written by Charles B. Griffith Directed by Roger Corman Roger Corman began directing movies in 1955 and almost immediately his ambitions were at war with his budgets—films with apocalyptic titles like The Day the…
Hatari! Kino Lorber 4K UHD Blu-ray 1962 – 157 Min. Starring John Wayne, Red Buttons, Elsa Martinelli Cinematography by Russell Harlan Directed by Howard Hawks Watching the animals of Hatari! in full flight is a politically incorrect thrill—though they’re running for their lives they have a majesty in motion that make the rampaging dinos of…
Panic in Year Zero! Radiance Films Blu-ray – Region B 1962 – 93 Min. Starring Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Mary Mitchel, Frankie Avalon Cinematography by Gilbert Warrenton, Written by Jay Simms Directed by Ray Milland American-International built an exploitation empire on teens, horror, and science fiction—in 1962 they combined those cash cows into one 93…
The Beast with Five Fingers Blu-ray Warner Archive 1946 – 88 Min. Starring Peter Lorre, Robert Alda, Andrea King, J. Carroll Naish Cinematography by Wesley Anderson Written by Curt Siodmak Directed by Robert Florey Long before The Addams Family made disembodied hands a punchline there was The Beast with Five Fingers, W. F. Harvey’s short…
The Return of Doctor X Blu-ray Warner Archive 1939 – 62 Min. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris, Dennis Morgan Cinematography by Sidney Hickox Written by Lee Katz Directed by Vincent Sherman Directed by Vincent Sherman with a screenplay by Lee Katz, The Return of Doctor X stars Wayne Morris as Walter Garrett, a reporter investigating the…
Top Cat – The Complete Series Blu-ray Warner Archive 1961 Starring Arnold Stang, Maurice Gosfield, Allan Jenkins Written by Kin Platt, Barry Blitzer, Michael Maltese Directed by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera In 1960, cartoon powerhouses William Hanna and Joseph Barbera found remarkable success with The Flintstones, a stone-age parody of Jackie Gleason’s kitchen sink rom-com,…