Kirk Douglas not only starred in Scalawag, he also directed and co-wrote it. And… well, let’s just say that it’s unlikely that even the incredibly prolific Kino Lorber video label will give this a stateside disc release any time soon.…because, well, how would you tell the difference anyway? Nevertheless, this particular crop of reviews accidentally ended up being pretty close to a normal person’s idea of what might be appropriate to the season:
Count Dracula (1970), in which Harry Alan Towers and Jesus Franco try to con us all into believing they’ve made the Most Faithful Dracula Movie Ever, but the only person they fool is Christopher Lee…
House of the Long Shadows (1983), in which the surviving Horror Geezers gather in a spooky old house to be stalked-and-slashed like a pack of horny teenagers…
The Living Skeleton (1968), in which we begin with watery ghosts, but end with sheer madness…
and…
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1968), in which Jack Palance sucks even worse than usual, but strangely doesn’t hurt the movie much by doing so.
El Santo rules the wasteland-- and also 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting.
There is a definite pleasing nostalgic feeling to Where Time Began (a.k.a. THE FABULOUS JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH) at times, but it won’t be enough for many viewers to completely carry the movie in this day and age.Sep 28
Long-delayed new reviews at 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting:
Effects (1979), in which most of the people making a cheap horror movie that’s really a snuff film think they’re in on the con, but nobody’s in on the whole con…
Halloween II (2009), in which Rob Zombie brings the saga of Michael Myers to an ending that not even an Akkad can walk back…
Nope (2022), in which the unidentified flying object is more importantly a misidentified flying object…
The Northman (2022), in which Hamlet doesn’t give a crap what’s nobler in the mind…
She-Wolf of London (1946), in which the second cycle of Universal Horror makes one last orbit around the drain before plunging in…
Terror Train (1980), or Murder on the Disorient Express…
and…
X (2022), in which you don’t have to bring a chainsaw for a Texas Massacre.
El Santo rules the wasteland-- and also 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting.
Those Koreans keep knocking them out of the park, and their monster movie The Host is one good example of this.
When it comes to imitations of Alfred Hitchcock’s films, Last Embrace is definitely among those that are above average.Sep 7
John Hughes started his Hollywood movie career with National Lampoon’s Class Reunion… and almost ended it at the same time.
The action is plentiful and hard-hitting in Scarred City, which alone makes the movie well worth a look.
While Justin And The Knights Of Valour shows that Spain can make feature length computer animated movies, it also shows why perhaps they shouldn’t.Aug 8
While the 1990 sci-fi/black comedy movie Class Of 1999 definitely isn’t worthy of an “F”, it also isn’t honor roll material.