Search results

107 total; 20 first time viewings (list is on the first page)

Rating out of a possible 4 Bold denotes first-time viewing 102) 10/31/2023 Firestarter (2022) Young Charlie, whose parents were given experimental drugs by the government, has the power to start fires with her will. Now on the run from the authorities, the small family have been found again...

Rating out of 4 Bold denotes first-time viewing 097) 10/30/2023 The Cat and the Canary (1939) Ten years after Cyrus Norman's death, his relatives are assembled for the reading of his will. There's only one heir, played by Paulette Goddard. But if she's determined to be be mentally unfit, an...

Rating out of 4 093) 10/29/2023 The House of Fear (1939) 1/2 Detective poses as theater producer in hopes of discovering who murdered actor one year earlier. He assembles the cast of the play that was being performed when the murder took place. Remake of The Last Warning (1929) is decent...

Rating out of 4 088) 10/28/2023 The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) Right after Son of Frankenstein Rathbone went on to play the role that would, for better or worse, forever define him. He's the definitive Sherlock Holmes investigating murder supposedly committed by legendary hound. Atwill...

Rating out of 4 083) 10/27/2023 The Devil-Doll (1936) Prison escapee Lionel Barrymore joins forces with mad scientist who can miniaturize living beings and force them to do his bidding. Barrymore plots to use this breakthrough to exact revenge on his partners who framed him for theft and...

Rating out of 4 079) 10/26/2023 Ouanga (1935) Light-skinned plantation owner is furious the Caucasian man she loves intends to marry another. So she makes with the voodoo. Cheap and poorly acted. (Sinister Cinema DVD-R) 080) 10/26/2023 A Face in the Fog (1936) 1/2 Creaky thriller about...

Rating - out of 4 073) 10/24/2023 The Black Room (1935) 1/2 Boris Karloff plays three roles in this elegant thriller about family curse. He's a corrupt, evil Baron who summons his younger twin brother so he can appoint him the new ruler. But it's a setup: he murders his sibling and then...

Out of 4 067) 10/23/2023 The Ghost Walks (1934) Twisty cheapie about production company putting on a play in creepy manor while escaped mental patient lurks about. Average stuff with the occasional amusing moment. (Alpha DVD) 068) 10/23/2023 Mark of the Vampire (1935) Beautifully shot...

Rating out of 4 062) 10/22/2023 House of Mystery (1934) Partners in a business venture have finally found the person who stiffed them their shares. But he claims he was only trying to protect them from ancient curse attached to the treasure he stole. Oh, and an ape commits murders. Low...

Rating out of 4 057) 10/21/2023 Supernatural (1933) 1/2 Highly contrived possession thriller about executed murderess who borrows Carole Lombard's body to exact revenge. Stylish with some good visuals. But the cast doesn't seem that interested in their own story. (Kino Blu Ray) 058)...

Rating out of 4 052) 10/20/2023 Island of Lost Souls (1932) Here's a film that has retained its power to unnerve. How can one not feel chills when hearing the screams from the House of Pain? Charles Laughton is delicious as demented Dr. Moreau who wants to mate one of his created humans with...

Rating - Out of a possible 4 047) 10/19/2023 Unheimliche Geschichten (1932) 1/2 Interesting attempt to string three famous stories (Poe's "The Black Cat", Poe's 'The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether", and Robert Lewis Stevenson's "The Suicide Club") into one tale. Paul Wegener from The...

Rating - Out of a possible 4 042) 10/18/2023 Freaks (1932) 1/2 A beautiful, scheming circus trapeze artist feigns love for a fellow troupe member, a wealthy little person. She plans to marry and then murder him. But the circus "freaks" are a close knit group with a certain code, and she has...

Rating - Out of a possible 4 038) 10/17/2023 Dracula (1931) 1/2 Bela Lugosi makes his presence felt in every inch of this classic film, even when he's not on screen. The middle third may get a little talky but with a supporting cast including Dwight Frye and Edward Van Sloan I can't complain...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 035) 10/16/2023 The Bat Whispers (1930) First talkie version of the 1920s play The Bat stars Chester Morris as the detective trying to unmask master criminal known as the Bat. The action takes place at a large country home where...

Rating - Out of a possible 4 031) 10/15/2023 B The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) 1/2 Classic thriller about evil hypnotist, his somnambulist assistant (Conrad Veidt), and the murders that begin when they visit a small town. Visually arresting design is completely justified given how the film...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 027) 10/14/2023 Knock at the Cabin (2023) A child and her two dads are vacationing in a remote cabin when four strangers demand entry. Once inside the quartet have a bizarre request for the family. Are the intruders part of a...

026) 10/14/2023 Smile (2022) (Out of Four) (First Time Viewing) A psychiatrist is asked to tend to an emergency case who claims she sees people who aren't really there. Then, minutes later, the patient cuts her own throat while grinning from ear to ear. Soon after, the same psychiatrist...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 024) 10/13/2023 Friday the 13th (1980) 1/2 Someone is stalking and slashing camp counsellors who are readying Camp Crystal Lake for a reopening. Shameless Halloween clone builds suspense here and there and is relentless in...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 022) 10/12/2023 Scarecrows (1988) 1/2 A group of military types, having just stolen $3 million dollars, are making an airborne getaway when one of their own double crosses them and parachutes himself and the money near a deserted...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 018) 10/10/2023 Land of the Dead (2005) 1/2 While society's wealthiest citizens live comfortably in The Green (a secure living/shopping complex), all others must battle the hungry dead on a daily (and nightly) basis. But as the...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 014) 10/08/2023 Speak No Evil (2022) While on vacation in Tuscany, a Danish couple and their daughter meet Dutch pair and their shy son. Later, the latter family invites the former family to their isolated home for a long...

Rating - Out of a possible 4 010) 10/05/2023 Kill, Baby...Kill! (1966) Chiseled features handsome coroner shows up in small Italian town to perform autopsy; discovers area is haunted by young girl. Good Mario Bava effort with strong visuals and atmosphere to spare. (Arrow Blu Ray) 011)...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 006) 10/02/2023 Insidious: The Last Key (2018) 1/2 Lin Shaye returns as medium Elise Rainier in this surprisingly watchable sequel/prequel. It turns out she had a terrible childhood with an abusive father. Now, she returns home...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 002) 10/01/2023 Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017) 1/2 Orphaned by the Mexican drug cartels that have killed their parents, five young people try to survive being captured and sold by those very same killers who want the mobile phone...

001) 10/01/2023 The Blackening (2022) (out of four - first time viewing) A group of friends gather at a secluded house in the woods for a ten-year Juneteenth reunion. The guests don't realize their hosts have already been murdered, so they start partying heartily. But eventually they discover...

T - Theatrical Viewing B - Blu Ray Viewing D - DVD Viewing R - DVD-R Viewing S - Streaming C- Broadcast Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 001) 10/01/2023 B The Blackening (2022) 002) 10/01/2023 B Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017) 1/2 003) 10/01/2023 B Insidious...