OCTOBER MOVIE CHALLENGE (10/23)
Challenge Totals to Date:Movies Watched Today: 5 Total Movies Watched: 63Total First Time Views: 16 Amount raised: $485.10Today's showcased SCARE-A-THON Charity:AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, sponsored by...
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Challenge Totals to Date:Movies Watched Today: 1 (but it's a doozey)Total Movies Watched: 64Total First Time Views: 17Amount raised: $588.80Today's showcased SCARE-A-THON Charity:YOU CARING - AMY THE...
View ArticleOCTOBER MOVIE CHALLENGE (10/25 - 10/26)
Challenge Totals to Date: Movies Watched Today: 2Total Movies Watched: 66Total First Time Views: 17Amount raised: $607.20 Today's showcased SCARE-A-THON Charity: ST. MARTIN DE PORRES’ HOUSE OF HOPE,...
View ArticleOCTOBER MOVIE CHALLENGE (10/27)
Challenge Totals to Date: Movies Watched Today: 2Total Movies Watched: 68Total First Time Views: 17Amount raised: $625.60 Today's showcased SCARE-A-THON Charity: SEASON OF CONCERN, sponsored by Dan...
View ArticleOCTOBER MOVIE CHALLENGE (10/28)
Challenge Totals to Date: Movies Watched Today: 4Total Movies Watched: 72Total First Time Views: 17Amount raised: $662.40 Today's showcased SCARE-A-THON Charity: RIC O'BARRY'S DOLPHIN PROJECT,...
View ArticleOCTOBER MOVIE CHALLENGE (10/29)
Challenge Totals to Date: Movies Watched Today: 4Total Movies Watched: 76Total First Time Views: 17Amount raised: $718.20 Today's showcased SCARE-A-THON Charity:ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION, sponsored by...
View ArticleOCTOBER MOVIE CHALLENGE (10/30)
Challenge Totals to Date: Movies Watched Today: 2Total Movies Watched: 78Total First Time Views: 17Amount raised: $815.10 Today's showcased SCARE-A-THON Charity:EXTRA LIFE, sponsored by Dave GrayTo...
View ArticleOCTOBER MOVIE CHALLENGE (10/31)
Challenge Totals: Movies Watched Today: 3Total Movies Watched: 81Total First Time Views: 18Amount raised: $846.45Today's showcased SCARE-A-THON Charity:MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION, sponsored by...
View ArticleSCARE-A-THON 2014 (FINAL RESULTS!!!)
Total Movies Watched: 81Total First Time Views: 18Amount Raised: $846.45And that, my friends, brings us to the end of another glorious Scare-A-Thon and October Horror Movie Challenge. My thanks to...
View ArticleEXISTS (2014) movie review
Exists (2014) d. Eduardo Sanchez (USA) 86 min. “Since 1967, there have been over 3,000 Bigfoot encounters in the U.S. alone. Experts agree the creatures are only violent if provoked.” So begins Exists,...
View ArticleTHE SQUAD (2011) Blu-ray review
The Squad (2011) d. Jaime Osorio Marquez (Argentina/Spain/Colombia) 107 min A premise with promise is nothing without proper execution. That’s the lesson to be learned from this exercise in military...
View ArticleTHE DOCTOR AND THE DEVILS (1985) Blu-ray Review
The Doctor and the Devils (1985) d. Freddie Francis (UK) This not-bad dramatization of the notorious Burke and Hare murders (with the names changed to protect. . .I'm not sure who) covers little new...
View ArticleTHE LAST MAN ON EARTH (1964) Blu-ray review
The Last Man on Earth (1964) d. Ubaldo Ragona / Sidney Salkow (Italy/USA) “Another day to live through. Better get started.” From its opening shots of barren city landscapes littered with lifeless...
View ArticleTHE TOMB OF LIGEIA (1964) Blu-ray review
The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) d. Roger Corman (UK) The last of Corman’s Poe adaptations is certainly one of the best-looking, due to terrific exteriors shot in the English countryside (the notoriously...
View ArticleHOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959) Blu-ray Review
House on Haunted Hill (1959) d. William Castle (USA) This classic fright-fest frivolity from producer/director Castle stars Vincent Price as eccentric millionaire Frederick Loren, offering $10,000 to...
View ArticleRETURN OF THE FLY (1959) Blu-ray Review
Return of the Fly (1959) d. Edward Bernds (USA) Philippe Delambre (Brett Halsey) follows in his father’s buzzy footsteps by resurrecting the transporter machine – much to the chagrin of Uncle Francois...
View ArticleTHE RAVEN (1963) Blu-ray Review
The Raven (1963) d. Roger Corman (USA) A childhood fave that continues to hold up half a century later, thanks to the game comic performances from screen scream veterans Boris Karloff, Vincent Price,...
View ArticleTHE COMEDY OF TERRORS (1963) Blu-ray review
The Comedy of Terrors (1963) d. Jacques Tourneur (USA) After the success of The Raven, AIP attempted to tap the comic vein a second time but with decidedly diminished returns, both artistically and...
View ArticleDR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN (1972) Blu-ray review
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) d. Robert Fuest (USA) After the surprise hit of the original Phibes, Fuest and Price returned for another go-round of mirthful murderous mayhem, this time with the mad...
View ArticleSQUIRM (1976) Blu-ray review
Squirm (1976) d. Jeff Lieberman (USA) A downed power transformer in the small backwater town of Fly Creek, Georgia, sends thousands of volts of electricity into the wet ground and thousands of agitated...
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