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Sunday, July 22, 2018

TCM Movie: Night of the Demon (1957)

I detest the expression 'horror films,' I make films on the supernatural and I make them because I believe in them." (...

Universal Horror

Deathmatch: Dracula (1931) vs. Dracula, Spanish Version (1931)

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History Carl Laemmle was not the biggest fan of horror films despite all the money made from Lon Chaney's masterful horror sile...

Val Lewton

TCM Movie: I Walked With a Zombie (1943)

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Lewton always considered "I Walked With a Zombie" his favorite film despite the fact he hated the title. While "Cat Peopl...

Monday, January 1, 2018

Turner Classic Movies Christmas 2017

TCM Movie: Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge in "Scrooge" (1951)

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Bosley Crowther in The New York Times described Alastair Sim's performance in "Scrooge" (1951), as "precisely the dou...

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Psycho 1960

Portrayals of Mental Illness in Classic Film: Anthony Perkins in "Psycho" (1960)

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There would be no point in describing the legendary film itself, but Norman Bates is a fascinating character that could fill a whole article...

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Opinion: Ryan Murphy's "Feud" and Why This is Probably a Bad Idea

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Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange in "Feud" (March 2017) Come March 5, Ryan Murphy (Glee, American Horror Story) will be br...

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Remember the Night

A Kind-Of Christmas Movie: Remember the Night (1940)

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Preston Sturges was having a hard time during the creation of this classic Christmas film against Paramount producer Al Lewin. "Wr...

Monday, October 31, 2016

Universal Horror

So... About Last Night: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

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"[Lou Costello] came charging in the office one day and said, "My [five-year-old] daughter could write a better script than...

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Opinion

Opinion: Christopher Lee's Contribution to the Character of Dracula

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Bela was the gentleman Dracula with the cape and slow phonetically spoken English, Max Schreck the pure image of evil and the plague, Car...

Monday, October 17, 2016

horror

So... About Last Night: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

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Monster movies, or what Karloff once called "monster clambakes," were officially on the decline in the wake of Universal's ...

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Psycho 1960

Deathmatch: "Psycho" (1960) vs. "Homicidal" (1961)

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History "Psycho" was an unwanted surprise to Paramount Pictures in 1959, expecting out of Alfred Hitchcock the Audrey He...

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