‘Spider Baby’ (1967)
Lon Jr.’s finest performance Through the years, your perspective changes. In the ’80s, when I first saw Jack Hill‘s “Spider Baby,” I cavalierly lumped it […]
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‘It Conquered the World’ (1956)
Attack of the cucumber! Roger Corman was workin’ the “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” vibe here. Goin’ for some paranoia. “It Conquered the World” is […]
‘Invisible Invaders’ (1959)
Romero was taking notes Edward L. Cahn‘s hokey, disjointed horror/sci-fi hybrid is one of those “People of Earth!” movies that were everywhere in the ’50s. […]
‘Electric Ballroom’ (Dec. 20, 2020)
Masked up for merriment Hey, I was on the Dec. 20, 2020 episode of “The Electric Ballroom,” 95.9 WRAT’s Sunday night rock ‘n’ chat show […]
‘M’ (1931)
Paranoia in pre-WWII Berlin The director of 1931’s “M,” Fritz Lang, and the film’s star, Peter Lorre, would flee Germany later in the decade, as […]
‘Holly Jolly’ photo gallery
Some readers have started a trend. Okay, it’s a trend nudged along by my brother and sister-in-law. But I’ll take it. This week, I’ve been […]
‘Vampyr’ (1932)
Dreyer’s shadowy world Yes, Carl Theodor Dreyer‘s “Vampyr” deserves respect as a pioneer in the vampire movie genre. But modern audiences are going to have […]
‘Giant From the Unknown’ (1958)
Nice scenery, lame monster ‘Giant From the Unknown: Deluxe Edition’ The Film Detective General release: $24.95 (Blu-ray), $19.95 (DVD) Collector’s boxed set: $64.95 (Blu-ray), $59.95 […]
Stephanie Stuckey
What’s in a name By Mark Voger, author “Holly Jolly: Celebrating Christmas Past in Pop Culture” “The challenge I face in taking over the […]
South of the Border
An Interstate 95 classic BLOGGER’S NOTE: Following is my third and final post about my recent trek from New Jersey to Florida. Finally, there was […]
Stuckey’s then and now
Pecan Log Rolls & NRA propaganda Once you bite into a Stuckey’s Pecan Log Roll, you never forget it — for better or worse. There […]
Barreling down Interstate 95
Boiled peanuts & Trump-Pence Covid 19 was setting new records everywhere … Donald Trump was loudly contesting the 2020 presidential election … it was an […]
Home for the holidays, not
What? Another shelter-in-place holiday? Talk about “just like the ones I didn’t used to know.” So the theme for my 2020 season movie picks is, […]
‘The Other Side of Madness’ (1971)
Where a studio film dared not go ‘The Other Side of Madness: Limited 50th Anniversary Edition’ The Film Detective $29.95 (Blu-ray) and $23.95 (DVD) 81 […]
‘War of the Satellites’ (1958)
What hath Sputnik wrought? The first thing you must know about “War of the Satellites” is that it was a response to Russia’s launch of […]
‘Day the World Ended’ (1956)
Apocalypse then Was Roger Corman trying to trick moviegoers into thinking this was a sequel or re-release of “The Day the Earth Stood Still”? If […]
‘The Brain Eaters’ (1958)
Nelson, VeSota’s big chance Ed Nelson — billed in “The Brain Eaters” as Edwin Nelson — had what it takes to be a leading man […]
‘Attack of the Crab Monsters’ (1957)
Hold the Cheddar Bay Biscuits A friend, who is not a cult movie fan, described the title “Attack of the Crab Monsters” as sounding like […]