by Mark Murton Original Spanish Title: El gran amor del conde Drácula Directed by: Javier Aguirre Synopsis: Stranded at the foot of the Carpathians after their coach loses a wheel on the Borgo Pass, the passengers, a man and four beautiful young women, seek shelter in the abandoned sanatorium that used to be Dracula’s castle. […]
by Ted Davis Original Air Date: October 27, 1994 Directed by: Leo Penn Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: In this unusual episode from the 9th and last season, multi-multi-millionaire philanthropist Malcolm Engle (Terry O’Quinn) cold-bloodedly murders a close friend of deceptively homespun Ben Matlock (Andy Griffith), […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Alan Smithee (Jud Taylor) Synopsis: Originally filmed in 1968 but not released until 1973 as a TV movie. Moab, Utah rancher Rob (Burt Reynolds) hires out as a driver to a visiting Hollywood production company filming a pretentious western (Blue, 1968) in the local environs starring Terence Stamp, Joanna Pettet […]
Directed by: Douglas McKeown Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An overly ravenous alien creature lands on Earth and settles into a remote house to start spawning while eating all the human occupants. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): After a male house occupant named Sam is eaten […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Victor Saville Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: On Friday the Thirteenth, the Heavy Hand of Fate plays havoc with the futures of a motley group of Londoners, gathering them all together during a dark rainy night for an eventful bus […]
Original Title: The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger Directed by: George Cukor Synopsis: Adaptation of the Charles Dickens’ novel with an all-star cast finds young David Copperfield (Freddie Bartholomew) facing adversity as a youth as well as meeting a bevy of unique characters. Purr Blur: David ends up at […]
Original Title: El techo de cristal Directed by: Eloy de la Iglesia This review contains an Implied Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Marta (Carmen Sevilla), an attractive housewife living in a small rural apartment house on the outskirts of Madrid, spends most […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Dave Fleischer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In this Screen Songs release by the Fleischer Studios, which produced the often surreal Popeye and Betty Boop cartoons, the pert and cute Lillian Roth sings the Milton Ager -Jack Yellen standard bracketed […]
Directed by: Leonard S. Berman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A longhair ginger tabby cat named Alexander Baxter finds himself looking for a new home and the perfect owner. Featured Feline: At first Alexander Baxter lives with an elderly former firefighter named Mr. Baxter (Edwyn […]
by Brian H. Directed by: Nunnally Johnson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Stormy Tornado (Betty Grable) and Curly Flagg (Sheree North) are two San Francisco showgirls who witness the shooting murder of another showgirl, flee the city, and hide out at a small college fraternity […]