by K Hogaboom | Oct 7, 2018 | article
Christine Daaé (Mary Philbin), an ingénue with the Paris Opera House, has recently advanced as understudy to prima donna Carlotta (Virginia Pearson). Her admirer Vicomte Raoul de Chagny (Norman Kerry) and his brother Comte Phillipe (John St. Polis) frequent the venue...
by K Hogaboom | Oct 5, 2018 | blog
Ghost stories today aren’t what they used to be, and as much as I enjoy gore and over-the-top carnage, there’s something to be said for a quietly effective thriller. The Uninvited is not only a great little mystery that stands the test of time, it is...
by K Hogaboom | Aug 24, 2018 | article
On a test run of the world’s first nuclear submarine (USA! USA! USA!), Commander Pete Mathews (Kenneth Tobey) and his jovial Merry Men crew run across a spooky, large sighting via their sonar equipment. The mass overtakes and strikes the ship, damaging and...
by K Hogaboom | Jun 15, 2018 | featured
Spies, slashers, space battles, and spooks! This week’s roster was a well-balanced aperitif, if it led to a bit of gastroenteritis. – K. The Amazing Mr. X (1948) Gaslight (1940) meets The Uninvited (1944), this film is weirdly good. That is if you like...
by K Hogaboom | Mar 16, 2017 | blog
1932’s third film in what is commonly thought of as the Universal classic monster films (the talking pictures, anyway), 1932’s The Mummy is the more lush and sophisticated when compared to 1931’s Dracula and 1931’s Frankenstein. The film also...
