What movies have you seen recently?

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Homicidal (1961)
streamed on Tubi TV

A William Castle film.
It was enjoyable.
It was weird with at least one or two really weird, crazy characters.
There were stabbings and killings and blood.
The movie has twist, after twist, after twist. I'm not just talking about the long stiletto blade twisting in its victims.

The Undertaker and His Pals (1966)
on Tubi TV

This was an interesting film.
This was a fun film.

I would say despite the low budget, it was well made.
It is a slasher film where if you are female, there is a good chance you will be a target of a stabbing.
It is also very tongue in cheek. That's good because it makes the scene between men and women ambiguous. Are they serious, or making fun of male/female stereotypes of 1966? He's suave. She's ready to melt through her dress and into his arms.
There is a bit of slapstick. Some Warner Brothers like comedy. There is some making fun of horror motifs. (She's running. He is creeping. Yet he is always just behind her.)
There are also scenes where you feel the woman is in real danger of being caught.

It was a fun movie.

Tormented (1960)
streamed from Tubi TV

a Bert I. Gordon film

This is a good ghost story. Not a scary ghost story, but it has atmosphere.

Tom Stewart is cornered by his ex girlfriend, Vi in a decrepit lighthouse. She slips and falls through a broken handrail. He could save her, but doesn't. She then haunts him while he plans to marry his wealthy fiancé, Meg. Meg has a much younger sister, Susan, who is played by Susan Gordon, daughter of Bert I. Gordon.

I have three versions of this. I have the movie on DVD. I have the MST3K version, and the Rifftrax version with Mary Jo Pehl and Bridget Nelson ("It's Hollywood star Richard Carlson!" - Bridget says that with every movie with Richard Carlson. It think it is because they are both from Minnesota.) I've seen it before. Great photography with good use of filters for the black and white photography.

Arctic Void.

A nature documentary maker, his star of the show, and a new cameraman, embark on a trip to the arctic on a tourist boat, when everyone but those three disappear. Finding a deserted Soviet era deserted village, they try to make contact with the outside world. And then the star of the documentary begins showing signs of some unexplainable dementia. But is the threat coming from one of the three of them?
Pretty decent horror flick.

Carnival of Souls (1962)
streamed on Tubi TV

A film produced, directed, partially written by, and starring Herk Harvey
This was his only feature length film, and it is a classic. He spent he career directing shorts, like Shake Hands With Danger which Rifftrax has covered.

This is another movie I have on DVD. I also have the Rifftrax version.

Escape from L.A. (1996).
Way onto the future of 2013, Los Angeles is now a maximum security island prison. It became an island after a big earthquake. Once again Snake is forced to infiltrate to recover something. Pretty much just an alternate version of the first movie, but lacking whatever the first one had that made it special.

The Sorcerers (1967)
streamed from Amazon Prime Video (had to rent it)

starring Boris Karloff

What happens when a world class hypnotist, with the aid of technology, hypnotizes a young man, enabling him and wife (Catherine Lacy) to experience all his sensations remotely? They are a very elderly couple, and he sees this as a way of living life again. But what happens if your wife is a sociopath?

Good film. Boris is great as usual.


No, the writer Tom Baker is not the Doctor Who Tom Baker.

The Monster (1925)
on Blu-ray

The music written for this edition was really nice.

Also watched, as an extra on the disc -

The Scalpel (1936)
a short, 17 minutes

Not a bad film at all.
Ed Hartmand Music - The Scalpel - 1936

One, Two, Three (1961) -- this one is a must see!

I'm watching Hidden Figures.

The Monkey.

Very, very loosely adapted from the Stephen King story of the same name. While it did have some moments of grim hilarity, it otherwise wasn't a particularly good movie.

Papillon (1973).

It's a really long movie about some guy who ends up in a really lousy French island resort. The worst part was 2 1/2 hours of Steve McQueen not driving a car or riding a motorcycle.

Last night I watched:

Dementia 13 [1963]
<=>"You Must Pass the 'D-13' Test To Prepare You for the Horrifying Experience of Dementia 13.
<=> You Must If You Fail the Test...You Will Be Asked to Leave the Theater!"



If you like slow, shallow, atmospheric horrors then you might like this film.


But...uh...dementia... It reminds me of a string of movies I've been flagging...