So I’m catching up… again. I tend to focus on one show at a time though, so I’m not really apologizing, It also means I get a whole bunch of episodes to watch at once as I catch up. Apparently I have waited long enough for Alcatraz. I settled in, and flew through the…
Category: Did You See That?!? (Tv & Film)
Serial Killer Double Feature – Peeping Tom (1960) & Psycho (1960)
Last night I watched two serial killer films that both seem to have voyeuristic fetishes. Both come from 1960, but are two completely differing films, dealing with murderers. I’ll be honest, until I read the title in that wonderful little book, 101 Horror Movies, I had never even heard of Peeping Tom. I’ll be honest…
Eyes Without A Face (1959)
The last film of the 50s in my 101 Horror Movies. This little film comes from France, and perhaps I just can’t get myself into the mind set of the French of that period, I’m not sure, but this wasn’t one of the most engaging horror films I’ve seen on the list. It’s by no…
The Tingler (1959)
William Castle has long been known for his gimmicky horror movies, but only one of them apparently made it into the 101 Horror Movies and that is The Tingler. I won’t lie, I laughed out of sheer joy a number of places in this film. It very much wanted to encourage the idea of screaming…
Horror of Dracula (1958)
The 101 Horror Movies book strikes again. A while ago, I had picked up one of those awesome little Warner DVD sets of 4 movies for like $7.99! It featured four Hammer films, one of which was Horror of Dracula, which I re-watched the other night. Based, loosely, on Bram Stoker’s novel, this Hammer film,…
Downton Abbey – Now What?
So there it is. I’m all caught upon Downton Abbey, I finished the feature-length Christmas special last night, which seemed to effectively tie up a lot of plot lines from the first two series in one 90 minute go. It also, however, set up a lot of things I expect to follow-up on in…
Titanic 3D
So Paramount and associated companies laid out quite the event the other night for Valentine’s Day by giving a select few audiences a sneak peek at the re-release of Titanic in April, newly upgraded to 3D. Now before you heave that sigh, and say 3D, really?? Titanic?? The one thing one needs to remember about…
The Woman In Black
Sue and I finally got to the theater this week to see The Woman In Black… Hammer films have begun to make a resurgence. A staple of the mid-50s through to the 70s, they brought some classic horror films to light, including the Curse of Frankenstein which I recently watched, as well as The Horror…
A Saturday’s Paranormal Activity
Earlier this week at the screening of the new tv series The River, I won a prize pack which included autographed copies of all of three (to-date) Paranormal Activity films. So Saturday morning, while I settled in to do laundry and groceries, I worked my way through all three films. The first is still my…
The Bad Seed (1956)
Before there was Damien, there was Rhoda. The Bad Seed, based on the stage play of the same name, made its way onto the big screen in 1956, and garnered itself 4 Oscar nominations, 3 for acting, and 1 for cinematography. The story focuses on a mother’s descent into madness, spurred on by the love…
