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Review of “The Shadow” (1994)

For our Saturday pizza and bad movie, we watched a relatively recent flick, one the dearly beloved liked back in the day but I’d never heard of. Plot: Between the two world wars, Lamont Cranston (Alec Baldwin) makes a living as a drug lord in Tibet. Maybe he lost his way looking for Shangri-La? HeContinue reading “Review of “The Shadow” (1994)”

Review of “The Comedy of Terrors” (1963)

Our Saturday pizza and bad movie night featured a flick we’d seen before, a spoof on horror flicks. It plays with tropes familiar in both horror and comedy. Plot: Waldo Trumbull (Vincent Price) and his assistant Felix Gillie (Peter Lorre) run a funeral business in late 19th century New England, cutting corners by reusing theContinue reading “Review of “The Comedy of Terrors” (1963)”

Review of “Five Million Years to Earth” (1967)

This was a bit different for our Saturday night pizza and bad movie, a flick my dearly beloved and I had seen on TV some time ago. We both remembered it in black and white because of the sets our families had back in the day. I must have been a munchkin, but I rememberContinue reading “Review of “Five Million Years to Earth” (1967)”

Review of “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” (1944)

Our latest Saturday pizza and bad movie offering has a put-upon dog for a hero. That journalist guy wasn’t half-bad, but the dog got the job done, even after humans hadn’t been all that good to him. Plot:Robert Griffin (Jon Hall) returns to London by cutting himself out of a cargo bale dropped off onContinue reading “Review of “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” (1944)”

Review of “The Name of the Rose” 1986

Struck with a bit of nostalgia, the dearly beloved and I chose a movie we’d both seen in the theater back in the day. I read the book, which, as always, was better than the movie, though I liked the movie. Plot:William of Baskerville (Sean Connery), a Franciscan monk, and his assistant, novice Benedictine monk,Continue reading “Review of “The Name of the Rose” 1986″

Review of “After the Forest” by Kell Woods

The Stuff: Hänsel and Gretal have grown up and now live in the Black Forest at the close of The Thirty Years War. Rumors abound of Greta’s childhood doings with the old crone in the woods—did she really push that old woman into the oven?—but, for the most part, the villagers accept her. She bakesContinue reading “Review of “After the Forest” by Kell Woods”

Review of “The Bride of Frankenstein” (1935)

This is our latest Saturday pizza and bad movie offering, a horror flick with a little bit of everything, including song and dance. Plot:The beginning is framed by a discussion among Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Elsa Lanchester), Lord Byron (Gavin Gordon), and Percy Bysshe Shelley (Douglas Walton) about the story this innocent young girl has justContinue reading “Review of “The Bride of Frankenstein” (1935)”

Short Story Published (YIPPEE!!)

One of my short stories was published today in an online magazine called The Worlds Within Welcome to The Worlds Within – The Worlds Within. My short story is called Devil’s Bargain. Devil’s Bargain – The Worlds Within I must warn the reader that story is it somewhere north of 6000 words long. I hopeContinue reading “Short Story Published (YIPPEE!!)”

Review of “The Monster that Challenged the World” (1957)

This black-and-white monster flick is our latest Saturday pizza and bad movie offering. It was the usual fare in many ways, but atomic contamination did not spawn the monster this time. Plot: Outside a naval research base near the Salton Sea in Southern California, an earthquake rocks the seabed. Later, a seaman named Hollister executesContinue reading “Review of “The Monster that Challenged the World” (1957)”

Review of “The Evil of Frankenstein” (1964)

Our Saturday night pizza and bad movie night resumes. This one catches Baron Frankenstein late in his career. He’s been run out of town, lost his creation, and is ready for a comeback. Can’t keep a good mad scientist down. Plot:A grieving middle-aged couple leaves their humble home to find a priest. They don’t noticeContinue reading “Review of “The Evil of Frankenstein” (1964)”