Saturday Pizza and Bad Movie Night – Page 3 – Reviews of Old and New Stories. Mostly Old

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 “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)”

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)”

Review of “The Invisible Ray” (1935)

This is our latest Saturday pizza and bad movie entry. I knew it was an oldie just hearing the dramatic music scored by Franz Waxman. The flick was a classic mix of science fiction and horror I’d never heard of before. The print and audio were nice and clear, though I didn’t notice a noteContinue reading “Review of “The Invisible Ray” (1935)”

Review of “The Black Cat” (1941)

Our last pizza and bad movie night of the year! We watched the flick with a black cat snoozing on the couch on his bed between us—after we finished the pizza. Unfortunately, the little guy can’t be trusted around pizza. The Plot: Elderly, infirm Henrietta Winslow (Cecilia Loftus) has called her family together to letContinue reading “Review of “The Black Cat” (1941)”

Review of “Ring of Terror” (1961)

This is our latest Saturday pizza and bad movie entry, a black-and-white foray into college days. Uh-huh. Plot:The main story is framed by a graveyard keeper, R.J. Dobson (Joseph Conway), looking for his cat, Puma. He finds the feline by the headstone of one Lewis B. Moffitt (George E. Mather), with dates 1933-1955 and theContinue reading “Review of “Ring of Terror” (1961)”

Review of “A Haunting in Venice” (2023)

For our traditional Saturday pizza and bad movie night, we watched a recent flick, an updated Agatha Christie murder mystery. Plot: Famous Belgian private detective Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh), who emigrated to England, has lost his faith in God and retired to post-WWII Venice, no longer investigating, despite the long line of people seeking hisContinue reading “Review of “A Haunting in Venice” (2023)”