Review of “Lot No. 249” by Arthur Conan Doyle: Halloween Countdown

Plot: Jephro Hastie, a student at “Old College” at Oxford, is visiting with his friend, medical student Abercrombie Smith, in the latter’s third-floor turret room. Hastie warns him about the student in the room below his, Edward Bellingham. “There’s something damnable about him. My gorge always rises around him. I should put him down asContinue reading “Review of “Lot No. 249” by Arthur Conan Doyle: Halloween Countdown”

Review of “Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy” (1955)

Some weeks ago, Svengoolie disappeared without explanation when the masterpiece discussed below was scheduled. We were looking forward to it as something silly, so the dearly beloved found it at the library. Silly is what we got. Plot: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are for some unexplained reason in Cairo and looking for a wayContinue reading “Review of “Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy” (1955)”

Review of “Time Walker” (1982)

This is this week’s Saturday night pizza and bad movie offering. We watched it with Svengoolie. The pizza was good. Plot: An earthquake strikes a modern archaeological dig at King Tut’s tomb, knocking down a wall into a previously unknown room. (Yeah, it could happen.) Inside are multiple skeletonized remains and a sarcophagus. Never mindContinue reading “Review of “Time Walker” (1982)”