suspense – Reviews of Old and New Stories. Mostly Old

Review of “Duel” (1971)

This is our latest Saturday pizza and bad movie offering, Duel, a TV movie adapted from a 1971 Richard Matheson short story of the same name. The extended theatrical release is what’s generally available now. Duel was Steven Spielberg’s feature directing debut. We watched it with Svengoolie. Plot: David Mann (Dennis Weaver) drives his redContinue reading “Review of “Duel” (1971)”

Review of “The 39 Steps” (1935)

This week’s offering for Saturday pizza and bad movie turned out to be a pretty good movie. The pizza wasn’t half bad, either. Plot:Mr. Hannay (Robert Donat), a Canadian visiting London, stops by a music hall. One of the acts is Mr. Memory (Wylie Watson), who claims to have an enormous number of facts committedContinue reading “Review of “The 39 Steps” (1935)”