Johnny Deadline: THE MASK OF FU MANCHU

 by JB

Alas! Warner Archive has replaced our beloved Leonard Maltin with simple white letters on a black screen!

A Musical Review: 42nd STREET

 by Robyn Buckley and Anthony King

A new series on musicals from two people who really love musicals.

Celluloid Ramblings: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE

by JB

This movie is about a fucking monkey. (Literally.) But that’s not a bad thing!

Thrills, Chills, & Kills: THE MUMMY (1932) & THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933)

by JB

Our love for these two Universal Monster chestnuts might have something to do with déjà vu… all over again.

Thrills, Chills, & Kills: FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

by JB

Like any profit-based business during the Depression, Universal Studios couldn’t pass up an opportunity to strike gold (again) in 1931.

Thrills, Chills, & Kills: DRACULA (1931)

by JB

Tod Browning’s 1931 film of Dracula is a study in dichotomy.

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: THE OLD DARK HOUSE

by JB

Just in time for Halloween, F-heads, it’s the Blu-ray release of the year!

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: THE VAMPIRE BAT (1933)

by JB

Why have I not ever heard of this little gem of a movie before? It’s nothing less than a classic Universal horror crazy quilt of fun!

Glutton for Punishment: Forbidden Adventure, aka Angkor

by JB

This week, we may have hit rock bottom.

Cinema Bestius: Duck Soup

This film is like a comfortable pair of slippers… or a delicious cup of hot cocoa… if slippers and cocoa were hilarious and had a bunch of books written about them.

Great Horror Performances: Boris Karloff in The Bride of Frankenstein

by JB

Although Karloff’s performance in the original Frankenstein is groundbreaking and unique, I keep going back to the sequel.

Great Horror Performances: Fredric March in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

by Patrick Bromley

The very first horror performance ever awarded an acting Oscar is still one of my favorites.

Glutton for Punishment: The Death Kiss

by JB

Gosh and golly! What a wonderful Scary Movie Month surprise!

Cinema Bestius: The Wizard of Oz

This delightful, one-of-a-kind film has been written about so extensively, trying to come up with something new to say about it leaves me wishing that I only had a brain.

Glutton for Punishment: Unashamed

by JB

We are all interested in bad movies, inexcusable cinema, worse-than-mediocre pictures, for that is the stuff we use to fill our lives when we are not cavorting around in the altogether. You are interested in the unknown, the mysterious, and the NUDE—that is why you are here. And now, for the first time, we are bringing to you the full story of some of the worst movies ever made. We are bringing you all the evidence, based only on the naked testimony of the miserable soul who survived a screening. I am that miserable soul. The absurdly low budgets, the hypochondria, the ridiculous plots, the inane dialogue, the unclothed bum-bums—my friend, we cannot keep these a secret any longer. Let us punish the guilty. Let us reward the innocent. Remember, my friends: terrible movies such as these will affect you in the future!

Heath Holland On...James Cagney

by Heath Holland

Top of the world, Ma!

The Overlook: The Devil is a Sissy

by JB

Today we discuss an older film that is just the gosh-darnedest thing.

The Overlook: Show Boat

by JB

Return with me now to the days of yore... When James Whale directed a musical, and everything was right with the world.