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A week or two ago I reviewed the film Netherworld . My review of the less than stellar film was too late to save my pal Emily from The Deadly Dollhouse of Horror Nonsense from seeing the film. Sadly, it was already in the mail from Netflix when I reviewed it. I felt so bad that Emily had to ...
Comedy
With Thanksgiving over and Christmas barreling down upon us, its time to start moving out of the oranges, yellows, and browns of fall and move on into more Christmassy colors. You know like a lovely dark green coupled with a deep red. Speaking of deep red and strange ways to intro a review, I ...
Other
It’s been a couple of weeks since last we checked in with our old friend Klaus Kinski. So tonight, I want to take you on an amazing journey with Klaus, Harvey Keitel, and an alien who came all the way across the Universe to get nearly literally nagged to death. I’m getting ahead of myself ...
Drama
Hello folks. Welcome to my last entry for Frankensteinia’s Boris Karloff Blogathon . I’ve had lots of fun watching all these great Karloff films this week, and I’m astounded by the variety and volume of posts people contributed on Boris. There were so many interesting sides to the man, and it ...
Drama
Special
Hello, folks. First off, happy Thanksgiving to everyone, and I hope you’ve all given plenty of thanks. Lot’s of bloggers have been giving thanks this whole week to Boris Karloff thanks to the Frankensteinia’s Boris Karloff Blogathon . I’ve had great fun reading all the posts and getting a ...
Other
Last month I got to talk about one of my favorite horror comedies, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. This great film united the comedy duo with a trio of Universal monsters, Bela Lugosi as Dracula, Lon Chaney Jr. as The Wolfman, and Frankenstein played by Glen Strange. While Boris Karloff ...
Comedy
One hundred and twenty two years ago today, at 36 Forest Hill Road, Peckham Rye, London, England, William Henry Pratt was born. One hundred years ago, Pratt traveled to Canada to peruse a career in acting and changed his name to Boris Karloff. Seventy eight years ago, Karloff donned Jack ...
Drama
Tony Scott
Over the Top (1987) Director: Menahem Golan. Writers: Story- Gary Conway, David Engenbach. Screenplay- Stirling Silliphant, Sylvester Stallone. Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, David Mendenhall. Lincoln Hawk is a long haul truck driver and professional arm wrestler. He has ...
Action
Despite the title of today’s film, it does not star the dearly departed Ken Ober who has gone on to the great game show in the sky. There is nary a Colin Quinn anywhere to be seen, and though it could have used it, not a hint of Kari Wuhrer. Instead this film was built on a foundation of ‘50’s ...
Other
Control
I went to see the Men Who Stare at Goats the other day, and I have to admit the highlight was the trailer for the remake of George Romero’s The Crazies . Now, I’ve heard about this thing for a while, and never bothered to dwell on it. I saw Day of the Dead Part II so I’ve been burned by ...
Drama
Hey folks. It's the beginning of the week, and that means another dose of Italian cinema. This week I've got a pair of features for you that both made their way to the screen 31 years ago in 1978. First up, Dammned in Venice manages to rip off The Omen and still come out on top. Then all the ...
Horror
Over the years, there have been many people who’ve tackled the role of Jack the Ripper. From Tom Savini to Ian Holm to Anthony Perkins, many actors have stepped into the role, but when Jess Franco began his production on the classic tale, there was only one actor in his mind, Klaus Kinski. ...
Other
James Franco
Some romances know not he bounds of time, space, distance, dimension, or the cinema screen. One such romance has occurred between The LBL’s Fran Goria and Vincent Price. Once in a while the pull is just too overwhelming, and Miss Goria must put pen to paper for the love of the man, for the love ...
Comedy
Vincent Price
Laura Dern
Faizon Love
A few weeks back, I started my review of Halloween III by boldly stating that I didn’t care for Michael Myers. This week I’m going to go out on a further limb. I’m not really a fan of Star Wars . Sure, I liked it when I was younger, who didn’t, but as the years passed, the less I wanted to ...
Action
Once again, it’s time to throw open the video tape vaults here at the Lair and delve into another diabolical selection from the world of VHS. That’s right; it’s time for another thrilling installment of It Came From Video Tape. Today’s selection, I, Madman , is one that I recall staring at me ...
Horror
When you put in a DVD and the Full Moon Pictures logo comes up, you generally know what you’re going to get. Sure, occasionally there’s a Puppet Master or Trancers , but just as often, you end up wondering why you’re watching Evil Bong II or Mandroid . Now I’m not saying their movies are ...
Sci-Fi
Moon
Wayne'S World
Last week I kicked off Once Upon a Time in Italy by talking about a horror film. This week I decided to go with the other genre that the Italians are primarily known for, the western. During the late ‘60‘s and early ‘70‘s, there were hundreds of Spaghetti Westerns made, and the big star to ...
Comedy
Quentin Tarantino
Hello, everyone, and welcome to my newest feature, An Evening with Klaus Kinski. For the next two months I’ll be talking about some of my favorite Kinski films, and a few new ones that I haven’t seen yet. When it comes to actors or directors, I love someone with a big personality, and they ...
Other
Werner Herzog
Take two ounces of blaxploitation, an ounce of James Bond, a quarter cup of Bruce Lee style king fu, add in spices from Singapore, The Philippines, and Hong Kong, finish it off with a hot chick, and what do you get? Well, generally, you get a strange looking concoction that begs you to kill ...
Other
Cleopatra
Hello, folks. As you may have noticed, it’s Wednesday, and there’s no Mr. Hitchcock to be found. Well, I’m giving Hitch a little rest to make way for a returning segment. I buy a lot of video tape. In no way could anyone ever describe me as a format snob. I’ll take films any way I can get ...
