“You felt reborn: after all your agony, life was beginning anew…”
Synopsis:
A scarred, bitter woman (Joan Crawford) falls in love with a sociopathic blackmailer (Conrad Veidt), whose plot to kill his young nephew (Richard Nichols) involves asking Crawford to pose as his governess. When a kind plastic surgeon (Melvyn Douglas) successfully heals Crawford’s face, however, she [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2008 by admin
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“There was blood — the old man’s blood — on her hands, under her nails…”
Synopsis:
Two scientists (Ralph Morgan and Onslow Stevens) return from the West Indies with a potent serum derived from cats. When Morgan is mysteriously murdered, his cat-phobic daughter (Janis Wilson) tries to determine the identity of the killer.
Genres:
Gaslighting
Horror
Murder Mystery
Scientists
Review:
Clearly made to [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2008 by admin
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“The only type of killing that’s safe is when a stranger kills a stranger — no motive, nothing to link the victim to the execution.”
Synopsis:
A ruthless contract killer (Vince Edwards) finds his resolve shaken when he learns his next victim (Caprice Toriel) is a woman.
Genres:
Assassination
Character Studies
Hit Men
Review:
This little-seen B-thriller — reportedly one of Martin [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2008 by admin
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“I know a sure cure for a nosebleed: a cold knife in the middle of the back.”
Synopsis:
An ex-con (John Payne) becomes the unwitting patsy in a heist engineered by a masked man (Preston Foster), and carried out by three criminals (Jack Elam, Neville Brand, and Lee Van Cleef) who don’t know each others’ identities.
Genres:
Ex-Cons
Framed
Heist
Revenge
Thieves and [...]
Posted on February 23rd, 2008 by admin
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“You just tell Mollymauk what you want, Mollymauk will get it for you — we have a deal, remember?”
Synopsis:
A gifted teenager (Roddy McDowall) with strange powers befriends a beautiful senior (Tuesday Weld) and helps her achieve her dreams of popularity and fame.
Genres:
Aspiring Stars
Black Comedy
Flashback Films
Satires and Spoofs
Teenagers
Response to Peary’s Review:
Peary seems decidedly turned off [...]
Posted on February 21st, 2008 by admin
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“Boy, I sure don’t see what all the fuss is about…”
Synopsis:
At a boarding school in the 1950s, two friends — Abby (Pamela Sue Martin) and Muffy (Betsy Slade) — lose their virginity, with unexpected consequences.
Genres:
Boarding School
Coming of Age
Sexuality
Virginity
Review:
While it doesn’t exactly cover new territory, Peter Hyams’ Our Time (which aired on television under the [...]
Posted on February 17th, 2008 by admin
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“You’re going to think I have an awful dirty mind, David — I change it so often…”
Synopsis:
A juvenile delinquent (Ann-Margret) escapes from reform school and takes refuge in the home of aspiring politician David Stratton (John Forsythe). While Stratton wants nothing to do with her, Jody (Ann-Margret) threatens to reveal his involvement in harboring a [...]
Posted on February 16th, 2008 by admin
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“You know what I am to you? An international complication.”
Synopsis:
A WWII resistance fighter (Merle Oberon) has an affair with an unsuspecting German major (Carl Esmond), and is able to pass on vital information to the Norwegian underground. When Esmond’s superior becomes suspicious, however, a British agent (Brian Aherne) — formerly Oberon’s lover — is sent [...]
Posted on February 16th, 2008 by admin
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“Don’t you know anything about Fantasia? It’s the world of human fantasy. Every part, every creature of it, is a piece of the dreams and hopes of mankind.”
Synopsis:
When a lonely boy (Barrett Oliver) discovers a fantasy book called The NeverEnding Story, he’s transported to the world of Fantasia, where a young warrior named Atreyu (Noah [...]
Posted on February 15th, 2008 by admin
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“Oh Ginger, face facts… When have you ever lasted in any job? What have you ever done in any job but dream about what you’d do with the next one?”
Synopsis:
An Irish immigrant (Robert Shaw) in Montreal remains hopeful that a “job with possibilities” lies just around the corner — meanwhile, his disillusioned wife (Mary Ure) [...]
Posted on February 14th, 2008 by admin
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