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Nightmare **** (1956, Edward G Robinson, Kevin McCarthy, Connie Russell, Virginia Christine) – Classic Movie Review 8394

Kevin McCarthy stars in producers William H Pine and William C Thomas’s 1956 little black and white film noir gem Nightmare as Stan Grayson, a jazz musician in New Orleans who wakes from a dream […]

Apr, 24

Road to Rio *** (1947, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Gale Sondergaard) – Classic Movie Review 6605

Director Norman Z McLeod’s zesty 1947 Paramount comedy is the fifth Road film with the magic team of Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour on vivacious form. Nutty, escapist comedies were ideal for the […]

Jan, 26

The Hypnotic Eye ** (1960, Jacques Bergerac, Merry Anders, Marcia Henderson, Allison Hayes, Lawrence Lipton) – Classic Movie Review 5663

Director George Blair’s nasty but intriguing 1960 horror movie is a slice of bizarre cinematic sleaze. Jacques Bergerac plays the popular stage hypnotist The Great Desmond who delights in hypnotising beautiful young women into mutilating […]

Jun, 25

The Sorcerers ***½ (1967, Boris Karloff, Catherine Lacey, Ian Ogilvy, Elizabeth Ercy, Victor Henry, Susan George) – Classic Movie Review 4440

Co-writer/ director Michael Reeves’s gripping 1967 British horror movie stars Boris Karloff as nice hypnosis scientist Professor Marcus Montserrat and Catherine Lacey as his wicked wife Estelle who invent a long-distance hypnosis machine and involve young […]

Oct, 01

The She-Creature ** (1956, Marla English, Chester Morris, Tom Conway, Cathy Downs, Ron Randell) – Classic Movie Review 2484

Director Edward L Cahn’s black-and-white 1956 low-budget horror monster movie The She-Creature stars Marla English and Tom Conway in the first of two films he directed with these stars, followed by Voodoo Woman in 1957. […]

May, 15

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari ***** (1920, Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover) – Classic Movie Review 1574

Director Robert Wiene’s legendary, incalculably influential 1920 German silent horror masterpiece stars Werner Krauss as the mad magician Dr Caligari, who hypnotises his tame somnambulist Cesare to carry out a series of murders. The 27-year-old Conrad Veidt became […]

Aug, 22

The Woman in Green *** (1945, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke, Henry Daniell, Paul Cavanagh, Matthew Boulton) – Classic Movie Review 984

The spirited 1945 Sherlock Holmes mystery film The Woman in Green is a screen original story by Bertram Millhauser. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce again show real class as Holmes and Dr Watson. Henry Daniell […]

Mar, 25

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