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The Hand (1981, Michael Caine, Andrea Marcovicci, Viveca Lindfors, Rosemary Murphy) – Classic Movie Review 5547

This silly and really quite dreadful horror thriller flick from writer-director Oliver Stone is good for a laugh but wastes Michael Caine as cartoonist Jon Lansdale, a comic book artist who loses his drawing hand in […]

Jun, 04

The Beast with Five Fingers **** (1946, Peter Lorre, Andrea King, Robert Alda, J Carrol Naish, Victor Francen) – Classic Movie Review 3114

‘Your flesh will creep… AT THE HAND THAT CRAWLS!!’ Director Robert Florey and writer Curt Siodmak’s 1946 horror movie is highly amusing stuff about a creepy crawly handy sort of beast that roams about a […]

Nov, 30

Hands of a Stranger * (1962, Paul Lukather, Joan Harvey, James Noah, Ted Otis) – Classic Movie Review 3112

THEY GAVE HIM THE HANDS OF A KILLER! Writer-director Newton (Newt) Arnold’s 1962 macabre horror movie is a largely flat and floundering fourth film of the renowned Maurice Renard novel The Hands of Orlac, though […]

Nov, 29

Mad Love **** (1934, Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive, Ted Healy) – Classic Movie Review 3111

Peter Lorre gives a superbly creepy performance as the mad surgeon Doctor Gogol in the enjoyable 1934 second film of Maurice Renard’s novel The Hands of Orlac. Director Karl Freund’s 1934 MGM horror movie classic […]

Nov, 29

And Now the Screaming Starts! *** (1973, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham, Ian Ogilvy, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee) – Classic Movie Review 3095

Director Roy Ward Baker’s 1973 British chiller is a bizarre, gruesome and handsome-looking Amicus horror tale about a family curse in which a disembodied hand comes through a picture on a wall and avenges the […]

Nov, 25

For Me and My Gal **** (1942, Judy Garland, George Murphy, Gene Kelly) – Classic Movie Review 2511

The bells are certainly ringing for director Busby Berkeley’s rousing 1942 MGM patriotic and romantic musical that pairs Judy Garland with Gene Kelly for the first time and also stars George Murphy as fellow hoofer […]

May, 23

Edward Scissorhands ***** (1990, Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest) – Classic Movie Review 102

A sadly frail Vincent Price puts in his final film appearance as an old inventor, living in a hilltop castle, who creates a creature for a son. As usual in the movies, the experiment doesn’t […]

Jul, 28

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