SORCERERS, THE (1967, UK, 86m, 15) ***½ Horror, Sci-Fi dist. Tigon Film Distributors (UK), Allied Artists Pictures (USA); pr co. Tony Tenser Films / Curtwel Productions / Global / Tigon British Film Productions; d. Michael Reeves; w. Michael Reeves, Tom Baker (based on an idea by John Burke); pr. Tony Tenser; ph. Stanley A. Long…
Tag: Boris Karloff
Film Review – ISLE OF THE DEAD (1945)
ISLE OF THE DEAD (1945, USA, 71m, 12) ***½ Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller dist. RKO Radio Pictures; pr co. RKO Radio Pictures; d. Mark Robson; w. Ardel Wray; pr. Val Lewton; ph. Jack MacKenzie (B&W | 1.37:1); m. Leigh Harline; ed. Lyle Boyer; ad. Albert S. D’Agostino, Walter E. Keller. cast: Boris Karloff (Gen. Nikolas…
Film Review – THE DEVIL COMMANDS (1941)
THE DEVIL COMMANDS (1941, USA, 65m, PG) ***½ Horror, Sci-Fi dist. Columbia Pictures; pr co. Columbia Pictures; d. Edward Dmytryk; w. Robert Hardy Andrews, Milton Gunzburg (based on the novel “The Edge of Running Water” by William Sloane); pr. Wallace MacDonald (uncredited); ph. Allen G. Siegler (B&W | 1.37:1); md. Morris Stoloff; ed. Al Clark;…
Film Review – BEFORE I HANG (1940)
BEFORE I HANG (1940, USA, 62m, PG) *** Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi dist. Columbia Pictures; pr co. Columbia Pictures; d. Nick Grinde; w. Robert Hardy Andrews (based on a story by Robert Hardy Andrews and Karl Brown); pr. Wallace MacDonald (uncredited); ph. Benjamin H. Kline (B&W | 1.37:1); md. Morris Stoloff; ed. Charles Nelson; ad. Lionel…
Film Review – THE MAN WITH NINE LIVES (1940)
THE MAN WITH NINE LIVES (1940, USA, 74m, PG) ***½ Mystery, Sci-Fi dist. Columbia Pictures; pr co. Columbia Pictures; d. Nick Grinde; w. Karl Brown (based on a story by Harold Shumate); pr. Wallace MacDonald (uncredited); ph. Benjamin H. Kline (B&W | 1.37:1); md. Morris Stoloff; ed. Al Clark; ad. Lionel Banks. cast: Boris Karloff…
Film Review – THE BLACK ROOM (1935)
THE BLACK ROOM (1935, USA, 68m, PG) ***½ Crime, Horror dist. Columbia Pictures; pr co. Columbia Pictures; d. Roy William Neill; w. Arthur Strawn, Henry Myers (based on a story by Arthur Strawn); ph. Allen G. Siegler (B&W | 1.37:1); md. Louis Silvers; ed. Richard Cahoon; ad. Stephen Goosson. cast: Boris Karloff (Baron Gregor de…
Film Review – THE MAN THEY COULD NOT HANG (1939)
THE MAN THEY COULD NOT HANG (1939, USA, 64m, PG) *** Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi dist. Columbia Pictures; pr co. Columbia Pictures; d. Nick Grinde; w. Karl Brown (based on a story by Leslie T. White & George Wallace Sayre); pr. Wallace MacDonald (uncredited); ph. Benjamin H. Kline (B&W | 1.37:1); md. Morris Stoloff; ed. William…
Film Review – THE RAVEN (1935)
THE RAVEN (1935, USA, 61m, PG) ***½ Crime, Horror dist. Universal Pictures; pr co. Universal Pictures; d. Lew Landers; w. David Boehm (based on the poem by Edgar Allan Poe); exec pr. Stanley Bergerman (uncredited); ph. Charles J. Stumar (B&W | 1.37:1); m. Clifford Vaughan; ed. Albert Akst; ad. Albert S. D’Agostino. cast: Boris Karloff…
Film Review – THE BLACK CAT (1934)
THE BLACK CAT (1934, USA, 65m, PG) ***½ Crime, Horror, Thriller dist. Universal Pictures; pr co. Universal Pictures; d. Edgar G. Ulmer; w. Peter Ruric (based on a story by Edgar G. Ulmer & Peter Ruric and suggested by a story by Edgar Allan Poe); pr. Carl Laemmle Jr. (uncredited); ph. John J. Mescall (B&W…
Film Review – THE OLD DARK HOUSE (1932)
THE OLD DARK HOUSE (1932, USA, 72m, PG) **** Comedy, Horror, Thriller dist. Universal Pictures; pr co. Universal Pictures; d. James Whale; w. Benn W. Levy (based on the novel by J.B. Priestley); pr. Carl Laemmle Jr.; ph. Arthur Edeson (uncredited) (B&W | 1.37:1); ed. Maurice Pivar (uncredited); pd. Charles D. Hall. cast: Boris Karloff…