ISLE OF THE DEAD
When I first saw Isle of The Dead (1945) it was following Turner Classic Movies’ premiere of Martin Scorsese’s documentary Val Lewton: The Man...
Tagged: psychological thrillers
Developing Delusions: ONE HOUR PHOTO
One Hour Photo is a 2002 psychological thriller starring Robin Williams and directed by Mark Romanek. You may think this is really weird because...
CAPE FEAR: A Comparison
Following his role in J. Lee Thompson’s 1962 psychological thriller Cape Fear actor Gregory Peck was in Robert Mulligan’s classic drama TO KILL A...
BEWARE OF CHILDREN: 10 KILLER KIDS FLIX
We’ve all seen movies that feature deranged monsters, ghastly ghouls and inhuman freaks but there are other kinds of fiendish characters that may be...
The Time of the Season for Horror
Well furious film fans it’s October once again, the leaves are falling and the weather is getting a bit colder. If you’re a film...
Ridley Scott’s ALIEN
Ridley Scott is a great director who has made many amazing films including BLADE RUNNER (1982), GLADIATOR (2000), BLACK HAWK DOWN (2001) and of...
Criterion adopts ROSEMARY’S BABY
The Criterion Collection will again satisfy the film loving community this Fall with a special hi-def release of Roman Polanski’s 1968 psychological thriller masterpiece...
The Films of Don Siegel: The Beguiled
During the Civil War, somewhere in the state of Louisiana, a Union soldier John McBirney (Clint Eastwood) is seriously injured in battle and on...
The Strangler
I first became aware of the rotund character actor Victor Buono from his role as the comical schizoid villain King Tut on the 1960s...
Re-Evaluating PSYCHO
PSYCHO (1960, Dir: Alfred Hitchcock) When the “Master of Suspense” set out to make this movie it was to be a modest, low budget...
