I guess Howard Hughes wanted to go easy on Minnesota Nazis. William Cameron Menzies directs a Cold War thriller about an insidious germ warfare conspiracy -- it's an early paranoid suspense tale with apocalyptic consequences. But the story behind the movie's making -- and then remaking -- is even more fantastic. The Whip Hand DVD-r The Warner Archive Collection 1951 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 82 min. / Street Date February 16, 2016 / available through the WBshop / 18.59 Starring Elliott Reid, Raymond Burr, Carla Balenda, Edgar Barrier, Otto Waldis, Michael Steele, Lurene Tuttle, Peter Brocco, Lewis Martin, Frank Darien, Olive Carey, George Chandler, Gregory Gaye. Cinematography Nicholas Musuraca Film Editor Robert Golden Original Music Music by Paul Sawtell Written by George Bricker, Frank L. Moss, Ray Hamilton Produced by Louis J. Rachmil Directed by William Cameron Menzies
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Film writers Bill Warren and Tom Weaver have reported extensively on the unusual production story...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Film writers Bill Warren and Tom Weaver have reported extensively on the unusual production story...
- 6/4/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Female of the Species: Sono’s Pseudo-Allegory Reifies the Male Gaze
Superficially, there’s not too much new on hand in Sion Sono’s Tag, credited as the third of a whopping six features due out in 2015, each to most likely be juggled around the film festival circuit before a little luck sees them reach theatrical release next year thanks to the auteur’s continually growing cult audience (it’s fair to say he’s browbeating the output of native prolific provocateur, Takashi Miike). This latest lands somewhere on the more bizarro end of Sono’s eclectic spectrum, though is nowhere near as gonzo, batshit crazy as Why Don’t You Play in Hell? (2013) or last year’s gangster musical Tokyo Tribe. However, neither is this on par with the director’s more sterling titles, like the magnum opus Love Exposure (2008), the first chapter of his daunting “Hate” trilogy. Instead,...
Superficially, there’s not too much new on hand in Sion Sono’s Tag, credited as the third of a whopping six features due out in 2015, each to most likely be juggled around the film festival circuit before a little luck sees them reach theatrical release next year thanks to the auteur’s continually growing cult audience (it’s fair to say he’s browbeating the output of native prolific provocateur, Takashi Miike). This latest lands somewhere on the more bizarro end of Sono’s eclectic spectrum, though is nowhere near as gonzo, batshit crazy as Why Don’t You Play in Hell? (2013) or last year’s gangster musical Tokyo Tribe. However, neither is this on par with the director’s more sterling titles, like the magnum opus Love Exposure (2008), the first chapter of his daunting “Hate” trilogy. Instead,...
- 8/10/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The question of how far a person will go -- or how low a person will sink -- for large financial gain is one of the more prevalent and provocative questions in recent horror cinema. Eli Roth's Hostel series had a dark and compelling hook that showed how the very wealthy can toy with a person's flesh just because they need a new kick. More recently the excellently twisted thriller called Cheap Thrills offered a series of progressively more disturbing bribes and wagers.
The also fascinating Series 7: The Contenders (2001) offered murder for money, as did Roger Corman's delightful Death Race 2000 from 1975 and the half-decent remake from 2008. Going back as far as The Most Dangerous Game (1932), and probably earlier, the idea of murder as a financial "game" has been a hallmark of horror cinema. One mentions all of that because of this: several years ago the Weinstein...
The also fascinating Series 7: The Contenders (2001) offered murder for money, as did Roger Corman's delightful Death Race 2000 from 1975 and the half-decent remake from 2008. Going back as far as The Most Dangerous Game (1932), and probably earlier, the idea of murder as a financial "game" has been a hallmark of horror cinema. One mentions all of that because of this: several years ago the Weinstein...
- 3/11/2014
- by Scott Weinberg
- FEARnet
Suicide is – obviously – not a funny topic. For all the people who die by their own hands, there are lots of devastated people they leave behind wracked with guilt – how could I have missed the signs? What could I have done to help? Was it my fault?
Ending your life goes completely beyond the basic human self preservation instinct. Most people find the idea repugnant – sometimes on a religious level. God gave us life – how can we take it away by our own hands?
Suicide is very unique to each victim – they all have their own reasons and story to tell. Given that, I have selected eight very different tales of Cinematic suicide that I hope you will ‘enjoy’
8. Suicide Club (2002)
A notorious hit in horror movie festivals around the world when it debuted, Suicide Club has quite the cult following and is a bloody, gory little movie indeed.
The film,...
Ending your life goes completely beyond the basic human self preservation instinct. Most people find the idea repugnant – sometimes on a religious level. God gave us life – how can we take it away by our own hands?
Suicide is very unique to each victim – they all have their own reasons and story to tell. Given that, I have selected eight very different tales of Cinematic suicide that I hope you will ‘enjoy’
8. Suicide Club (2002)
A notorious hit in horror movie festivals around the world when it debuted, Suicide Club has quite the cult following and is a bloody, gory little movie indeed.
The film,...
- 7/26/2013
- by Clare Simpson
- Obsessed with Film
Unheimliche Geschichten (Uncanny Tales) is a remake... except it isn't. And it's an anthology film... except it isn't. Richard Oswald, Austrian movie master, made a film of that title in 1919, a horror film which blended stories by Poe, Stevenson and others into a single overarching narrative with Conrad Veidt as central character.
In 1932, four years before the Jewish Oswald was forced to flee the country, he made another Unheimliche Geschichten, a comic compendium that used some of the same source stories, including Poe's The Black Cat and Stevenson's The Suicide Club, but added a new one and used a different overall story to tie it all together. The film was intended as a parody of the whole German expressionist horror school, and if it lacks somewhat in the laughter department, it is nonetheless a fascinating summation of German silent cinema in the early sound era.
Oswald alternated between comedy and sometimes horror-tinged melodrama,...
In 1932, four years before the Jewish Oswald was forced to flee the country, he made another Unheimliche Geschichten, a comic compendium that used some of the same source stories, including Poe's The Black Cat and Stevenson's The Suicide Club, but added a new one and used a different overall story to tie it all together. The film was intended as a parody of the whole German expressionist horror school, and if it lacks somewhat in the laughter department, it is nonetheless a fascinating summation of German silent cinema in the early sound era.
Oswald alternated between comedy and sometimes horror-tinged melodrama,...
- 11/2/2012
- by David Cairns
- MUBI
'Parked', the directorial debut from Irish director Darragh Byrne (Starstruck, The Suicide Club) starring Colm Meaney (The Perfect Stranger, Whole Lot of Sole) and Colin Morgan (Merlin) has won the top prize at the Mannheim-Heidelberg film festival, a festival dedicated to up and coming new directors. The award was collected by producer Dominic Wright and Colin Morgan at the festival on Sunday night.
- 11/23/2011
- IFTN
Morpheus Tales Xiii
Red Blood, Black Blood by Deborah Walker
Illustrated by Vladimir Petkovic
Glass Castles by Cate Caldwell
Pretty Flowers by Nicholas Stirling
Stasis by Richard Smith
Thanatasia by Jonathan W. Bremer
Soup by Alex Gonzalez
Illustrated by Mark Bell
Some Things Aren’t Anything by Erik T. Johnson
Illustrated by Charlie Zacherl
Family Curse by Lee Thompson
Illustrated by Ian Welsh
Bert & Reg by Brian Kutco
The Good Of The Earth by Heather Smith
The Suicide Club by John Morgan
Cover Art by Darryl Elliott
I always get excited when I open my mailbox and see that the latest issue of Morpheus Tales is sitting in there waiting to be read. I have come to expect great things from each issue; riveting, well written stories and accompanying artwork that adds so much to the tales.
Issue #13 is no exception. I thought every story was strong and I particularly loved this issue’s artwork.
Red Blood, Black Blood by Deborah Walker
Illustrated by Vladimir Petkovic
Glass Castles by Cate Caldwell
Pretty Flowers by Nicholas Stirling
Stasis by Richard Smith
Thanatasia by Jonathan W. Bremer
Soup by Alex Gonzalez
Illustrated by Mark Bell
Some Things Aren’t Anything by Erik T. Johnson
Illustrated by Charlie Zacherl
Family Curse by Lee Thompson
Illustrated by Ian Welsh
Bert & Reg by Brian Kutco
The Good Of The Earth by Heather Smith
The Suicide Club by John Morgan
Cover Art by Darryl Elliott
I always get excited when I open my mailbox and see that the latest issue of Morpheus Tales is sitting in there waiting to be read. I have come to expect great things from each issue; riveting, well written stories and accompanying artwork that adds so much to the tales.
Issue #13 is no exception. I thought every story was strong and I particularly loved this issue’s artwork.
- 6/20/2011
- by Peter Schwotzer
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Network DVD have announced the UK DVD release of the classic horror series Mystery and Imagination on July 5th 2010. This critically acclaimed and extremely popular anthology series presents a selection of Gothic tales by legendary 19th Century writers: Robert Louis Stevenson’s nihilistic The Suicide Club, Sheridan le Fanu’s Uncle Silas plus Edgar Allen Poe to name but a few, not to mention a most faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Famous faces and well – known names lend this most chilling collection of tales authenticity and truth. Ian Holm, Denholm Elliot and Patrick Mower are among the many who turn in powerhouse performances for each of the six specially commissioned, featured-length TV plays. Freddie Jones’s performance as the demented pie-maker, Sweeney Todd, lingers in the memory long after the credit has rolled and the television turned off!
This release contains every remaining episode of Mystery and Imagination,...
Famous faces and well – known names lend this most chilling collection of tales authenticity and truth. Ian Holm, Denholm Elliot and Patrick Mower are among the many who turn in powerhouse performances for each of the six specially commissioned, featured-length TV plays. Freddie Jones’s performance as the demented pie-maker, Sweeney Todd, lingers in the memory long after the credit has rolled and the television turned off!
This release contains every remaining episode of Mystery and Imagination,...
- 6/10/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
With Im Global/Bombshell Pictures' gleefully titillating feature Bitch Slap bowing today in limited theatrical release and via Video on Demand, this scribe sat down recently with the makers and stars of the film to discuss their ‘guns, boobs, and brawls’ opus and was thrilled to do so.
Why? In this writer’s estimation, Bitch Slap has set the bar in that sub-genre of film and now holds the heavyweight belt as the ‘Quintessential Guy Flick.’ This is fortuitous, not only for audiences with high expectations (the flick’s trailer and teaser art have been burning up the Internet for months) but also for the filmmakers, whose goal was to create ‘The Best Bitch Fight in Film History.’
Bitch Slap, which stars newcomer Julia Voth, Erin ("Nip/Tuck") Cummings, America (Friday the 13th remake) Olivo, Ron (Children of the Corn III) Melendez, Kevin ("Hercules") Sorbo, and Zoe (Death Proof) Bell (in a brief cameo,...
Why? In this writer’s estimation, Bitch Slap has set the bar in that sub-genre of film and now holds the heavyweight belt as the ‘Quintessential Guy Flick.’ This is fortuitous, not only for audiences with high expectations (the flick’s trailer and teaser art have been burning up the Internet for months) but also for the filmmakers, whose goal was to create ‘The Best Bitch Fight in Film History.’
Bitch Slap, which stars newcomer Julia Voth, Erin ("Nip/Tuck") Cummings, America (Friday the 13th remake) Olivo, Ron (Children of the Corn III) Melendez, Kevin ("Hercules") Sorbo, and Zoe (Death Proof) Bell (in a brief cameo,...
- 1/8/2010
- by SeanD.
- DreadCentral.com
The noirish musical "Dark Streets" is supposed to take place in the 1930s, but its self-conscious details reminded me more of that weirdly nostalgic period in the mid-1970s when every third restaurant in America was named "Gatsby's."
The blues and jazz numbers aren't bad, but they're awkwardly shot and poorly integrated with a storyline that director Rachel Samuels ("The Suicide Club") presents in such an obfuscating manner that 86 minutes fly by like three hours.
The storyline? Club owner Chaz (Gabriel Mann) is trying to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of his father,...
The blues and jazz numbers aren't bad, but they're awkwardly shot and poorly integrated with a storyline that director Rachel Samuels ("The Suicide Club") presents in such an obfuscating manner that 86 minutes fly by like three hours.
The storyline? Club owner Chaz (Gabriel Mann) is trying to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of his father,...
- 12/12/2008
- by By LOU LUMENICK
- NYPost.com
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