At long last, I’m returning to my exhaustive breakdowns of each episode of the American Thriller series from the early 1960s, hosted by Boris Karloff. This time around, I’m only covering five episodes (instead of the usual six), because there were only five left in season one, so without further ado… Episode 33: “The Terror … More Revisiting Thriller with Boris Karloff: Season 1, Episodes 33-37
Since I was already midway through my journey into discussing the classic early 1960s anthology series Thriller, hosted by Boris Karloff, I thought now would be a wonderfully opportune time to make even more work for myself and start talking about another beloved anthology series, one that I adored as a kid and have watched … More Revisiting Night Gallery with Rod Serling: Pilot Episode, 1969
It’s time for another deep dive into the Thriller TV series from the early 1960s, with your host, Boris Karloff! In today’s post, we’re breaking down season one, episodes 27 through 32. Let’s get to it. Episode 27: “Late Date” Based on a 1935 Cornell Woolrich story called “The Corpse and the Kid,” this episode … More Revisiting Thriller with Boris Karloff: Season 1, Episodes 27-32
I talked about Rankin/Bass Productions not too long ago, when I discussed their somewhat lesser-known stop-motion animation film Mad Monster Party?, but watching that classic feature made me nostalgic for all the stop-motion specials that aired around Christmastime in the 1970s and formed such a large part of my (and most other people of my … More Revisiting the Rankin/Bass Stop-Motion Christmas Specials
All right, after my abortive last post, where I was only able to review episodes 19 and 20 of Thriller, someone informed me that pretty much all of the episodes in the series are on YouTube, an obvious platform which for some reason I had forgotten to check. So I’m back in business with another … More Revisiting Thriller with Boris Karloff: Season 1, Episodes 21-26
When you say the words Rankin/Bass to people of a certain age (ahem), images will immediately be conjured up in the mind: of a big-eyed Rudolph the reindeer and his shiny red nose; of Hermey, the elf who wants to become a dentist; of prospector Yukon Cornelius and his quest for silver and gold; of … More Revisiting Mad Monster Party? (1967)
When you look back on it, 1960 was a hell of a year for horror. Three movies in particular that were released that year made a massive impact on the genre going forward, and I’d argue that their influence is still felt everywhere today. Two of these films were, of course, Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal Psycho, … More Movies: Eyes Without a Face (1960)
I’ve talked about horror-adjacent animated films on here before (Rock & Rule, When the Wind Blows, the Japanese Jack & the Beanstalk), but it was my recent post on Chuck Jones’s Rudyard Kipling adaptations that got my mind going back to childhood, and back to Saturday mornings and after-school sessions watching blocks of those classic … More Ten of the Best Spooky Looney Tunes Shorts
It’s time once again to dive back into the Boris Karloff-hosted Thriller series, though I regret that I’m going to have to truncate this installment a bit. Although I’d previously been doing these posts as six-episode chunks, once I got to episode 19, I discovered that the Roku Channel, where I’d been watching the series, … More Revisiting Thriller with Boris Karloff: Season 1, Episodes 19 & 20
I’m probably not alone when I say that in my opinion, Roger Corman’s Poe Cycle of movies was absolutely the director’s finest work. I had seen almost all of them at one time or another (my favorite is Masque of the Red Death, in case you were interested), but for whatever reason, this one sort … More Movies: The Haunted Palace (1963)
The Scare Salon 