B&S About Movies is all about, well, movies. It's owned and operated by Sam Panico. He is the sole proprietor and chief writer. All others are guest contributors.
A new sheriff in town, two sweet old sisters, and a flower bed full of dead bodies. Season 5, Episode 3: Mr. Penroy’s Vacation (November 6, 1988) Jessica Fletcher is finally back in Cabot Cove, but things aren’t exactly peaceful. Amos Tupper has officially retired to Kentucky to live with his family (a storyline move […]
John Barrymore’s performance in the 1920 silent classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde remains a masterclass in physical acting. Demonstrating his legendary stage presence and body control, Barrymore achieved the initial stage of Jekyll’s horrific transformation entirely without special effects or makeup. On screen, using only facial contortions, spasmodic body shifts, and unsettling body language, […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Doctor Blood’s Coffin was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, November 23, 1974 at 11:30 p.m., Saturday, August 28, 1976 at 11:30 p.m. and Saturday, July 16, 1977 at 1:00 a.m. Biochemist Dr. Peter Blood (Kieron Moore) has come home with the idea that he can take the living hearts of people whom he […]
October isn’t just a time to celebrate the strange and scary. It’s also a time to put our collective horror obsession to work for a fantastic cause. This year’s Unsung Horrors Horror Gives Back supports Best Friends, an incredible organization working around the clock to save the lives of cats and dogs all across America, […]
Each October, the Unsung Horrors podcast does a month of themed movies. This year, they will once again be setting up a fundraiser to benefit Best Friends, which works to save the lives of cats and dogs across America, giving pets second chances and happy homes. Today’s theme: Viewer’s Choice I hate the phrase “so bad […]
Scarecrow Video isn’t just a video store. It’s a landmark for all we love about movies. Each year, they do a month-long challenge to get people to stretch out and watch some movies they’ve never seen before. Check out my lists for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Here’s this year’s Letterboxd […]
31. IT’S YOUR “ESP”ECIAL DAY: Experience a sixth sense-ational extravaganza. The end, but you probably saw that coming… Want to watch a 69-minute movie where a demonically possessed Tyrannosaurus Rex terrorizes Long Island? What if I told you it’s not just a Mark Polonia movie, but one within what I can only breathlessly describe as […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Fright was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, February 10, 1979 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, May 2, 1981 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, October 9, 1982 at 1:00 a.m. Before Halloween put Michael Myers in Haddonfield, before When a Stranger Calls asked if you checked the children, and way before Bob Clark sent a […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Body Stealers was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, August 26, 1972 at 11:30 p.m. and Saturday, August 25, 1973 at 1:00 a.m. Late-60s British science fiction is a weird, magical pocket of cinematic history where cheap production companies tried to mix James Bond intrigue, stiff upper lips and mind-bending space-age weirdness, usually […]
Each October, the Unsung Horrors podcast does a month of themed movies. This year, they will once again be setting up a fundraiser to benefit Best Friends, which works to save the lives of cats and dogs across America, giving pets second chances and happy homes. Today’s theme: Frankenstein Drak (Jerald Cormier Jr.), Franky (Eric Weathersbee), […]
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