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.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Bees was on the CBS Late Movie on April 14, 1982. Alfredo Zacarías made Demonoid, and we should thank him for that. He also took advantage of the sheer terror that ensued when the Africanized honey bee was on its way to America. Initially used in Brazil to increase honey production, 26 swarms escaped quarantine in […]
Week 13 (Sept 13 – 19) – Cult Movies: Oh, you thought I meant the other kind of cult movies? Sacrifices to the gods of entertainment must be made, so hop up on the altar! Clive Barker directed and wrote this, based on his story “The Last Illusion” from the Books of Blood, which introduced Barker’s occult […]
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Joseph Perry writes for the film websites Gruesome Magazine, The Scariest Things, Horror Fuel, The Good, the Bad and the Verdict and Diabolique Magazine; for the film magazines Phantom of the Movies’ VideoScope and Drive-In Asylum; and for the pop culture websites When It Was Cool and Uphill Both Ways. He is also one of the hosts of When It Was Cool’s exclusive Uphill Both […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Bat was on the CBS Late Movie on June 26, 1984. If you like your horror with a heavy dose of classic Hollywood royalty mixing it up with proto-giallo bloodshed, 1959’s The Bat is here for it. Based on Mary Roberts Rinehart’s legendary 1908 novel The Circular Staircase and its subsequent 1920 Broadway hit, this […]
The death of a hoarder shut-in brings the burden of executing her will to Jessica. How does the legend that Benedict Arnold once lived in the woman’s house and a possible treasure fit into the puzzle? Season 4, Episode 18: Benedict Arnold Slipped Here (March 13, 1988) What happens? History, heirlooms, and homicide collide in […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Barracuda was on the CBS Late Movie on October 5, 1979 and April 2, 1980. Barracuda accomplishes a miracle. It goes from a movie that bored me senseless at the beginning to one that had me riveted at the end. That’s a pretty incredible feat. It’s also a time capsule of the post-Watergate emotions of 1978 while […]
Week 13 (Sept 13 – 19) – Cult Movies: Oh, you thought I meant the other kind of cult movies? Sacrifices to the gods of entertainment must be made, so hop up on the altar! I just saw This House Is Totally Haunted, a movie that is kind of, sort of a sequel to this. That movie […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Bandits was on the CBS Late Movie on September 10, 1986, May 5, 1987 and January 21, 1988. Robert Conrad co-wrote and co-directed this movie with director Alfredo Zacarías (Demonoid) and writer Edward Di Lorenzo (Lady Frankenstein). Yes, that’s an odd group to make a movie, but Conrad had already been to Mexico once before to […]
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 is working to save the lives of cats and dogs all across America, giving pets second chances and happy homes. To be part of this, just donate […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Woman Who Wouldn’t Die was on the CBS Late Movie on March 12 and June 16, 1975. Killing your spouse is a plot as old as plots themselves and an astonishingly foolish choice in real life. But whether it’s for cash, misplaced rage or sheer stupidity, characters on screen keep right on trying. While it’s […]
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