Catalina Caper (1967)
Tommy Kirk appeared in four other beach movies*: Village of the Giants, Pajama Party, The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini and It’s a Bikini World. This was part of a four-movie deal with Executive Pictures Corporation, but this was the only one that got made. It also had two great AKA titles: Scuba Party and Never Steal […]
Teen-Age Strangler (1964)
This regional film was made well outside the Hollywood system, being shot in the wild and wonderful world of Huntingdon, West Virginia. Most of the cast and crew of this film were friends or relatives of director Ben Parker, who had made plenty of shorts and the film Invisible Avenger. The writer, Clark Davis, was the […]
I Accuse My Parents (1944)
James “Jimmy” Wilson (Robert Lowell) is up on charges of manslaughter. How does he plead? Well, when he speaks for his defense, he has one thing to say: “I accuse my parents.” That’s because despite the award he won for the essay about how great his home life is, the truth is that their house […]
The Rebel Set (1959)
For a movie that promises “The big jolt from Beatsville!” this movie really delivers a pretty standard crime movie, with the owner of a coffee shop (Edward Platt from Get Smart) hiring three of his beatnik customers to be part of a robbery. Gene Fowler, Jr., who directed this, was mainly known as an editor. Probably […]
Mommy’s Day (1997)
This movie starts right where the original ended, with former The Bad Seed Patty McCormack’s character Mrs. Sterling about to be executed by lethal injection for the murders in the first movie. For some reason, her sister Beth (Brinke Stevens) has brought Mommy’s daughter to watch her die, as well as her attorney (Mickey Spillane!). Mommy is […]
Mommy (1995)
Patty McCormack was the original bad kid after The Bad Seed. What if she survived the end of that movie and had kids of her own? Well, maybe. McCormack is Mrs. Sterling, the single mother of 12-year-old Jessica Ann. She sets the tone of the film by visiting her daughter’s school to ask why she hasn’t won […]
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