MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: Secret Agent (1936)
Adapted from a play by Campbell Dixon, based on two stories in the 1927 collection Ashenden: Or the British Agent by W. Somerset Maugham, this adaptation introduces Edgar Brodie (John Gielgud) returning from the war, only to discover he’s been reported dead. The story then follows his transformation into Richard Ashenden, with help from characters […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Based on The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White, this Hitchcock thriller is about Iris Henderson (Margaret Lockwood), who is traveling through Europe by train and soon learns that her fellow passenger, Miss Froy (May Whitty), has disappeared, and no one remembers her. Is Iris just seeing things? Has a hit on her head ruined […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Probably the best movie of Hitchcock’s British era, one he would remix and remake in 1956. Of these films, he said, “Let’s say the first version is the work of a talented amateur and the second was made by a professional.” Bob and Jill Lawrence (Leslie Banks and Edna Best) are on vacation in Switzerland, […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: Shock (1946)
Dr. Cross, portrayed by the remarkably young Vincent Price, is treating a young patient for shock. She fell into a coma after witnessing a man kill his wife with a candlestick. The twist? The man she saw was Dr. Cross himself. The question remains, how will she escape this perilous situation? Lynn Bari plays the […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: The Lodger (1927)
Based on The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes and the play Who Is He?, which was co-written by Belloc Lowndes, Hitchcock’s third movie was his first thriller and also the start of his cameo appearances. A killer named the Avenger has already murdered seven young blondes, always on Tuesday nights. Daisy Bunting (June Tripp), a […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: Manfish (1956)
Based on “The Gold-Bug” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, this at least has a great title. In the U.S., at least, as it was sold as Calypso in Great Britain. Directed by W. Lee Wilder (Billy’s brother) and written by his brother Myles and Joel Murcott, this begins with Inspector Warren (Jack […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: The She Beast (1966)
Michael Reeves only directed three movies: this film, The Sorcerers and Witchfinder General. He also had something to do with Castle of the Living Dead* and assisted Don Siegel, worked for Jack Cardiff on The Long Ships and for Henry Levin on his movie Genghis Khan. Made in 21 days for hardly any money — even […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: Deathhouse (1972)
Yes, I realize that Silent Night, Deadly Night originally came out the whole way back in 1972. But nearly nine years after it first played theaters, Cannon released it as Deathhouse on May 8, 1981. If it makes no sense to release a holiday movie in May, well — don’t worry about it. It’s Cannontown. Christmas […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: Blood Legacy (1971)
Will to Die? Blood Legacy? Legacy of Blood? Whatever you call it, this 1971 film has a plot as old as movies themselves — a patriarch gathers his family to hear his will. Carl Monson, who wrote The Acid Eaters and also directed Please Don’t Eat My Mother was behind this. This is the last movie for Rodolfo Acosta, […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: Shadow of Chinatown (1936)
Shadow of Chinatown, a condensed 65-minute version of the 300-minute serial, presents a unique narrative. It delves into the destruction of San Francisco’s Chinatown by Victor Poten (Bela Lugosi) and The Dragon Lady (Luana Walters), hired by white businesses to eliminate the new Chinese businessmen who threaten their profits. This atypical plot, where white individuals […]
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