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: Sabotage (1936)
Released in the U.S. as The Woman Alone, this Alfred Hitchcock film starts with movie theater owner Karl Verloc (Oskar Homolka) shutting down the power in London before working with a group of terrorists to leave bombs all over the city. Detective Sergeant Ted Spencer (John Loder) is working undercover to catch him, posing as a […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: The Phantom Creeps (1938)
This Universal movie serial — told in twelve parts — shares some similarities with the earlier serial The Vanishing Shadow, including the inventions of an invisibility belt and a remote-control robot. That makes sense — at the time, Universal was all about recycling. This movie contains stock footage from The Invisible Ray and The Vanishing Shadow, […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: The Crimes of Stephen Hawk (1936)
Starting with Todd Slaughter at the BBC, talking about his first two movies (Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street), this has him playing Stephen Hawke, a money lender who loves his daughter Julia (Marjorie Taylor). He’s also the Spine-Breaker, a serial killer who is the […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Side-Splitters 2025: Satan Met a Lady (1936)
July 28 – Aug 3 Screwball Comedy: Just imagine, the Great Depression is raging and you’re getting less than a fin a week at the rubber boiling factory, but it only costs two bits to go to the movies all day, so let’s watch some quick-talking dames match wits with some dopey joes! Private detective […]
The Sizzlin’ Something Weird Summer Challenge 2024: The Lash of the Penitentes (1936)
69 EsSINtial SWV Titles (September 15 – 21): Klon, who came up with this list, said “This isn’t the 69 BEST SWV movies, it isn’t my 69 FAVORITE SWV movies, my goal was to highlight 69 of the MOST SWV movies.” You can see the whole list here, including some of the ones I’ve already […]
The Sizzlin’ Something Weird Summer Challenge 2024: Ouanga (1936)
Roadshow Rarities (June 30 – July 6) In the old days of theatrical releases some of the more lavish movies would be promoted by holding limited screenings in large cities. These roadshow releases would generate hype before the nationwide release and allow producers to tweak the film to the audience’s reaction. This model also worked […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dracula’s Daughter was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, February 26, 1966 at 1:00 a.m. It was on a total of nine times: January 21, 1967; July 12, 1969; December 2, 1972; April 6, 1974; May 17, 1975; December 18, 1976; July 8, 1978 and February 8, 1983. Directed by Lambert Hillyer and written […]
MILL CREEK NIGHTMARE WORLDS: Shadow of Chinatown (1936)
Shadow of Chinatown is a 65-minute version of the 300-minute long serial of the same name. It’s all about San Francisco’s Chinatown is being destroyed by Victor Poten (Bela Lugosi) and The Dragon Lady (Luana Walters), hired by white businesses to decimate the new Chinese businessmen who are taking away their profits. Unlike most serials […]
Desire (1936)
After one of the most elaborate jewel heists in European history — in which our female protagonist convinces not just one, but two men that she’s about to marry them — Madeleine de Beaupre (Marlene Dietrich) has escaped with a small fortune of pearls. On her way to Spain to fence the goods, she runs […]
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