MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: Bowery at Midnight (1942)
Criminology professor Brenner (Bela Lugosi) is also Karl Wagner and in addition to teaching, he also runs the Bowery Friendly Mission, where he feeds the unhoused but is also getting new members of his criminal army, which includes Doc Brooks (Lew Kelly), an alcoholic drug addict who knows how to make zombies. Sure, alright. Somehow, […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Bowery at Midnight (1942)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Bowery at Midnight was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, April 10, 1971 at 11:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 7, 1973 at 11:30 p.m. Criminology professor Brenner (Bela Lugosi) is also Karl Wagner and in addition to teaching, he also runs the Bowery Friendly Mission, where he feeds the unhoused but is also getting […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Boogie Man Will Get You was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, July 9, 1966 at 1 a.m. and Saturday, March 8, 1967 at 11:20 p.m. The last movie Karloff made under his contract with Columbia Pictures and filmed in after his success in the 1941 Broadway production of Arsenic and Old Lace, this […]
MILL CREEK THRILLERS FROM THE VAULT: The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
The last movie Karloff made under his contract with Columbia Pictures and filmed in after his success in the 1941 Broadway production of Arsenic and Old Lace, this is the last of the Columbia Karloff as mad scientist films and is a comedy version of that story. It was directed by Lew Landers (The Return […]
Spy Smasher Returns (1942, 1966)
Created by Bill Parker and C. C. Beck, Spy Smasher was introduced in Whiz Comics #2 and was the second most popular Fawcett Comics hero behind Captain Marvel. Alan Armstrong was a millonaire inventor who decided to use his intelligence to protect America during the war. By the 50s, there was no need for that, […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 24: I Married a Witch (1942)
Thorne Smith died before he could finish The Passionate Witch, which was completed by Norman H. Matson. Smith was a lifelong drinker who still turned out some incredibly popular books, like the first two Topper novels, which is a much sexier story than the movies that were made from it. Director René Clair was looking for a new project […]
This Gun for Hire (1942)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Melanie Novak writes about the Golden Age of Hollywood, infusing her weekly movie reviews with history, gossip, and the glamour of the studio era. You can read her reviews at http://www.melanienovak.com and follow her on Instagram @novak_melanie or Twitter @MelanieANovak. Every fiction writer has experienced the moment when a character takes over […]
REPOST: Cat People (1942)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Val Lewton’s birthday, so we had to bring back our review on the film that he is most often associated with. This originally ran on the site on August 24, 2020. The Lewton Bus is also known as the Cat Scare. You may also know it as the Jump Scare. It’s […]
Cat People (1942)
The Lewton Bus is also known as the Cat Scare. You may also know it as the Jump Scare. It’s that moment in so many horror movies where tension is raised and built and then, when it seems like the heroine is about to be attacked, a cat will hiss or the brakes of a […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 13: Lucky Ghost (1942)
DAY 13. DO YOU FEEL LUCKY, PUNK?: A film about luck; good, bad or ugly. William Beaudine — as we discussed back when we watched Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter — came back from England in 1937 and had a rough time re-establishing himself with American studios. He ended up directing all-black films, realizing that […]
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