Horror on TV: Thriller 1.29 “The Devil’s Ticket”
Down here in Dallas, channel 133 is the local Me-TV affiliate. Me-TV specializes in showing old TV shows from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. The network sells itself as a nostalgic refuge for people who are...
View ArticleHorror on the Lens: Summer of Fear (dir by Wes Craven)
Today’s horror on the lens is a 1978 made-for-TV movie that was directed by Wes Craven. Originally entitled Stranger In Our House, it was retitled Summer of Fear when it was released into theaters in...
View ArticleEnjoy The Miracle on 34th Street!
Now, before anyone asks, this is not the Oscar-nominated original with Edmund Gwenn and Natalie Wood. Nor is it the 90s remake with Richard Attenborough and that girl who gives a hundred interviews a...
View ArticleThe TSL’s Horror Grindhouse: End of the World (dir by Charles Band)
The 1977 film End of the World has got a great opening scene. An obviously distraught priest (played by none other than Christopher Lee!) steps into an isolated diner. He tells the counterman that he...
View ArticleThe Great Missouri Raid (1951, directed by Gordon Douglas)
During the Civil War, brothers Frank (Wendell Corey) and Jesse James (Macdonald Carey) leave the family farm and fight as Confederate guerillas under the leadership of the infamous William Quantrill....
View ArticleWho Is The Black Dahlia? (1975, directed by Joseph Pevney)
In 1947 Los Angeles, the body of 22 year-old Elizabeth Short is discovered in an empty lot. Short, who was nicknamed The Black Dahlia because she always wore black, was an aspiring actress who was...
View ArticleRetro Television Reviews: Fantasy Island 3.13 “The Inventor/On The Other Side”
Welcome to Retro Television Reviews, a feature where we review some of our favorite and least favorite shows of the past! On Tuesdays, I will be reviewing the original Fantasy Island, which ran on ABC...
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