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Seconds (1966) – October Horrors 2022

October 2, 2022 by Graeme Robertson

Seconds, 1966. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, Will Geer, John Randolph, Jeff Corey, Richard Anderson and Murray Hamilton. SYNOPSIS: An unhappy middle-aged man is offered a second chance at life by a mysterious organisation. We all wish we had second chances. Whether it be for a single terrible day or for […]

Filed Under: Graeme Robertson, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Jeff Corey, John Frankenheimer, John Randolph, Murray Hamilton, Richard Anderson, Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, Seconds, Will Geer

Book Review – Seconds by Jez Conolly and Emma Westwood

October 24, 2021 by Rachel Bellwoar

Rachel Bellwoar reviews Seconds by Jez Conolly and Emma Westwood… Seconds isn’t the first film to create suspense around the appearance of a person whose face is covered in bandages. The Invisible Man did it. So did Eyes Without a Face and Dark Passage. Never are these films content to let the bandages stay on, […]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, Rachel Bellwoar, Reviews Tagged With: Auteur, Emma Westwood, Jez Conolly, John Frankenheimer, Rock Hudson, Seconds

Blu-ray Review – Prophecy (1979)

August 16, 2021 by admin

Prophecy, 1979. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth, Armand Assante, Richard Dysart, Victoria Racimo, Kevin Peter Hall, Tom McLoughlin and George Clutesi. SYNOPSIS: A scientist and his wife investigate why the inhabitants of a Native American reservation and the surrounding wildlife are affected by genetic mutations. Ah, 1979! The year that cinema […]

Filed Under: Chris Ward, Movies, Physical Media, Reviews Tagged With: Armand Assante, George Clutesi, John Frankenheimer, Kevin Peter Hall, prophecy, Richard Dysart, Robert Foxworth, Talia Shire, Tom McLoughlin, Victoria Racimo

Blu-ray Review – Ronin (1998)

August 14, 2017 by admin

Ronin, 1998. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Sean Bean, Michael Lonsdale, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, and Skipp Sudduth. SYNOPSIS: A group of mercenaries are hired by Irish terrorists to retrieve a case to stop it falling into Russian hands. In case you didn’t know, ronin are Samurai warriors whose […]

Filed Under: Chris Ward, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Jean Reno, John Frankenheimer, Jonathan Pryce, Michael Lonsdale, Natascha McElhone, Robert De Niro, Ronin, Sean Bean, Skipp Sudduth, Stellan Skarsgard

Blu-ray Review – 52 Pick-Up (1986)

October 17, 2016 by Amie Cranswick

52 Pick-Up, 1986. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, Kelly Preston, John Glover, Robert Trebor, Clarence Williams III, Kelly Preston. SYNOPSIS: A cheating husband is blackmailed by a gang who threaten to publicly reveal his affair, thwarting his politically ambitious wife’s plans and forcing him to take matters into his own hands. […]

Filed Under: Chris Ward, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: 52 Pick-Up, Ann-Margret, Clarence Williams III, John Frankenheimer, John Glover, Kelly Preston, Robert Trebor, Roy Scheider, Vanity

Blu-ray Review – The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

February 24, 2015 by Robert W Monk

The Manchurian Candidate, 1962. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silver and James Gregory. SYNOPSIS: A former Korean War POW is brainwashed by Communists into becoming a political assassin. But another former prisoner may know how to save him. Exploring the extremes of cold war paranoia in a […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert W Monk Tagged With: Angela Lansbury, Frank Sinatra, Henry Silver, James Gregory, Janet Leigh, John Frankenheimer, Laurence Harvey, The Manchurian Candidate

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