Casey Chong with seven great portrayals of Frankenstein’s Monster…Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, has inspired countless adaptations, with hundreds of movies dating way back to 1910. The story of how an obsessive Dr. Frankenstein is willing to go against nature by playing God to bring a corpse to life is a […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Outland (1981)
Outland, 1981.Directed by Peter Hyams. Starring Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James B. Sikking, and Kika Markham.SYNOPSIS:Peter Hyams’ 1981 western sci-fi film Outland arrives on 4K Ultra HD, courtesy of Arrow Video. The company has given the movie the kind of Criterion-like treatment they’ve become known for, with over an hour’s worth of new […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 28 – Young Frankenstein (1974)
Young Frankenstein, 1974.Directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars and Madeline Kahn.SYNOPSIS:Fredrick Frankenstein, upon hearing of his grandfather’s experiments, decides to embark upon his own quest to create new life out of the body parts of the dead, with decidedly strange and surprising results.To say […]
Blu-ray Review – The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle, 1973.Directed by Peter Yates. Starring Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Alex Rocco, Joe Santos and Mitchell Ryan.SYNOPSIS:After his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid jail time.Eddie Coyle […]
