Articles by Brian Schell

Kwaidan (1964) Review

Director: Masaki KobayashiWriters: Yôko Mizuki, Lafcadio HearnStars: Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako WatanabeRun time: 3 Hours, 3 MinutesAmazon Link: https://amzn.to/368DA6E Kwaidan (1964) Review Synopsis This is a Japanese anthology film with English subtitles in four…


Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) Review

Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964) Review Director: Michael CarrerasWriters: Michael CarrerasStars: Terence Morgan, Ronald Howard, Fred ClarkRun time: 1 Hour, 21 MinutesAmazon Link: https://amzn.to/39nIkHz Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964) Synopsis As the credits…


Horror Island (1941) Review

Director: George WaggnerWriters: Maurice Tombragel, Victor McLeodStars: Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Peggy MoranRuntime: 1 HourAmazon Link: https://amzn.to/39ptlwW Horror Island (1941) Review Synopsis We see a man with a peg leg, the captain, limping along the…


Salo, or 120 Days of Sodom (1975) Review

Director: Pier Paolo PasoliniWriters: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Sergio Citti, Marquis de SadeStarring: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto Paolo QuintavalleRun time: 1 Hour, 57 MinutesAmazon Link: https://amzn.to/2rIuVZN Synopsis We start out in Northern Italy at the…


The Old Dark House (1963) Review

Director: William CastleWriters: Robert Dillon, J.B. PriestleyStarring: Tom Poston, Robert Morley, Janette ScottRun time: 1 Hour, 26 MinutesAmazon Link: https://amzn.to/2LXcSpq Synopsis Tom Penderel, a car salesman from America, goes to the casino and finds Casper…


Short: Santa (2019) Review

Directed by Alexander HendersonWritten by Michael CoulombeStarring: Dylan Curtis, James Salsman, Alli George, Adam CabreraRun Time: 6:58YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7cKQ62H8Pc Synopsis We start out with a little boy praying for forgiveness and lots of presents before…


The Butcher (2020) Review

Director: Michael Moutsatsos Writer: Michael Moutsatsos Starring: Michael Moutsatsos, Maria Olsen, Noel Jason Scott Run time: 1 Hour, 15 Minutes Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/pg/realbutchermovie1/posts/ Synopsis We are told that this is a re-enactment of the mass-serial…


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Man-Made Monster (1941) Review

Director: George WaggnerWriters: Harry Essex, Sid SchwartzStarring: Lionel Atwill, Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Nagel Run time: 59 MinutesAmazon Link: https://amzn.to/2YVeKEE Synopsis It was a dark and stormy night, the bus slides in the rain and…


Short: The Monster (2019) Review

Written and Directed by Neil StevensStarring: Aaron Bradshaw, Brian Ramian, Erika StasRun Time 11:09YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_JVuyplqCU The Monster (Short Film, 2019) Synopsis The father reads a bedtime story to the son, and it’s Poe’s “The…


Livid (2011) Review

Director: Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury Writers: Julien Maury, Alexandre Bustillo Stars: Chloé Coulloud, Félix Moati, Jérémy Kapone Runtime: 1 Hour, 32 Minutes Amazon Link: https://amzn.to/2YEzeBo Livid (2011) Review Synopsis We zoom in on Lucy, a…


Nekromantik (1987) Review

– Director: Jörg Buttgereit– Writers: Jörg Buttgereit, Franz Rodenkirchen– Stars: Bernd Daktari Lorenz, Beatrice Manowski, Harald Lundt – Run time: 1 Hour, 11 Minutes– Amazon Link: https://amzn.to/2LW367d Synopsis A couple are driving down the road and run into a train. We see their mutilated corpses as the Credits roll. A crew of guys come and pick up the pieces…


Paranoiac (1963) Review

Paranoiac (1963) – Director: Freddie Francis– Writers: Jimmy Sangster– Stars: Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burrell– Run time: 1 Hour, 20 Minutes– Amazon Link: https://amzn.to/38tENqS Synopsis We open in a cemetery where we see the…