The Return of Doctor X

Humphrey Bogart regarded this as his biggest dog of a film. He plays a mad scientist who went to the electric chair, died, was revived with "synthetic blood," then had to subsist by draining the blood of others.

And here's the weirdest thing: almost every scene in this trailer is an outtake, not seen in the actual film! I wonder if viewers of the era felt ripped off.

'Nuff said!

The Dynamite Brothers

If this trailer appeals, you can watch the whole movie here at YouTube.

Follies of the Mad Men #118

It's all fun and games until someone gets their chest burst open.....

Grade A Exegesis

The Corpse Vanishes

This film without comment track was a total hoot! I imagine the MST3K version is even greater. Part 1 begins here.

Follies of the Mad Men #115

[From Life magazine for December 13 1943.]

Okay, if you want to claim that your shaving cream will make the Average Joe resemble a movie star, wouldn't you pick Errol Flynn, say, or even Humphrey Bogart, rather than Frankenstein's monster?

Worst Art-house Movie Ever?

The site where I found this clip explains:

"The now-infamous 'cup and sea' sequence from director Turge Babonet's 1968 film, THE HORRIBLE HORROR -- which prompted writer Cleveland Amory (TV Guide. May 12, 1968) to comment on the state of European cinema, 'You have to be on LSD to understand it'. Babonet's Dutch-language drama was ambitiously rescored and subtitled for US distribution, but its story of tragically depressed cod fishermen held no appeal for American audiences."

However, many folks believe Turge is a hoax.

Look at this purported list of Turge's films, and tell me what you think.

Latitude Zero

This campy spectacular was long unavailable in the USA. I watched it last night and can report that it is full of prime-grade weirdness. If you have ever wanted to see Caesar Romero transplant a woman's brain into the body of a winged lion, now is your chance!

Jackboots On Whitehall

Alternate history science fiction told entirely through puppets.

Not something you see every day.

Lucifer’s Women

Also known as DOCTOR DRACULA.

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