Following the success of Tim Burton’s Batman many studios were scrambling around to get their hands on their own comic book-type property, so that it could turn into the next big thing, this led to Universal Pictures teaming up with producer Martin Bregman who had acquired the rights to the pulp action hero The Shadow….
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
The Shadow: The Serial (1940) – Review
The popular pulp action hero The Shadow was made popular via classic radio series and pulp magazines but in 1940 the character had only one singular venture into the world of serials – following the likes of Flash Gordon and Captain Marvel – where he received very mixed reviews, which is probably why this serial…
The Shadow Strikes (1937) – Review
Writer Walter B. Gibson originally created The Shadow to be nothing more than the “spooky” announcer for a radio drama series, with its sole purpose to boost sales for a flagging pulp magazine, but listeners became so intrigued with the character that they start demanding stories featuring this mysterious figure, and thus a crime-fighting legend…
Hausu (1977) – Review
A haunted house is one of the more popular settings of the horror genre but with Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Hausu we get something altogether unique, and by that I mean this film is like no other horror movie you’ve ever seen. This Japanese cult classic combines surrealism, horror and comedy in a bizarre mind-bending experience that…
Blind Fury (1989) – Review
The 1980s saw a boom in great action films, with Arnie and Stallone dominating the genre, but in 1989 actor turned producer Tim Matheson would take his love of itinerant blind masseur and Japanese swordsman Zatoichi, and along with star Rutger Hauer, he’d create a rather fun and bizarre action movie, this flick was Blind…