This early ’70s offering finds the legendary Leonard Nimoy taking a sharp detour from the logical world of Mr. Spock into the misty realm of ESP, supernatural visions, and swinging ’70s mysticism. I give you the startling, strange movie Baffled!
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Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) – Review
There’s something undeniably charming about the made-for-TV horror movies of the 1970s. Maybe it’s the sincerity. Maybe it’s the slightly off studio lighting. Or maybe it’s the sheer audacity of a film that asks you to fear a floppy-eared family pet with glowing eyes. Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell is one of those gloriously…
Doctor Mordrid (1992) – Review
In 1992, Doctor Mordrid emerged from the depths of B-movie magic, a film that feels like a low-budget Doctor Strange movie — because, well, it almost was. This was to be an adaptation of that Marvel Comics character, that is, until the pre-production phase took so long that by the time filming started, they lost…
The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959) – Review
Kenji Misumi’s The Ghost of Yotsuya is one of those films that proves ghost stories don’t need jump scares to crawl under your skin. It’s a tale of betrayal, greed, and vengeance that trades gore for atmosphere, letting guilt and paranoia do the heavy lifting. By the time Oiwa’s spectral face floats across the screen,…
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) – Review
Some movies are classics because they’re brilliant. Others are classics because they’re accidents. And then there’s The Brain That Wouldn’t Die, a film so dedicated to proving “science has gone too far” that it basically becomes a PSA for never letting your boyfriend operate on you in a basement. It’s a Frankenstein riff, a medical…