Category: 50’s
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Hammer’s Frankenstein films, ranked
*This is more of a ranking of the films where Peter Cushing plays Frankenstein than a list of all of Hammer’s Frankenstein films, which is exactly why I decided to exclude The […]
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) Directed by Terence Fisher The motion picture that invigorated British Gothic horror and marked a milestone in the history of the Hammer film company, The Curse of […]
Them! (1954)
Them! (1954) Directed by Gordon Douglas A rousingly entertaining piece of atomic-era paranoia and one of the most astonishing achievements of allegorical monster flicks. As post-war tensions flared and nuclear threats proliferated […]
The White Reindeer (1952)
The White Reindeer (1952) Directed by Erik Blomberg Somehow Bergman metaphysics when Bergman metaphysics wasn’t even a thing yet. Erik Blomberg’s The White Reindeer is perhaps too abstract in its folkloric gobbledygook […]
While the City Sleeps (1956)
While the City Sleeps (1956) Directed by Fritz Lang Fritz Lang’s tabloid film about tabloid reporters covering a sensational crime story is one of the coldest, most cynical examinations of the world […]
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) Directed by Terence Fisher Dr. Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) manages to escape his sentence on the guillotine and has now settled in a small town under the pseudonym […]
Vera Cruz (1954)
Vera Cruz (1954) Directed by Robert Aldrich Robert Aldrich’s gritty western embraces the laborious task and adopts the much-needed maturity to divorce itself from Fordian romanticism and Hawksian fraternal lyricism by going […]
The Prowler (1951)
The Prowler (1951) Directed by Joseph Losey Joseph Losey’s nasty, cheap rip-off of Double Indemnity is more mean-spirited, less sardonic than Billy Wilder’s masterpiece; it trades venomous femme fatale sensuality for macho […]
Decision at Sundown (1957)
Decision at Sundown (1957) Directed by Budd Boetticher Burt Kennedy’s screenwriting is sorely missed in this passive western from the collaborative cycle of Randolph Scott and producer Harry Joe Brown. Budd Boetticher’s […]
The Bad Seed (1956)
The Bad Seed (1956) Directed by Mervyn LeRoy The Freudian reading of the play’s perfidious psychology is too dense to be treated as a basic, pathetic soap opera. Mervyn LeRoy does his […]
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Grindhouse Fest: Late Night Trains (1975)
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Blue Rita (1977)
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