Author: VHS Tracking
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Guilty As Sin (1993)
Next to the 90s erotic thriller is the sexy courtroom thriller, all of which tends to be coated in references to Hitchcock. Guilty As Sin (1993) is scripted by genre stalwart Larry Cohen (The Stuff, Phone Booth) and directed by Sidney Lumet (Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon), and I remember commercials for it at the time,… Read.
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A Return To Salem’s Lot (1987)
This was a wacky one. Part of the wave of Stephen King adaptations that were only tangentially related to their source material and clogged up the video shelves in the late 80s and early 90s, A Return To Salem’s Lot (1987) is a sequel to Stephen King’s novel and the TV miniseries, which is directed… Read.
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Nightmare Beach (1988)
Continuing my run of watching horror movies in October for the Halloween season, I was curious to see Nightmare Beach (1988) aka Welcome To Spring Break on the basis of its memorable poster painted by Renato Casaro. It’s also intriguing for how the film feels both like a giallo (an American giallo at that) and… Read.
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The Jericho Mile (1979)
Way before Thief and Heat, Michael Mann’s career-long interest in criminals began with first feature, The Jericho Mile (1979), a television movie made for ABC. Based and shot on location in Folsom Prison, with real life inmates as extras, this is both a prison drama and a sports drama. Focusing on Murphy (a taut, muscular… Read.
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Dr. Terror’s House Of Horrors (1965)
I’m a fan of Halloween and spending October watching horror movies, and Dr. Terror’s House Of Horrors (1965) was a great place to start – what a title! This British horror anthology film comes from Amicus Studios and naturally stars both Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Dr. Terror’s House Of Horrors starts in a train… Read.
