The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on June 12, 2022

There's always been a fascination over terrible films. Whether it's a no-budget turkey with no proficient technical values whatsoever, or a major-budget blockbuster disaster, the stories behind the making of lousy movies are often times more compelling than watching a well-made cinematic story. THE   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on June 10, 2022

The first Blu-ray from Severin's THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE COLLECTION 2 box set I will examine is 1961's THE SECRET OF THE RED ORCHID (original German title DAS RATSEL DER ROTEN ORCHIDEE). This film is part of the long-running series of krimi movies based on the works of British...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on June 7, 2022

Last year Severin's THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE Blu-ray box set was my pick for home video release of the year. The company is back with THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE 2, a seven-disc collection containing six rare films featuring Lee. (This set is not available yet for general release,...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on June 5, 2022

SATURNALIA is writer-producer-director-star Joshua Kennedy's wildest, most off-beat film yet....and that's saying something. Because it's so wild and off-beat, and because it touches upon so many genres, it's almost impossible to describe. The main point is that the film is exceedingly fun to watch   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on June 4, 2022

THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD is a 1936 light-comedy/mystery film from RKO, starring William Powell and Jean Arthur (pictured above). By the time this film was made, William Powell had plenty of experience in the lighthearted mystery genre, having already played Nick Charles, Philo Vance, and many other law   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 31, 2022

This is a Jimmy Stewart film that I had never seen. The title of this film, which was produced by Warner Bros. in 1940, is somewhat ironic, because in my opinion there's not a lot of comedy in it. NO TIME FOR COMEDY is a film adaptation of a successful...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 30, 2022

VIOLENT CITY is a 1970 Italian crime drama starring Charles Bronson and Telly Savalas. I had never seen the film, and didn't really know anything about it...but when I found out that Kino's Blu-ray release of it was going to feature three versions of the movie, I figured why not...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 27, 2022

Today marks the 100th anniversary of Christopher Lee. I've decided to mark this occasion by ranking the Hammer Dracula films which starred Lee. The format is much the same as yesterday's ranking of the Hammer Frankenstein films starring Peter Cushing. One aspect of the Hammer Draculas that doesn't   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 26, 2022

On this day in 1913, Peter Cushing was born. I usually write a Cushing-themed post on this day, and for this year I decided to rank the six Hammer films in which the actor portrayed Baron Frankenstein. Playing Victor Frankenstein in Hammer's first color Gothic film, THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN,...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 21, 2022

The Mexican legend of "La Llorona", or the Crying Woman, has been the basis of several films. THE CURSE OF THE CRYING WOMAN (original title LA MALDICION DE LA LLORONA) is an excellent black & white 1961 Mexican film dealing with the character. The movie starts with a pre-title sequence...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 19, 2022

THE WITCH'S MIRROR is a 1960 Mexican Gothic horror film, directed by Chano Urueta (who had an important acting role in THE WILD BUNCH) and produced by Abel Salazar (who starred and produced in the incredible THE BRAINIAC) . The film's original Mexican title is EL ESPEJO DE LA BRUJA....   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 12, 2022

On my latest excursion to Half Price Books, I picked up this little paperback item for $3. ROGER MOORE'S JAMES BOND DIARY was written to coincide with the theatrical release of LIVE AND LET DIE, the first Bond film that Moore starred in. I assume that Moore had some ghostwriting...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 9, 2022

The 27th of this month marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the legendary Christopher Lee. During my time writing this blog I've done plenty of posts on Lee's films--there's plenty to choose from. One of Lee's more obscure movie appearances is a 1961 German-Irish-British production called THE   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 7, 2022

I finally got around to viewing the fourth and final disc of VCI's Santo Blu-ray box set, which contains two cinematic adventures of the Mexican masked wrestler. SANTO AND BLUE DEMON VS. FRANKENSTEIN (1974) has a lot in common with SANTO VS. FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER. Once again Santo (along with fel   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on April 30, 2022

The generically named IT! is a 1967 horror film I caught up with on TCM yesterday. The movie was written, produced, and directed by Herbert J. Leder, who was responsible for the underwhelming THE FROZEN DEAD. What makes IT! notable is the fact that IT is the Golem, the fabled...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on April 26, 2022

This is a film that has gotten a lot of buzz online, and, since it also stars the legendary Michelle Yeoh, I decided to go out to the theater and see it. It's a production that almost defies description, a wild and oftentimes wacky action/fantasy combination of Hong Kong kung...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on April 24, 2022

Batman is my favorite comic book character, and just about every movie featuring the Dark Knight I've managed to go and see soon after its theatrical release. For the latest one, however, I felt no sense of urgency in seeing it in a theater. It is because I'm burned out...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on April 23, 2022

PANCHO VILLA is a 1972 Euro Western, filmed in Spain, with Telly Savalas in the title role. Many of the people involved in this production, such as producer Bernard Gordon, writer Julian Halevy, and director Eugenio Martin, would soon later go on to make the fantastic HORROR EXPRESS. A number...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on April 16, 2022

The latest Hammer Region A Blu-ray release from Shout Factory is NIGHT CREATURES, the American titled version of the 1962 film CAPTAIN CLEGG. NIGHT CREATURES is a remake of the 1937 film DR. SYN, which was based on the Russell Thorndyke novel of the same name. Thorndyke wrote a number...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on April 10, 2022

Another German silent epic gets the Region A Blu-ray treatment from Kino Lorber. This time it's the 1921 two-part exotic adventure tale THE INDIAN TOMB (original title DIE INDISCHE GRABMAL), written by Thea von Harbou and Fritz Lang, and directed by Joe May. Distinguished English architect Herbert   read more