The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on July 24, 2018

My journey through the Arrow Sartana Blu-ray box set continues with the fourth entry in the "official" series, HAVE A GOOD FUNERAL MY FRIEND...SARTANA WILL PAY. This 1970 movie has Gianni Garko returning in the title role. The story opens with a gold prospector being ambushed and murdered...but Sar   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on July 22, 2018

A few weeks ago I wrote a post on what was my favorite John Carradine monster movie. I narrowed the choices down to the two Universal films that Carradine appeared in as Dracula: HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN and HOUSE OF DRACULA. I picked HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, but HOUSE OF DRACULA is...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on July 19, 2018

I've been waiting years for any of the Thelma Todd/Zasu Pitts/Patsy Kelly comedy short subjects to be officially released on home video. Finally there's some light at the end of the tunnel. ClassicFlix has released all 21 of the Thelma Todd/Patsy Kelly shorts as a DVD set, and the Thelma...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on July 17, 2018

The third entry in the Arrow Sartana Blu-ray box set is the the 1970 film SARTANA'S HERE...TRADE YOUR PISTOL FOR A COFFIN. Uruguayan actor George Hilton plays Sartana in this one instead of Gianni Garko. This movie is even wilder than the preceding titles in the series, with a number...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on July 14, 2018

The second film in the Sartana Blu-ray box set from Arrow is I AM SARTANA, YOUR ANGEL OF DEATH (1969). Gianni Garko returns as the title character, and the director is Giuliano Carnimeo, using the pseudonym "Anthony Ascott". Carnimeo would go on to helm the rest of the official Sartana...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on July 11, 2018

In the past few years I've managed to build a considerable Spaghetti Western movie collection on home video. I have movies starring all the famous characters of the genre, such as The Man With No Name, Sabata, Ringo, Trinity, Django, Cuchillo....now Arrow Video has released a box set of films...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on July 7, 2018

A few weeks ago, I traveled out to Illinois to visit my brother Robert. We visited a number of Chicago record stores, and on the way back to Robert's house we stopped at a Half Price Books, where I purchased a used copy of KEEP WATCHING THE SKIES!, one of...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on July 4, 2018

The latest issue of Richard Klemensen's magnificent LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS is available, and it continues the high standards the magazine has maintained for over forty years. LSOH is the ultimate resource when it comes to everything about Hammer Films. LSOH #40 has an amazing fold-out cover from   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on July 1, 2018

One of the many major highlights of last weekend's Monster Bash Conference was meeting up again with Derek Koch, the man behind the famed Monster Kid Radio podcast (www.monsterkidradio.net). Derek was awarded a much deserved Monster Bash Lifetime Achievement Award, and I for one know how much person   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on June 30, 2018

On the weekend of June 22-24 of this year, I attended the annual Monster Bash Conference in Mars, PA. One of the major highlights of this event for me is attending one of author Greg Mank's informative and entertaining presentations. Greg has made an immeasurable contribution to the field of...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on June 25, 2018

Another year, another Monster Bash Conference. The annual celebration of all things concerning classic horror and science-fiction movies was held in Mars, PA on the weekend of June 22-24. As usual, Ron Adams and all the people at Creepy Classics put on a magnificent show. When I went to my...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on June 16, 2018

It's a great time to be alive if you are a Spaghetti Western fan. Nearly all of the outstanding examples of the genre have recently been released on special edition Blu-ray, and more of them are on the way. A company known as Film Movement is responsible for a full...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on June 10, 2018

I've often said that the best thing about the 1960 English horror entry DOCTOR BLOOD'S COFFIN is seeing Hazel Court in a nurse's outfit. The movie had been available for many years on several public domain home video releases, and now Shout Factory has put it out on Blu-ray. What...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on June 9, 2018

I did a full review on the 1959 Italian Gothic horror tale THE VAMPIRE AND THE BALLERINA in November 2016. Shout Factory, under its Scream Factory label, has recently released the movie on Blu-ray. and it is a fine upgrade from the many grey-market and YouTube presentations of the film....   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on June 1, 2018

This is my contribution to The Great Hammer-Amicus Blogathon. FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED (1969) was the fifth film in the Hammer Frankenstein series. In the groundbreaking THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1956), Peter Cushing first portrayed the Baron as a Byronic anti-hero who was willing to do eve   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 30, 2018

The 1970 horror anthology film THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD is my favorite Amicus film of all time. There are several reasons for this. The top reason is the main cast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Ingrid Pitt (looking as luscious as ever), and Jon Pertwee, who also happens to be...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 27, 2018

I have to admit that I felt a certain amount of trepidation when Disney/Lucasfilm announced they were going to produce a film concerning the younger days of Han Solo. The main reason for my worries was the fact that Harrison Ford would not be starring in the movie. Unlike characters...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 26, 2018

Not that long ago on this blog I posted lists of my favorite actors and actresses. John Wayne and Jean Arthur appeared on those lists, so it's only natural that I purchased A LADY TAKES A CHANCE, a 1943 film starring the duo, on Blu-ray. The movie details the adventures...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 21, 2018

My latest YouTube discovery is a 1934 programmer called TAKE THE STAND. A murder mystery based on a novel written by Earl Derr Biggers (the creator of Charlie Chan), the film stars one of my favorite classic Hollywood ladies, Thelma Todd. TAKE THE STAND was made by an independent company...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on May 18, 2018

You know there's a movie called SOLO coming out soon, right? Of course you do. And of course you know that it's gonna make a ton of money, and there's going to be even more STAR WARS movie spin-offs in the future. If Disney/Lucasfilm was smart, they'd give me a...   read more