WEB OF THE SPIDER On Blu-ray From Film Masters

My last blog post was on a Blu-ray of Antonio Margheriti's CASTLE OF BLOOD, so I might as well follow that up with a look at a special edition release of the remake of that film: WEB OF THE SPIDER. This 1971 feature was also helmed by Margheriti, and it is included on a two-disc Blu-ray set from Fil... Read full article

THE SPIDER WOMAN STRIKES BACK On Blu-ray From Kino

THE SPIDER WOMAN STRIKES BACK (1946) was made toward the end of what is called Universal's "Silver Age" of thrillers and chillers. The movie is not a sequel to the studio's Sherlock Holmes entry THE SPIDER WOMAN, despite having the same star, Gale Sondergaard. A young woman named Jean (Brenda Joyce)... Read full article

Dick Tracy (1937, Ray Taylor and Alan James), Chapter 12: The Trail of the Spider

The Trail of the Spider is the clip chapter. After the current winner for laziest cliffhanger resolve in the serial–Ralph Byrd turns a steering wheel to get out of danger–Byrd and the cast get together with three new characters to hear all about the Spider. Although Byrd’s been hunting the Spi... Read full article

CHRISTIE CUTE: The Spider's Web (1960)

Glynis Johns stars as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown in the comedy-thriller The Spider's Web from Agatha Christie's play. Margaret Lockwood, Agatha Christie Agatha Christie had great success with her plays The Mousetrap and The Hollow and was preparing for the opening of Witness for the Prosecution... Read full article

CHRISTIE CUTE: The Spider's Web (1960)

Glynis Johns stars as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown in the comedy-thriller The Spider's Web from Agatha Christie's play. Margaret Lockwood, Agatha Christie Agatha Christie had great success with her plays The Mousetrap and The Hollow and was preparing for the opening of Witness for the Prosecution... Read full article