Tag Archives: Blue Underground

Movies Till Dawn: What You Could Be Watching This Weekend (High Tension for the Holidays 2017 Edition)

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“Luke Cage: The Complete First Season” (2017, Buena Vista Home Entertainment) If you grew up in the 1970s, you knew Luke Cage as Power Man, the first African-American superhero with his own comic book series. Though possessed of superhuman strength … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The Saturday Morning Strange (Short, Sweet and Strange for Halloween Edition)

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“Island of Terror” (1966, Shout Factory) Scientists working on a cure for cancer in a remote island laboratory discover that their experiments have an unexpected side effect: monstrous, tentacled amoebas devour that human bones! Energetic Saturday afternoon-style sci-fi from the … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Spotlight on Blue Underground

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“Death Line” (1973) The discovery of an injured government official in a London Underground station leads American David Ladd (son of actor Alan Ladd, and brother of producer Alan Ladd, Jr.) and his British girlfriend (Sharon Gurney), along with a … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: ‘Tis the Season – ’80s Creature Features for Christmas Edition

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Paul Gaita

“The Thing” (1982, Shout Factory) In the frozen icescape of Antarctica, the staff of a remote research outpost discovers an alien craft and its inhabitant, which proves to be not only alive, but able to form perfectly identical replicas of … Continue reading →

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Science Fiction Double Feature (+3): New Views of Future Past Edition

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Paul Gaita

12 a.m. – “High-Rise” – Drama/Thriller (2015, Magnolia Home Entertainment) The haves and the have-nots settle their differences through murder and anarchy in this gorgeously photographed nightmare by Ben Wheatley (“Kill List”), based on the dystopian novel by J.G. Ballard. … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Gene Wilder Tribute – “The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother”

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Paul Gaita

(1975, Kino Lorber) Gene Wilder made his directorial debut with this relentlessly silly comedy about the efforts of the Great Detective’s younger, more excitable but equally brilliant sibling, Sigerson (played by Wilder), to retrieve important state secrets before they fall … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: All Night International Crime Wave

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Paul Gaita

12 a.m. – “Blood and Black Lace” – Horror (1964, Arrow Video) The brutal murder of a fashion model leads to the revelation of a diary in which she detailed the various vices carried out at her salon, leaving both … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Action Packed – Continental Edition

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Paul Gaita

Midnight – “Two Men in Town” – Crime Drama (1973, Cohen Media Group) Melancholy French noir about redemption and fate, with Alain Delon as a former bank robber freed from prison through the intervention of social worker Jean Gabin, who … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Reagan-Era Nightmares – End of the World Edition

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Paul Gaita

12 a.m. – “Escape from New York” – Action/Science Fiction (1981, Shout Factory) John Carpenter’s future action thriller operates on a coal-black premise that would have undoubtedly amused the most hawkish members of the Reagan Administration: to combat a 400% … Continue reading →

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