Saturday, October 31, 2020
Halloween Doc Watch: Wolfman's Got Nards (2018)
Interactive Watch: The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
Watched: 10/27/2020
Format: Amazon Watch Party
Viewing: First
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Spooky Comedy Watch: Hubie Halloween (2020)
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Hammer Watch: Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Hammer Watch: Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1968)
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Noir Watch: Destination Murder (1950)
Watch Party Watch: Slighty Scarlet (1956)
Watched: 10/20/2020
Format: Amazon Watch Party
Viewing: First
Decade: 1950's
Director: Allan Dwan - Director of Photography: John Alton
Saturday, October 17, 2020
PODCAST: "Phantom of the Opera" (1925) and (1962) - Universal and Hammer Studios! - Halloween 2020 w/ SimonUK and Ryan
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Hammer Watch: Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Watch Party Watch: Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965)
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Noir Watch: The Racket (1951)
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Amazon Watch Party: How to Make a Monster (1958)
Watched: 10/06/2020
Format: Amazon Watch Party
Viewing: First
Decade: 1950's
Director: Herbert L. Strock
Monday, October 12, 2020
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Noir Watch: Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Mystery Watch: Enola Holmes (2020)
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Disney Attempt-at-Spooky Watch: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
Watched: 10/04/2020
Format: Disney+
Viewing: I'm calling it a first for the whole movie
Decade: 1940's
Director: James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kenney
Hammer Watch: The Brides of Dracula (1960)
Watched: 10/04/2020
Format: Amazon Streaming
Viewing: First
Decade: 1960
Director: Terence Fisher
Saturday, October 3, 2020
Noir Watch: They Won't Believe Me (1947)
An interesting noir with a series of curious twists and a solid cast. Presented on TCM's Noir Alley, host Eddie Muller brought in author Christina Lane who recently released a book on the film's producer Joan Harrison, Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock (which would make a welcome Christmas gift for us at Signal Watch HQ). Harrison is worth discussing for her path into the film business, sensibility she brought to Hitchcock's story-telling, and... frankly, some of the other movies she's produced - including Phantom Lady* and Ride the Pink Horse - are fantastic and owe a lot of their story strength and sensibility to Harrison.
They Won't Believe Me (1947) is framed with a murder trial. Young is the defendant, and he's telling his tale/ spilling his guts from the witness stand, trying to explain what really happened, and which looks, honestly, really, really bad for him.