Friday, September 18, 2015

See no Evil

My mom once told me that Mia Farrow's career would have been better if she hadn't met Woody Allen.  I love The Purple Rose of Cairo so I disagreed with her.  However after seeing this and Rosemary's Baby I have to agree with my mom.  Mia Farrow was a great horror actress.
Mia Farrows plays a blind girl.  One day she goes horseback riding with her boyfriend and comes back and discovers that her family's been murdered.  The man who murdered them is still lingering around.  This was ok.  If you're a Mia Farrow fan it's definitely a must to watch.

Crowhaven Farm

I loved Hope Lange in the 50's.  She had such charisma in The Best of Everything and Peyton Place.  So when I learned she was in this made for tv horror movie I was thrilled.  This is one of the better made for tv horror movies in the 70's.  Actually I think it's an unique genre.  There were pretty scary movies like Bad Ronald and Don't be afraid of the Dark.
In Crowhaven Farm Hope Lange discovers that she had a past life as a witch.  She learns that there are people in the town who still want to get revenge at her for events that happened hundreds of years ago.  Her husband thinks she's crazy but he eventually realizes that the truth behind what his wife is saying.  The couple also adopt a 10 year old girl from the town and she proves to be evil. 
This sells on Ebay.  It's not officially on DVD.

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Mr. Sardonicus

Mr. Sardonicus .is a man with a disfigured face.  His wife Audrey Dalton loves another, a doctor.  The doctor comes to try to see if he can save Mr. Sardonicus' face.  The ending which is bleak is pretty cool.  William Castle may have been a gimmicky director but I feel he is not given enough credit.  He was a fun horror director and his movies always bring me joy.

The Great Sinner


Gregory Peck plays a man out for self destruction.  He doesn't gamble in the beginning of the movie but by the end he's an addict.  Ava Gardner looks really pretty in this movie.  It's an ok movie.  I'm going to watch To Kill a Mockingbird again soon though.  Gregory Peck is such a good actor.