Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Rendezvous - (1935)

This is a spy movie starring William Powell. The problem with the movie is the love interest in the movie played by Rosalind Russell is annoying. I usually don't watch movies that are rated just a two by Leonard Maltin. It was a chance I shouldn't have taken. It's not horrible but not good either.

The Asphyx

This was an ok 1970s British horror movie that reminded me of a Hammer movie although it wasn't made by them. It's about an old man who tries to figure out how to capture "the asphyx", a spirit that happens when a person is about to die. The man is able to become immortal but not without a couple of murders happening in the meantime. The old man soon realizes that immorality isn't all it's cracked up to be. I saw it on Kanopy. It's not a masterpiece but it's worth a watch.

The Doll

This was a pretty cool Swedish horror movie from the 1960s. Per Oscarsson gives a masterful performance as a night watchman who steals a doll. He forms a relationship with the doll. In no time the tenants of the house he lives in figure out something is wrong and eventually come to know his secret. It ends with a pretty creepy ending. Frankly, I'm surprised this neat psychological horror film doesn't have a following.