Maniac (1934) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Exploitation Horror Classic
The guy with the camera behind “Maniac” ended up filming a couple of the films that are usually mentioned, when people talk about the worst movie ever made. William C. Thompson who was holding the camera for Dwain Esper’s 1934…
Flesh and the Spur (1957) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Western Classic
The man who financed this picture was born Krekor Ohanian to Armenian immigrant parents in Fresno, raised the entire $117,000 budget by going to friends in the Armenian-American community, and billed himself "Touch Connors" because his agent thought it suited…
Jigsaw (1949) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Film Noir Classic
Watch Jigsaw closely and you'll catch John Garfield standing on a New York street corner reading a newspaper, completely unbilled, on screen for maybe two seconds. Three years later, Garfield was dead of a heart attack at 39 — worn…
This Is Not a Test (1962) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Cold War Sci-Fi Classic
"This is a test. This is only a test." For anyone who grew up with the Emergency Broadcast System, that phrase meant nothing was wrong — a monthly tone, a few seconds of static, then back to the regular program.…
Earthworm Tractors (1936) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Joe E. Brown Comedy
Warner Bros. shut down the Caterpillar Tractor Company's plant in Peoria, Illinois for several weeks in 1936 and let a film crew use it as a set. The town in the film is called Earthworm, Illinois — a thinly fictionalized…
The Amazing Transparent Man (1960) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Sci-Fi Classic
The director of The Amazing Transparent Man apprenticed under F.W. Murnau and worked on *Sunrise* (1927). He was forced out of major studio work after a personal transgression involving the wife of a Universal executive — she became Shirley Ulmer,…
Topper Returns (1941) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Ghost Comedy Mystery
Carole Landis was in the middle of filming Topper Returns when her Hal Roach contract ran out. She had just been publicly labelled "The Ping Girl" by a publicist — a nickname she loathed enough to write letters to newspapers…
The Giant Gila Monster (1959) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Cult Creature Feature
The man who produced The Giant Gila Monster also invented Top 40 radio. Gordon McLendon — Yale-educated, Naval intelligence officer, creator of KLIF Dallas, founder of the Liberty Broadcasting System, owner of the largest drive-in theater chain in Texas —…
The Mad Monster (1942) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Werewolf Horror Classic
Sam Newfield directed over 250 feature films. In some years he made more than twenty. He directed them for PRC — Producers Releasing Corporation — which was run by his brother Sigmund Neufeld, which means that the most prolific director…
Queen of the Amazons (1946) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Jungle Adventure Classic
The woman playing Jean Preston in this poverty row jungle picture is, at the time of filming, one year away from Broadway immortality. Patricia Morison would originate the lead in Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate in 1948 — the role…