Ryan Watches 50 Movies

One unexpected result of watching a bunch of cheap old horror movies is that I've developed a familiarity with the now long-forgotten studios that released them. On doing some academic research (i.e. clicking around Wikipedia), I've learned a little bit more about " Poverty Row ," which was the collective name given to all the tiny, low-budget studios who used to crank these things out. One such Poverty Row studio was Producers Releasing Corporation. They produced last week's Dead Men Walk , so I had a pretty good idea of what I was in for when I realized that this week's The Mad Monster , from 1942, was also unleashed on the world by PRC. But I watched it anyway. After all, I've come this far. I can't turn back now! Synopsis George Zucco of Dead Men Walk is back again, this time as Dr. Cameron, a mad scientist who lives in a big ol' house in some kind of swampy area. As the film begins, Dr. Cameron is the happiest mad scientist on the block , bec...

So, it's not Monday. It's later than Monday. I've been trying to stick with the Monday night update schedule on this here blog, but for some reason it's just not working out, as evidenced by the fact that it's today is the type of Monday that is a Wednesday. So here's the deal: from now on, I'm updating this thing on Wednesday evenings. Mark your calendars. This week's horror classic is Dead Men Walk . It's a drama from 1995 starring Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon, which covers the controversial topic of -- wait a minute. Sorry, that's Dead Man Walking . Dead Men Walk is a 1943 cheapo starring veteran actor George Zucco, which covers the controversial topic of vampires. It does so very... very... slowly. Everything in this movie happens slowly. It's only 64 minutes long, but it could have easily been 32 if they had just picked up the pace. But enough of my Alive Man Complaining. Synopsis The first thing we, the viewers, see is a spooky face sp...