Ryan Watches 50 Movies

"Look out! The zombies are revolting!" "I'll say they are... heck, they're repulsive !" [Note: That exchange does not occur in this movie. But it should have.] Remember last week when I said I was beginning to feel the fatigue of attempting to watch 50 "classic" horror movies? Well, that fatigue continued this week. Now, I like old movies, and traditionally I've always had a fondness for bad movies ( Have a Nice Weekend and Scream Baby Scream changed my life). But watching one of these things every week is like eating an entire box of Fruity Pebbles in one sitting: that which is normally a fun treat simply becomes overwhelming, even sickening. And afterward, my saliva is orange. So this week, before watching Revolt of the Zombies , I attempted to cleanse my scary-movie palate (located somewhere between the hypothalamus and the medulla oblongata) by re-watching Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Psycho , of course, is great. From what I've al...

Black Dragons is a 1942 film starring Bela Lugosi. " Black Dragons ?" Bela Lugosi? Wow! This movie must be about a bunch of ancient warlocks who transform themselves into giant, flame-spewing, man-eating dragons and terrorize people for no discernible reason! And they all have European accents! Then it's up to a strapping hero to take them all down... any way he can.This is gonna be a good one, right? Let's see if I've assumed correctly. Synopsis The United States is teetering precariously on the brink of entering World War II; a newspaper headlines whose sides are cut off by the television frame screams " ACE TR ," which is always a sure sign of impending strife. In the Washington, D.C. home of Dr. Saunders, a bunch of military-industrial types are palling around and discussing the war. An uninvited guest arrives: It's Mr. Colomb (Lugosi!), who claims to be a patient of Dr. Saunders' with an urgent need to see him. After they speak privately ...