Chris Costello, the youngest daughter of Lou Costello of the comedy team Abbott and Costello, is most well known for her biography of her father "Lou’s on First." This wonderfully touching ...

Blog entry - Jenn Dlugos - 2002-10-25 00:00 - 3 comments

In 1920, most silent films were of the garden-variety, straightforward tales with linear plot lines. They were intended to be sheer entertainment, with little emotional depth, and depicted events in worlds at lea ...

Movie - Jenn Dlugos - 2005-10-18 00:00 - 0 comments

“One by one the victims fell, each death more gruesome than the last….” The “true horror story” of The Boston Strangler kept many women off the streets at night. Today, ...

Movie - Jenn Dlugos - 2002-09-10 00:00 - 0 comments

As is very obvious to the poor souls that have the displeasure of knowing me, I have a documented obsession with the man we call Herschell Gordon Lewis . I am arguably the only homosapien on thi ...

Movie - Jenn Dlugos - 2002-09-04 22:18 - 0 comments

When Nate asked me to review this film for the second time, I scoffed. This isn’t unusual as I tend to scoff at anything Nate says, but the reason for this particular brand of scoffing lies in my ...

Movie - Jenn Dlugos - 2004-10-24 00:00 - 0 comments

Without a doubt, 1958's Dracula is the Granddaddy of Hammer Horror. Changed to Horror of Dracula for the US release (to prevent confusion as Bela Lugosi ’s Dracula was stil ...

Movie - Jenn Dlugos - 2004-09-09 00:00 - 0 comments

There are two types of movie suspense. The first is cinematic suspense which is simply designed to keep the audience interested in the picture. All movies, regardless of genre, use this brand of su ...

Movie - Jenn Dlugos - 2005-12-14 01:00 - 0 comments

“One of us! One of us!” Who could forget that infamous scene that is spoofed to this very day (latest was in Kevin Smith’s "Clerks" cartoon). Sensitive and powerful, this film is ...

Movie - Jenn Dlugos - 2002-10-14 00:00 - 0 comments

I am willing to accept that most every attempt at horror that Hollywood puts out is going to be hack. Above this, I can still usually find something at least mildly enjoyable in the typical Hollywood horror ...

Movie - Jenn Dlugos - 2005-06-08 00:00 - 0 comments

If I had known this movie was based on a Stephen King story, I wouldn’t have gone. Basically, his movies are werewolf poo. Not that this is his fault, by the way. YOU try to cram 1000 pag ...

Movie - Jenn Dlugos - 2004-05-30 00:00 - 0 comments