Scared to Death (1947)
Though billed as a ‘Lugosi’ movie, William Christy Cabanne’s ‘Scared to Death’ makes very little use of its only valuable asset and suffers badly for it. Actually, that’s not quite fair as even Bela couldn’t be expected to do much with this terrible little film. Read more
A Bucket of Blood (1960)
Director Roger Corman is fast becoming a bit of a hero of mine. Whilst it would be a stretch to consider him a great director, it would appear that his great talent was being able to stitch together something fairly enjoyable from the most slender of resources. A Bucket of Blood, like much of his output, was made using the small change he found down the back of the sofa; apparently it was shot over a three day weekend because the rain meant that he couldn’t play tennis. His directorial style is probably best described as “efficient”; there’s no imagery or shots in this film that strike you as being particularly bad or good - Corman gets in, does what he has to do and gets out again. Read more
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