B-Movie Gazette: YOU CAN NOT DESTROY "IT!" (1967) - NOT BY FIRE, WATER, FORCE OR ANYTHING MADE BY MAN - RODDY MCDOWELL IS IN CAHOOTS WITH THE GOLEM OF PRAGUE!!

B-MOVIE OF THE MONTH - DEAD END (2003)

Made for less than a million dollars, the slightly obscure Dead End is a chilling little indie you don't want to miss. It might just be the best Christmas horror movie no one ever heard of and every dollar is up there on the screen. It's quirky, weird, funny, bizarre, and scary all at once. Black comedy for sure but much more, this would make a nice double feature with The Perfect Host, another movie we're big on around here. So, grab some eggnog and a snack or two and check out the inimitable Ray Wise with legendary Lin Shaye as they take their family down a wrong turn, what's up with this road? Why doesn't it end? After all, they're just trying to make it to Christmas Eve dessert at Frank's mother's house. Tubi, Plex, Freevee, enjoy! 2.75 stars/2.75

Sunday, October 3, 2021

YOU CAN NOT DESTROY "IT!" (1967) - NOT BY FIRE, WATER, FORCE OR ANYTHING MADE BY MAN - RODDY MCDOWELL IS IN CAHOOTS WITH THE GOLEM OF PRAGUE!!

Roddy McDowell takes good care of his mom.

What a great time of the year this is! All the blogs are doing their spooky thing for October and the streaming services have gone whole hog horror. So thought I would chime in with one of my personal favorites, a great British horror flick filmed in 1966, released in 1967.

A young and dapper Roddy McDowell plays an assistant museum curator who has a very unique relationship with the museum's latest piece, a 9 foot tall statue of the Golem of Prague. What will he do with his newfound friend and power? And what's the deal with his dead mother?

Roddy was a major rising star at this time and his lead performance here is at once strong, enthusiastic, psychotic, comedic - classic Roddy McDowell at his best.

A bit hard to find, except for some old VHS issues, does not look like it was ever released digitally, at least not here in the US. The only version online I could find is a fairly decent upload on DailyMotion below, enjoy! 2.75 stars/2.75