Tag Archives: Vincent Price

Pete’s Peek | The Saint vs The Falcon – two classic 1940s mystery series get a UK DVD release

Posted on 19 April 2012 by peter

In the late 1930s and early 1940s, RKO Pictures made a popular series of hard-boiled thrillers starring Leslie Charteris’s hero The Saint, with George Sanders in the role that Vincent Price originally made famous on radio. Following Louis Hayward’s attempt … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel is a fitting tribute to the King of the Bs

Posted on 21 March 2012 by peter

Now here’s a film trivia question for you. What connects the like of Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Peter Bogdanovich, Jack Nicholson, William Shatner and Peter Fonda? The answer – Roger Corman. This one-man show of producer, director, writer and actor … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Lost Horizons: Beneath the Hollywood Sign – a darkly comic memoir

Posted on 13 August 2011 by peter

From Universal’s classic monster movies of the 1930s to the fleshpot romps of Russ Meyer in the 1960s, and the European arthouse antics of Fellini and Visconti in the 1970s, cult movies have become part of the fabric of contemporary … Continue reading →

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The Tingler screams into Birmingham’s Shock & Gore Fantastic Film Festival in July

Posted on 29 June 2011 by peter

The Electric Cinema in Birmingham (the UK’s oldest working cinema) is renowned for its monthly cult film nights. Now the Electric is hosting its very first Shock & Gore fantastic film festival (Friday 1 July to Sunday 3 July) featuring … Continue reading →

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From golden oldies to cult classics, Odeon Entertainment is an Aladdin’s cave for film fans

Posted on 19 June 2011 by peter

For fans of vintage Hollywood and British movies, Odeon Entertainment is a great place to hunt down old favourites and undiscovered gems. The Hollywood Studio Collection is bursting at the seams with classics from the 1940s and 1950s, including Robert … Continue reading →

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Stoke Newington celebrates the life and legacy of the master of the macabre Edgar Allan Poe on June 4

Posted on 2 June 2011 by peter

Did you know that Edgar Allan Poe used to live in Stoke Newington, north London? Well, in honor of the former N16 resident, a day of celebrations is being held on Saturday June 4 to coincide with the Stoke Newington … Continue reading →

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Who won our While the City Sleeps competition?

Posted on 9 November 2010 by peter

Our competition to win a DVD of the newly restored and remastered film noir classic While the City Sleeps is now closed. Thanks to Exposure Cinema for supplying the prizes and well done to all the entrants who answered correctly … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | The phantasmal 1960′s masterpiece Spirits of the Dead comes to Blu-ray

Posted on 26 October 2010 by peter

In an era long, long ago, a group of celebrated actors and directors pooled their collective talents to create a haunting homage to the work of Edgar Allan Poe. To top it off, that master of the macabre, Vincent Price, … Continue reading →

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Competition time | Win the gritty film noir classic While the City Sleeps on DVD

Posted on 11 October 2010 by peter

This competition has now closed While a sex maniac dubbed The Lipstick Killer prowls the streets of New York, media tycoon Walter Kyne (Vincent Price) pits his three top newsmen against each other to scoop the story, but in the … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Fritz Lang’s remastered film noir classic While the City Sleeps

Posted on 10 October 2010 by peter

Having established his noir credentials with the 1940’s films Ministry of Fear, Scarlet Street and The Woman in the Window, director Fritz Lang (the visionary behind the 1930s classics M and Metropolis) stepped back into the shadows for 1956’s pulp … Continue reading →

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