Meredith Stone (Patricia Pearcy) journeys to a home to serve as a nurse of the elderly Ivar Langrock (Joseph Cotten). When she arrives, she encounters the well-meaning (but prone to drinking) butler Phillip (Leon Charles), the chatty cook Duffy (Alice Nunn), and finally meets the elderly gent she will be serving. He’s a grouchy but […]
Read more "Homicidal Delusions: The House Where Death Lives (1981)"When Nancy Johnson (Melanie Verlin) discovers her step father Bert (Lawrence Tierney) is a drunken letch who wants a little sweet lovin’ while her mom is away, she hits him in the head with a radio and then hits the road. Her destination is California to crash with her sister. Unfortunately, thumbing rides is not […]
Read more "She Sings Praises in the Hall to Saintly Faces, (Un)Hallowed Be Their Names, She Can’t Recall: John Russo’s Midnight (1982)"Tommy Graham (Scott Haze) lives on the family farm with his crazily intense daddy Josiah (Robert Patrick). It’s a haunted place. The townies say it’s cursed land where the ghost of a dead matriarch is said to walk. In fact, it’s got plenty of bad history, but Tommy’s never seen any ghosts. Despite it all, […]
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