Postcards From Shadowland No.4

Bad Blonde 1953 — **BAD BLONDE (1953)** directed by Reginald Le Borg starring Barbara Payton, Frederick Valk and John Slater.

Betty Fields Flesh and Fantasy — Directed by Julien Duviveir – **FLESH AND FANTASY(1943)** starring Betty Field, Edward G.Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, Charles Boyer, Robert Cummings, Anna Lee, Dame May Whitty and C.Aubrey Smith

**Cast A Dark Shadow (1955)** directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood and Kay Walsh

hitch hiker — **The Hitch-Hiker (1953)** Directed by *Ida Lupino* and starring Edmond O’Brien, Frank Lovejoy and William Talman

**Night of The Eagle aka Burn Witch Burn (1962)** directed by Sidney Hayers, written for the screen by Charles Beaumont, and starring Peter Wyngarde , Janet Blair and Margaret Johnston.

**Panic In The Streets (1950)** directed by Elia Kazan and starring Jack Palance, Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas and Barbara Bel Geddes

Peter Lorre -M — **M (1931)** Directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre

**The Queen of Spades (1949)** Directed by Thorold Dickinson and starring starring Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans and Yvonne Mitchell

rope-of-sand — **ROPE OF SAND (1949)** Directed by William Dieterle and starring Burt Lancaster, Paul Henried, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre and Corinne Calvet.

**Edge of Doom (1950)** directed *Mark Robson* and starring *Farley Granger*, *Dana Andrews* and *Joan Evans.*

sin-in-the-suburbs-sarno- — *Joe Sarno’s* **Sin In The Suburbs (1964)**

Stranger on the 3 floor — **Stranger on The 3rd Floor (1940)** Directed by Boris Ingster and starring Peter Lorre, John McGuire and Margaret Tallichet.

Strangers On A Train — **Strangers on a Train (1951)** Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Farley Granger, Robert Walker and Ruth Roman.

the 39 Steps — **The 39 Steps (1935)** Directed by *Alfred Hitchcock* and starring Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim and Peggy Ashcroft.

**The Dark Corner (1946)** directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Lucille Ball, Mark Stevens, Clifton Webb and William Bendix.

the killers blasting scene — Director *Robert Siodmak’s* masterpiece of film noir adapted from Ernest Hemingway, **1946 The Killers**. Starring Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien and Albert Dekker.

Director Robert Aldrich’s **Kiss Me Deadly (1955)** Starring Ralph Meeker as Mike Hammer. Featuring a young Cloris Leachman…

**A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)** Director *Elia Kazan’s* exploration into *Tennessee Williams’* iconic characters. Starring *Vivien Leigh* as Blanche Duboise, *Marlon Brando* as Stanley Kowalski, *Kim Hunter* as Stella…and *Karl Malden* as Mitch.

The World The Flesh And The Devil — **The World, The Flesh and The Devil (1959)** Directed by Ranald MacDougall, starring Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens and Mel Ferrer.

Postcards From Shadowland No.3

A Cry In The Night — **A Cry in The Night 1956** directed by *Frank Tuttle,* starring *Edmund O’Brien, Brian Donlevy* and *Natalie Wood*.

Among_the_Living — **Among The Living (1941)** directed by Stuart Heisler and starring *Albert Dekker, Susan Hayward and Frances Farmer*

Brute Force — **BRUTE FORCE (1947)** directed by *Jules Dassin* and starring *Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn and Charles Bickford*

Chinatown — *Roman Polanski’s* **CHINATOWN (1974)** starring *Faye Dunaway, Jack Nicholson and John Huston.*

Compulsion — **COMPULSION (1959)** directed by *Richard Fleischer* and starring *Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman and Orson Welles.*

**He Walked By Night (1948)** starring *Richard Basehart, Scott Brady and Roy Roberts.*

i-bury-the-living — **I Bury The Living (1958)** directed by *Albert Band* and Starring *Richard Boone and Theodore Bikel*

In Cold Blood — **IN COLD BLOOD (1967)** directed by *Richard Brooks* and starring *Robert Blake, Scott Wilson and John Forsythe.*

Nightmare Alley — **NIGHTMARE ALLEY (1947)** Directed by *Edmund Goulding*, starring *Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray and Helen Walker.*

sininthesuburbs — Director *Joseph Sarno’s* exploitation film from **(1964) Sin In The Suburbs** stars *Judy Young, W.B.Parker and Audrey Campbell*

**The Prowler (1951)** directed by *Joseph Losey* and Starring *Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes and John Maxwell.*

The Killers — **THE KILLERS (1946)** directed by *Robert Siodmak* and starring *Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner and Edmund O’Brien*

The Two Mrs Carrolls — **The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)** directed by *Peter Godfrey* and starring *Barbara Stanwyck, Humphrey Bogart and Alexis Smith*

**The Uninvited (1944)** directed by *Lewis Allen* starring *Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey and Gail Russell*

The Unsuspected_Claude Rains — **The Unsuspected (1947)** directed by Michael Curtiz and Starring *Claude Rains, Joan Caulfield and Audrey Totter.*

Once again *Claude Rains* in the suspenseful **The Unsuspected (1947)**

*Nicholas Ray’s* **They Live By Night (1949**)starring *Farley Granger, Cathy O’Donnell and Howard Da Silva*

*Charles Laughton’s* masterpiece Night of The Hunter (1955) Starring Robert Mitchum, Lillian Gish and Shelley Winters.

A trailer a day keeps the Boogeyman away! Look In Any Window (1961)

LOOK IN ANY WINDOW 1961

In the 60’s Paul Anka was considered a dreamy teen idol. In Look In Any Window directed by William Alland (more known for his work as producer Creature From The Black Lagoon 1954, The Deadly Mantis 1957, Tarantula 1955, This Island Earth 1955 stop me I could go on and on!) , Anka plays the very distressed Craig Fowler, a troubled young man who is surrounded by inappropriate, over sexed adults, and very dysfunctional parents played by Ruth Roman and Alex Nicol as Jackie and Jay Fowler.

Craig’s world stinks, as his mother is an unhappy woman starved for attention, and he witnesses his father Jay erupt into a mess while on a drinking binge, after losing his job and his ‘manhood’.

It’s ever so angst ridden for the boy being crowded by so many pathetic adults and oh…the ‘Suburbia Traumatica’Â of it all! The film rips wide open the myth of clean suburban living and the even more mythic ‘All American Family.’

The entire neighborhood is on the prowl in this film. Carole Mathews plays Betty Lowell who’s lecherous husband steps out on her every chance he gets. Perfect for the role of the womanizing Gareth Lowell is the wonderfully slickety and smarmy Jack Cassidy.

While all the adult drama and provocative neighborly love is going on, an attraction starts to bloom between Craig and Betty’s daughter Eileen (Gigi Perreau).

And what about the secret compulsion that Craig is hiding!How about his naughty proclivity for peering into windows!

Anka sings the theme song, “Look In Any Window” with a breathy tone that makes your skin crawl…creepy yes, haunting… not so much.

“Nothing between their secrets and the neighborhood except a pane of glass!”

“The screen shocks with the truth about what goes on in the most ‘respectable’ neighborhoods in town!”

“It’s The Must-See Story Of Morals And Mistakes… Told With Unashamed Biting Frankness!”

Postcards From Shadowland No.2

Born To Kill — **BORN TO KILL (1947)** Directed by *Robert Wise* starring *Claire Trevor* and *Lawrence Tierney*

File created with CoreGraphics — **CAGED (1950)** Starring *Eleanor Parker*, *Agnes Moorehead* and *Ellen Corby*

CapeCanaveralMonsters — **The Cape Canaveral Monsters 1960**

Dorothy McGuire 1945 The Spiral Staircase — **The Spiral Staircase 1945** directed by *Robert Siodmak,* Starring *Dorothy McGuire*, *George* *Brent* and *Ethel Barrymore*

ElishaCook Phantom Lady — **Phantom Lady 1944** Directed by *Robert Siodmak*, starring *Ella Raines*, *Franchot Tone* and *Elisha Cook Jr.*

i walked with a zombie — **I Walked With A Zombie 1943** Produced by *Val Lewton*, directed by *Jacques Tourneur*, edited by *Mark Robson*, written for the screen by *Curt Siodmak* and starring *Frances Dee, James Ellison and Tom Conway.*

Manhunt 1941 — **MAN HUNT 1941** directed by *Fritz Lang*, starring *Walter Pidgeon*, *Joan Bennett* and *George Sanders*

MickeyRooney Quicksand — **QUICKSAND 1950**

Pushover 1954 — **PUSHOVER 1954** directed by *Richard Quine*, starring *Kim Novak* and *Fred MacMurray*

seventhvictim — **The Seventh Victim 1943** Produced by *Val Lewton* and directed by *Mark Robson*, starring *Kim Hunter, Tom Conway and Jean Brooks.*

The Burglar 1957 — **THE BURGLAR 1957** Directed by *Paul Wendkos* and starring *Dan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield and Martha Vickers*

Sunset Boul Norma — **Sunset Blvd. 1950** directed by *Billy Wilder*, starring *Gloria Swanson and William Holden.*

From The Vault: Who Killed Teddy Bear?(1965)

“Why with everybody else – why with every slob … and not with me?”

WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR? (1965)

Sal Mineo (Rebel Without A Cause 1955 The Young Don’t Cry 1957) plays yet another troubled youth, this time he’s a busboy at a disco. His name is Lawrence Sherman, who has had a turbulent childhood manifesting into an obsessive sexually disturbed young pervert.

His object of desire is aspiring actress/disc jockey Nora Dain, at the club where he buses tables. He makes obscene phone calls, partakes in a bit of voyeurism, frequents porn shops and XXX movie theaters with the rest of the heavy breathing raincoat crowd!

A very sleazy exploitation goodie from the 60s utilizing that gorgeous high contrast black and white and Charlie Calello’s perfect soundtrack of raunchy cheese horns that make you want to flail your hips in Satan red high heel shoes, digging holes in the carpets, while you twist til dawn!

Mineo exudes angst and a bottled up sexual repression so well that his role as obsessive stalker , makes the scenes with his sweaty bare chest, creep me out til Tuesday of next week!

Normally I just adore a sweaty bare chest, don’t get me wrong… but these are ‘pervert beads of sweat’ we’re talkin’ here…! Now JUST TO BE CLEAR! I am not drawing connections between Mineo’s real life self proclaimed homosexuality and the film’s perceived character of Lawrence Sherman whose so-called ‘perversion’ and sexual proclivities lead him down a dangerous path.

Sal and his chest — *Sal Mineo,* teen idol, extraordinary actor playing the street kid against the established order of things, and publicly gay man in the 70s, was very brave to wear his identity out in the open.

But that’s why I love these exploitation gems from the 1960s so much. They run counter-intuitive to The Cleavers ( which I LOVE so, no disrespect there.)But it’s important to muddy up the good clean mythos of the American dream once in a while….!

Added to the plot line is the obsessive cop who has his own fixations, like listening to crime tapes with graphic confessions!

The film is directed by Joseph Cates, Written by Arnold Drake and has an interesting cast including not just Juliet Prowse, but Jan Murray as Lt. Dave Madden another obsessed male animal, the great Elaine Stritch as Marian Freeman , Nora Dain’s fur coat stroking, club owning dyke…

I love how they get these older dames like Gypsy Rose Lee in Screaming Mimi and Elaine here as Marian Freeman to play lurking coded lustful lesbos / adult club owners on the hunt for fresh meat!

Wow…I think that there’s a pattern forming here. Hhhm…I’ll have to look back at Naked Kiss and reconsider that scene where club owner (Virginia Grey) Candy is shoving that dirty money into Constance Tower’s mouth… Hhm.

7678522652_f05626d624_z — Elaine Stritch predatory lesbian club owner and Sal Mineo very sexually troubled young man…

Margo Bennett as Edie Sherman Lawrence’s sister.

Sister in the closet — Lawrence’s sister in the closet. Ah the wholesome American home life breeds so many happy youngsters!

“I never thought you’d put me down, but I’m walkin’ around with no place to go!”

There are thousands of films like these in my collection, this is just one of them, so curl up with your own ‘teddy bear’ if it’s not psychotic and see it for yourself!-MonsterGirl!

Postcards From Shadowland No.1

**Cape Fear 1962** starring *Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum* and *Polly Bergen*-Directed by J.Lee Thompson

**Crime Without Passion 1934** starring *Claude Rains, Margo, and Whitney Bourne*

Killers Kiss — *Stanley Kubrick’s* **Killer’s Kiss 1955** starring *Frank Silvera, Irene Cane and Jamie Smith*

*Ann Margaret* in **Kitten With A Whip 1964** directed by Douglas Heyes

**Mambo 1954** starring *Silvana Mangano, Michael Rennie, Vittorio Gassman and Shelley Winters.*

NakedKiss Constance — **The Naked Kiss 1964** directed by Sam Fuller and starring *Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley and Michael Dante.*

The Secret Beyond The Door 1948 — *Fritz Lang’s* **The Secret Beyond The Door (1947)** starring *Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave and Anne Revere.*

**No Orchids for Miss Blandish 1958,** starring Jack La Rue, Hugh McDermott, and Linden Travers

Night and The City 1950 — **Night and The City (1950)** starring *Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney. Googie Withers and Hugh Marlowe.* Directed by *Jules Dassin*

That’s it for now from the shadows-MonsterGirl

From The Vault: Edge of Fury (1958)

A night of tension… a moment of madness… and now he is at the edge of fury.

Michael Higgins plays a very disturbed young man named Richard Barrie who after being released from an institution, insinuates himself into the Hackett family. Edge of Fury is a very taut and disturbing thriller based on the book “Wisteria Cottage” by Robert Coates. Higgins plays a remorseless young beachcomber with psychopathic tendencies who assumes the guise of a friend to a mother and her two daughters who reside in their summer cottage.

“Edge of Fury” (1958) is a crime /noir film that takes viewers on a twisted journey into the mind of a psychopathic young man named Richard, brilliantly portrayed by Michael Higgins. who is a beachcomber with a troubled past, cunningly befriends a mother and her two daughters who are enjoying their summer at a picturesque seaside home.

Under the guise of friendship, Richard insinuates himself into their lives, gradually revealing his sinister intentions. As his true nature begins to surface, tensions rise, and a deadly game of manipulation ensues. The once-idyllic summer home becomes a battleground where survival is at stake.

Driven by a chilling performance from Michael Higgins, “Edge of Fury” delves into the dark recesses of the human psyche, exploring the depths of Richard’s psychopathy and the unsuspecting family’s fight for survival. With each twist and turn, the film keeps audiences on the edge of their seats, weaving a thrilling tale of suspense, deception, and the terrifying consequences of crossing paths with a disturbed mind.

Directed by Irving Lerner, “Edge of Fury” stands as a classic noir thriller, offering a gripping exploration of the disturbing complexities of human behavior and the destructive power of a psychopath’s manipulation.

Directed by Irving Lerner & Robert J Gurney Jr. Also stars Lois Holmes as Florence Hackett, Jean Allison as Eleanor Hackett, and Doris Fesette as Louisa Hackett.

“If anything should happen tonight, if anything should happen, don’t blame me…if anything should happen, darling.”

See it for yourself, MonsterGirl!

A Trailer a day keeps the Boogeyman away! Girls on The Loose (1958)

Girls on The Loose 1958

Directed by Paul Heinreid and Starring Mara Corday, Lita Milan, Barbara Bostock, Joyce BarkerÂ Abby Dalton, and Mark Richman as Lt Bill Hanley.

They were tough, hard as nails…mean!

Vera, the brain, who was a sucker for any man!

Agnes who is chicken!

Maria who had sticky fingers and a thirst like a fish!

Joyce… strong as an ox!

and Helen, singing and dancing Helen. Who fell in love with a cop and made the mistake of wanting to go straight?

“If you ever say that again, if you ever think it!… I’ll ram these scissors right through you, you thick ugly slob!”

MonsterGirl now in Jersey bids you all a warm, I’m back!

A trailer a day keeps the Boogeyman away! Blonde Pick Up or Racket Girls (1951)

BLONDE PICK UP or RACKET GIRLS 1951

“WOMEN GAMBLED HONOR – MEN PROMISED LOVE”

Directed by Robert C. Dertano (Gun Girls 1957, Girl Gang 1954) Also known as Pin Down Girls!

Timothy Farrell (The Devil’s Sleep 1949,Jail Bait 1954)plays Umberto ScalliÂ a gangster who manages women wrestlers as a front for his bookmaking, drug, and prostitution rackets.. Introducing…Â Peaches Page! ???

The strange love-life of a wrestling gal!

SHE WAS ONLY “18” AND EAGER FOR HER “NEW PROFESSION”

“He’s the kind of a guy who would change a girls evening stroll from recreation into an occupation!”

Happy Trailers-MonsterGirl

The Film Score Freak recognizes Carnival of Souls 1962 and Jo Gabriel’s ‘Vacant Little Stare’

CARNIVAL OF SOULS 1962

Carnival of Souls (1962): Criterion 60s Eerie Cinema: That Haunting Feeling

Herk Harvey’s one film masterpiece of the macabre, starring Candace Hilligoss.

I’ve taken scenes from the film and edited them together with my song called Vacant Little Stare off the album Fools and Orphans.

This cult classic is so incredibly atmospheric and the imagery so unique for its day, that I couldn’t resist melding it together with my song, of alienation, loneliness, and madness, which compliment Mary Henry’s persona very well I think! Enjoy!-Joey