There are only a couple of films opening in local theaters this week, and from the early reviews it appears "It Lives Inside" (reviewed elsewhere in this section) might be pretty good for what it is a PG-13 horror film with aspirations to social relevance. In this case, rookie director Bishal Dutta employs horror as a metaphor for the immigrant experience.
While Jess Franco is mostly known for horror, the Spanish director made over 150 movies in his lifetime. There were years where he made more movies than a major
Under the umbrella Maniacal Mayhem, 1951's The Strange Door has been released on Blu-ray by Eureka Classics with two scarier Boris Karloff movies, The Invisible Ray (1936) and Black Friday (1940). It features one of Karloff’s least maniacal turns – as an abused, dungeon-dwelling servant loyal to his sadistic master’s imprisoned brother (Paul Cavanagh) and beautiful niece (Sally Forrest). The Strange Door, though, is all about Charles Laughton, whose lip-smacking portrayal of the villain, Sire Alain de Maletroit, is one of his fruitiest.