Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate ‘663 Squadron’: A Special Aircraft and the Men Who Flew It
Not Rated | 1h 42min | Drama, War | 1964
The year is 1944 and World War II has reached a fevered pitch. Although the Germans have already been defeated by the Allies in North Africa and things are going poorly for them in Italy, the Axis still controls much of Europe.
The ever-resourceful British have come to rely on their twin-engine Royal Air Force (RAF) de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito aircraft to carry out bombing missions against the Axis with the hopes of tipping the scales of war in their favor. Although these so-called Wooden Wonders (they were composed almost entirely of wood) had only been in service a few years, they’d more than proven their reliability and effectiveness.
Small Screens, Big Scares: 10 More Terrifying TV Movies
Now, Chad Collins compiles another list of terrifying made-for-TV movies! Did your favorite make the list? By Chad Collins
In June of last year, I highlighted my
favorite made-for-television horror movies. The response was somewhat divisive, in large part on account of the perceived snubs (sorry,
Salem’s Lot fans). It’s curious, though, because made-for-TV horror movies are, in a sense, a subgenre of their own. Shades of Aaron-Spelling’s heyday, even among those titles he did not produce, permeate almost every entry in the canon of televised scare fests. Despite the diversity– some muted and washed-out, some vibrant and lively, others adapted from seminal pieces of genre fiction– there’s something linking them all together.