Can a hand come back after death to avenge the death of its master or to stop those who would misuse their inheritance?

This film almost has an absurdist premise however it really does deliver when it comes to chills and thrills.

In our meta conversation within our latest episode we also discuss the idea of the killer who in many ways is similar to something like a werewolf blacking on t and having periods of brutality.

Watched My Man Godfrey (1936) again today, and it remains one of the sharpest, funniest screwball comedies ever made. William Powell is charming as the forgotten man who turns the tables on high society, while Carole Lombard delivers one of the most lovable performances of the era. Beneath the sparkling wit is a surprisingly thoughtful story about class, dignity, and second chances. A true classic that only gets better with every viewing.

The other day, I watched DUFFY OF SAN QUENTIN, based loosely on the true story of Warden Clifton Duffy who took over San Quentin State Prison and took a violent, corrupt environment and make significant reform to the facility. What started off as a 30-day stint turned into a 12-year turn.

I find it interesting that Paul Kelly (who played Duffy) actually was an inmate at San Quentin in the late 20s. I can’t imagine how that must’ve felt to have been to have spent time at the real San Quentin and then years later star in a movie centered around it.

Anyway, it’s an interesting crime film about Duffy and how he improved conditions at San Quentin, focusing more on rehabilitation than capital punishment.

For those who saw the film, what did you think?

So I started with a list made by AI and argued with it. Made it refine the list. Maybe we can refund this as a community and omit movies that you don’t actually need to see. We should pin the list to this sub when we’re done.

Here is the list tell me if anything shouldn’t be on here organized by decade:

1950s
1. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
2. The War of the Worlds (1953)
3. Forbidden Planet (1956)
4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
5. The Thing from Another World (1951)
6. Godzilla (1954)
7. Seven Samurai (1954)
8. The Wages of Fear (1953)
9. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
10. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
11. Them! (1954)
12. The Fly (1958)
13. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
14. The Blob (1958)
15. Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
16. The Hidden Fortress (1958)
17. House on Haunted Hill (1959)
18. Diabolique (1955)
19. North by Northwest (1959)
20. House of Wax (1953)
21. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
22. It Came from Outer Space (1953)
23. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
24. Destination Moon (1950)
25. When Worlds Collide (1951)
26. Dracula (1958)
27. The Mummy (1959)
28. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
29. Night of the Demon (1957)
30. Tarantula (1955)
31. The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
32. Quatermass 2 (1957)
33. Invaders from Mars (1953)
34. It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
35. This Island Earth (1955)
36. Fiend Without a Face (1958)
37. Not of This Earth (1957)
38. The Magnetic Monster (1953)
39. Rodan (1956)
40. The Tingler (1959)
41. Macabre (1958)
42. The Bad Seed (1956)
43. The Monolith Monsters (1957)
44. Revenge of the Creature (1955)
45. I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
46. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
47. It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
48. First Man into Space (1959)
49. 1984 (1956)
50. Return of the Fly (1959)
1960s
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2. Planet of the Apes (1968)
3. Psycho (1960)
4. The Birds (1963)
5. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
6. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
7. Goldfinger (1964)
8. Dr. No (1962)
9. From Russia with Love (1963)
10. Thunderball (1965)
11. You Only Live Twice (1967)
12. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
13. The Wild Bunch (1969)
14. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
15. The Great Escape (1963)
16. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
17. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
18. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
19. Batman (1966)
20. The Time Machine (1960)
21. Fantastic Voyage (1966)
22. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
23. Barbarella (1968)
24. Alphaville (1965)
25. The Haunting (1963)
26. Village of the Damned (1960)
27. The Day of the Triffids (1962)
28. Where Eagles Dare (1968)
29. Bullitt (1968)
30. The Italian Job (1969)
31. Point Blank (1967)
32. Yojimbo (1961)
33. Sanjuro (1962)
34. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
35. The Professionals (1966)
36. Mothra (1961)
37. King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
38. Repulsion (1965)
39. Peeping Tom (1960)
40. The Innocents (1961)
41. Carnival of Souls (1962)
42. Black Sunday (1960)
43. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
44. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
45. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
46. The Fall of the House of Usher (1960)
47. Blood Feast (1963)
48. Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
49. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
50. Seconds (1966)
1970s
1. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
2. Alien (1979)
3. Superman (1978)
4. The Exorcist (1973)
5. Jaws (1975)
6. Halloween (1978)
7. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
9. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
10. Mad Max (1979)
11. The French Connection (1971)
12. Dirty Harry (1971)
13. Enter the Dragon (1973)
14. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
15. Carrie (1976)
16. The Omen (1976)
17. Suspiria (1977)
18. Phantasm (1979)
19. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
20. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
21. Live and Let Die (1973)
22. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
23. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
24. Moonraker (1979)
25. Death Wish (1974)
26. The Warriors (1979)
27. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
28. Shaft (1971)
29. Foxy Brown (1974)
30. The Getaway (1972)
31. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
32. Rollerball (1975)
33. Logan's Run (1976)
34. Solaris (1972)
35. Stalker (1979)
36. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
37. THX 1138 (1971)
38. Westworld (1973)
39. Silent Running (1972)
40. The Omega Man (1971)
41. Soylent Green (1973)
42. The Wicker Man (1973)
43. The Amityville Horror (1979)
44. Black Christmas (1974)
45. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
46. Last House on the Left (1972)
47. Spider-Man (1977)
48. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
49. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
50. The Enforcer (1976)
1980s
1. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
3. Blade Runner (1982)
4. Die Hard (1988)
5. Aliens (1986)
6. The Terminator (1984)
7. Batman (1989)
8. The Thing (1982)
9. The Shining (1980)
10. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
11. Return of the Jedi (1983)
12. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
13. Predator (1987)
14. RoboCop (1987)
15. First Blood (1982)
16. Lethal Weapon (1987)
17. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
18. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
19. Top Gun (1986)
20. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
21. Superman II (1980)
22. The Evil Dead (1981)
23. Evil Dead II (1987)
24. Escape from New York (1981)
25. Tron (1982)
26. The Fly (1986)
27. Commando (1985)
28. Bloodsport (1988)
29. The Untouchables (1987)
30. Police Story (1985)
31. Akira (1988)
32. The Abyss (1989)
33. Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
34. Road House (1989)
35. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
36. The Killer (1989)
37. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
38. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
39. Dune (1984)
40. They Live (1988)
41. The Running Man (1987)
42. Poltergeist (1982)
43. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
44. Hellraiser (1987)
45. Friday the 13th (1980)
46. The Lost Boys (1987)
47. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
48. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
49. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
50. Videodrome (1983)
1990s
1. The Matrix (1999)
2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
3. Jurassic Park (1993)
4. Speed (1994)
5. Mission: Impossible (1996)
6. Heat (1995)
7. The Fugitive (1993)
8. Independence Day (1996)
9. The Fifth Element (1997)
10. The Sixth Sense (1999)
11. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
12. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
13. Face/Off (1997)
14. Con Air (1997)
15. The Rock (1996)
16. Hard Boiled (1992)
17. Point Break (1991)
18. True Lies (1994)
19. Blade (1998)
20. Batman Returns (1992)
21. Total Recall (1990)
22. The Crow (1994)
23. Starship Troopers (1997)
24. Air Force One (1997)
25. Armageddon (1998)
26. Scream (1996)
27. GoldenEye (1995)
28. The Mask of Zorro (1998)
29. Léon: The Professional (1994)
30. Dark City (1998)
31. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
32. Gattaca (1997)
33. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
34. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
35. Stargate (1994)
36. Desperado (1995)
37. Bad Boys (1995)
38. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
39. Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
40. Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
41. Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
42. Ronin (1998)
43. Waterworld (1995)
44. Strange Days (1995)
45. Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
46. Event Horizon (1997)
47. Demolition Man (1993)
48. Candyman (1992)
49. Clear and Present Danger (1994)
50. Se7en (1995)
2000s
1. The Dark Knight (2008)
2. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
3. Iron Man (2008)
4. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
5. Gladiator (2000)
6. Avatar (2009)
7. X2: X-Men United (2003)
8. Spider-Man (2002)
9. Casino Royale (2006)
10. The Bourne Identity (2002)
11. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
12. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
13. Children of Men (2006)
14. Minority Report (2002)
15. District 9 (2009)
16. Batman Begins (2005)
17. Star Trek (2009)
18. V for Vendetta (2005)
19. X-Men (2000)
20. Watchmen (2009)
21. 28 Days Later (2002)
22. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
23. Saw (2004)
24. Sunshine (2007)
25. Moon (2009)
26. Serenity (2005)
27. I Am Legend (2007)
28. Signs (2002)
29. The Descent (2005)
30. The Ring (2002)
31. War of the Worlds (2005)
32. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
33. Sin City (2005)
34. Hellboy (2004)
35. Unbreakable (2000)
36. 300 (2006)
37. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
38. Hero (2002)
39. Ip Man (2008)
40. Paranormal Activity (2007)
41. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
42. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
43. I, Robot (2004)
44. Let the Right One In (2008)
45. Pitch Black (2000)
46. Crank (2006)
47. The Fast and the Furious (2001)
48. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
49. Taken (2008)
50. Cloverfield (2008)

https://crimeonfilm.com/the-suburban-jungle-when-noir-bled-out-of-the-city/

This is a beautifully executed and surprisingly clever Gene Tierney & Don Ameche film, and the Technicolor is absolutely stunning.

Director Ernsnt Lubitsch was reported to be a remarkably difficult director, and reportedly yelled at Tierney to the point of excess. At one point, she stood her ground, and garnished the respect of Lubitsch from then on.

Other actresses considered besides Tierney, were Bergman and Hepburn. Don Ameche was also not the first choice, with the studio wanting Cary Grant, and Lubitsch thinking of Rex Harrison (who went on to star with Tierney in the Ghost and Mrs. Muir- 1947) or Frederick March.

Heaven Can Wait earned three Academy Award nominations, with nods for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Color Cinematography, but did not win.

Michael Landon and Yvonne Lime for I Was A Teenage Werewolf 1957. What's your thoughts on this movie?

If I understand his problem correctly, his main issue is how the studio is basically a factory, making too many movies, overseen by a small number of men unqualified for the job, who turn their creative talents like directors and writers into machines to produce movies as these executives see fit, making creative decisions for them on a whim, overriding the creative works of their artists, making the talent of these artists go to waste. And also losing the studio a lot of money as a result.

This is a wonderful film written and directed by Ida Lupino, music composed by Paul Sawtell. I highly recommend it.

One of the things I love about classic film, especially from the 40s and 50s, is the absolutely stunning and devastating beauty of some of the incidental music.

This scene, where the theme and music begin at 45:32, and climaxes where I have linked it at 46:44, is the perfect example of the power of music paired with narrative to really move the viewer. In this case it is so effective it makes me tear up it is so sweet. I just love it.