Albert Dekker

Doctors Scott and Bach inject the dying Kyra Zelas with a formula which saves her life – but also renders her almost immortal and wickedly evil.Read More »

Synopsis
A gangster and his mob buy a small-town in this warm comedy. They, tired of trying
to make it as big city hoods, buy the town to use as a hideout. The leader of the
gang begins to have a change of heart after he begins falling for a local girl. He
decides to use the “protection money” his gang has been pocketing to benefit the
townsfolk. This feels good to the tough and thug-like gangsters who begin embracing
the ideals of good citizenship in favor of a life of crime.Read More »

A mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble for his identical twin brother.

Letterboxd review
★★★½ Rewatched by DopeAssGhost 26 Aug 2019

AMONG THE LIVING (1941)

Casting shadows of Southern Gothic overtones and sending shivers of noir through the body, Among The Living is a mix of subgenres including social drama, suspense thriller, and even a bout of horror. It’s a short 67 minute black and white picture that offers a simplistic story- mentally unstable twin brother of an affluent man breaks out of his mansion room prison, kills a couple of people on the outside, and becomes manipulated by an attractive dame. It’s an enjoyable looking film that kept me entertained for the most part, but it doesn’t really have any impact in thematic scope or rewatchability. Plus besides a slightly suspenseful on-foot chase sequence, I didn’t really get any suspense vibes.Read More »

SYNOPSIS: In this atomic adaptation of Mickey Spillane’s novel, directed by Robert Aldrich, the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. Ralph Meeker stars as snarling private dick Mike Hammer, whose decision one dark, lonely night to pick up a hitchhiking woman sends him down some terrifying byways. Brazen and bleak, Kiss Me Deadly is a film noir masterwork as well as an essential piece of cold war paranoia, and it features as nervy an ending as has ever been seen in American cinema.Read More »