Posts

Showing posts with the label kerwin mathews

Movie Review: The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973)

Image
Synopsis: Richie Bridgestone and his divorced father, Robert, spend a father/son weekend at their secluded mountain cabin. While taking a moonlight stroll, they are attacked by a werewolf. Robert manages to kill the creature but is bitten and, the next time they go to their cabin, turns into a werewolf himself. Richie witnesses this but nobody believes him. Who's in it? The movie stars Kerwin Mathews , Scott Sealey, Elaine Devry , Robert J. Wilke and George Gaynes. Review: It had been nearly a decade since I last watched The Boy Who Cried Werewolf and, when I came across it this morning, I figured I'd give it another try. I had hoped rewatching the film would change my overall opinion of it. Unfortunately, it didn't. I still think it is a bad movie. Actually, let me put this a different way. I think the movie is hilarious at times. The problem with that is it is a film that isn't supposed to be, at least not intentionally. First, paraphrasing something my daughter s...

Movie Review: 5 Against the House (1955)

Image
Synopsis: Four college friends, Brick, Al, Ronnie and Roy, stop at a Reno, Nevada casino for a little fun. While Ronnie and Roy wait in line to cash a check, someone attempts to rob the cashier, and the pair are nearly wrongfully arrested as accomplices. Following the incident, Ronnie works out a fool-proof way to successfully commit the casino robbery and convinces Brick and Roy to help him with Al, who is going to Reno to marry his girlfriend, Kay, serving as an unwitting accomplice. When Al learns of the plan, he tries to put a stop to it. However, Brick, a Korean War veteran who has been hospitalized with PTSD, pulls a gun and threatens to shoot his friends if they don't carry out the plan. Who's in it? The movie stars Guy Madison , Brian Keith , Kim Novak , Alvy Moore and Kerwin Mathews. Review: I added 5 Against the House to my movie library a few days ago because the description made the film sound a bit like an earlier version of Ocean's Eleven and I was intri...