The duo star as guardians of a mummy during its transportation. However, the mummy is stolen after its owner is murdered. The bumbling leads are left in possession of a pendant which holds the location of hidden treasure. They team up with a treasure hunter to find it. So, what is one of the last …
The duo play a couple of private investigators who are investigating the murder of a boxing manager. When boxer Tommy Nelson is in the frame for the homicide, he takes an invisibility serum to (literally) hide from the police. With Tommy’s help, the duo must try and ensnare the man who is responsible for the …
Abbott and Costello are freight-handlers who just so happen to welcome Dracula and a weakened Frankenstein into America en route to McDougall’s House of Horrors. The Count wants one of their brains to revitalise The Monster. Alas, they have The Wolf Man on their side. I only like horror and comedy together in the same …
A model, Kitty Carroll, is the first guinea pig for a machine which can turn people invisible which has been invented by the eccentric Professor Gibbs. But the machine is then stolen by three gangsters who want to use it on their boss. This isn’t horror even though it’s the third film in their ‘invisible’ …
Continue reading Universal Classic Monsters Reviewed- Day 16- The Invisible Woman (1940)
From IMDB- ‘Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the Far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition. But the Sultan of Turkey, who makes a great deal of money through taxing the merchants who have to pass through his country on the current route, sends …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 31- Carry On Columbus (1992)
In this instalment the team take on the genre of…the recent That’s Entertainment compilation films of old Hollywood films as this is, erm, a compilation of clips from the Carry Ons. Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor introduce the clips and I really liked their chemistry (it reminded me of when Williams was presenting Wogan and …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 29- That’s Carry On! (1977)
Major Leep has purchased a campsite and on digging a new cesspit, discovers what he thinks are Roman remains. Cue Professor Crump and an expert on all things Roman, Professor Vrooshka. There is also a varied, colourful and entertaining array of campers on site. Even though we don’t get the writing of Talbot Rothwell or …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 27- Carry On Behind (1975)
Richard ‘Dick’ Turpin (or ‘Big Dick’ to his mates) is robbing the wealthy in Upper Dencher. At a loss regarding how to remedy this, Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp (!) employ the services of Reverend Flasher who can hopefully put a stop to Turpin’s thieving ways. Carry On Dick really is the end of …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 26- Carry On Dick (1974)
From IMDB- ‘Sidney Fiddler organizes a beauty contest for a seaside town, but faces opposition from Councillor Prodworthy, who leads a women's liberation group aiming to sabotage the competition through disruption tactics.’ Neither Kenneth Williams or Charles Hawtrey feature here as the former had stage commitments and the latter was in the grasp of alcohol …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 25- Carry On Girls (1973)
Stuart Farquhar (Kenneth Williams) is the travel rep who is accompanying holidaymakers to the Mediterranean island of Elsbels. The travellers are an eclectic bunch and include pub owners Vic and Cora Flange (!), the amorous Stanley Blunt and his bossy ice maiden of a wife, Evelyn, Mummy’s boy Eustace Tuttle and monk Brother Bernard. As …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 24- Carry On Abroad (1972)
Meathook Cinema 