Mark Gellis
@mgellis.bsky.social
Husband. Father. Retired professor. Mean old boomer. Occasional war gamer. Command: Modern Operations scenario writer. Anime, sci-fi, and horror fan. I love the Northwoods. Fond of cats. Am Yisrael Chai!
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A ★★★ review of The Brides of Dracula (1960)
A colorful romp, but only the middle of the pack for Hammer. French schoolteacher Marianne Danielle (Yvonne Monlaur) is on her way to a new teaching position but is stranded in a lonely village where ...
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One of my older reviews. Science fiction films from the 1950s were a mixed bag--some were amazing, and some were amazingly bad. Guess which category this one falls into? letterboxd.com/m_gellis/fil... #horror #horrorsky #horrormovies #scifi #movies #moviesky #films
A ★ review of Terror from the Year 5000 (1958)
“Now what do you think of your angel of mercy!?” Wow…that was…awful. Let's talk about it. Professor Howard Erling (Frederic Downs) and his assistant Victor (John Stratton) build a time machine and beg...
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Movie of the day...THE SECRET OF THE LOCH (1934)... letterboxd.com/m_gellis/fil... #horror #horrorsky #movies #scifi #reviews #film #monsters #LochNess #moviesky
A ★★½ review of The Secret of the Loch (1934)
One of the things I love about having decided to look at all the old movies I watched as a kid and talk about them here on Letterboxd is that I sometimes get to watch a film I’ve never seen before. In...
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Just posted on #Letterboxd, my review of WITHOUT WARNING (1980)... letterboxd.com/m_gellis/fil... #horror #horrorsky #movies #scifi #reviews #film #MartinLandau #JackPalance #moviesky
A ★★ review of Without Warning (1980)
This movie has Oscar-winning actors Jack Palance and Martin Landau in it, so it has to be really good, right? No, not really. Annoying college students go to a lake, but end up being hunted by an alie...
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My review of DRACULA (1931)... letterboxd.com/m_gellis/fil... #letterboxd #horror #classichorror #horrorsky #movies #moviesky #reviews
A ★★★★ review of Dracula (1931)
We all know the story. But I had not seen this for many years and I had forgotten how well Tod Browning tells it. It is a bit stagey, an early “talkie” and melodramatic at points, and not nearly as fl...
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Movie of the day...GODZILLA VS HEDORAH (1971). A creature born of pollution threatens the world. Godzilla intervenes, not so much because he likes people, but because poisoning the environment annoys him. Nice kaiju action. C #movies #film #horror #scifi #Godzilla en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzill...
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Movie of the day...MAN-THING (2005). Sheriff investigates mysterious deaths and disappearances in a dark and ominous swamp. Scary comic book fun brought to life on the silver screen. B- #movies #film #horror #Marvel en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-Thi...
Man-Thing (film) - Wikipedia
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Movie of the day...THE CHURCH (1989). An ambitious and curious librarian starts working at an ancient church and accidentally unseals the demonic evil trapped in its underground tunnels. Oops. B- #film #movies #horror #demons #Italian en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chu...
The Church (1989 film) - Wikipedia
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Finally registered my Kwik Trip rewards card. I believe this means I am officially a resident of the Northwoods. 😊 #humor #Wisconsin #Northwoods
Movie of the day...EL FANTASMA DEL CONVENTO (1934). Old, but fun. Three people lost in the woods at night find their way to a mysterious monastery where their darkest desires will be tested. Will they live to see morning? B- #film #movies #horror #ghosts #Mexico en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_fant...
El fantasma del convento - Wikipedia
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Movie of the day...RE-ANIMATOR (1985). Herbert West is an obsessed medical student who has developed a formula that can reanimate dead bodies. Unfortunately, the reanimated dead are all homicidal lunatics. Not great art, but good fun. B #film #movies #horror #80s en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-Anim...
Re-Animator - Wikipedia
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Movie of the day...CRY OF THE WEREWOLF (1944). A little-known werewolf movie about an evil, shapeshifting Romani princess who kills those who threaten the secrets of her tribe. Old-fashioned black-and-white fun. C+ #film #movies #horror #werewolves #monsters en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_of_...
Cry of the Werewolf - Wikipedia
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Movie of the Day...THE RITUAL (2017). An excellent folk horror film. Also, more good reasons not to go camping. Ever. A-. #film #movies #horror #mythology #folklore #cults en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rit...
The Ritual (2017 film) - Wikipedia
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Movie of the day...THE MARSH (2006). A good old-fashioned story of ghostly revenge and release. A woman having strange nightmares buys the house that appears in her dreams--note to self: never, never do this. Surprise! It's haunted! B #film #movies #horror #ghosts en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mar...
The Marsh (2006 film) - Wikipedia
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Movie of the day...BLOOD OF DRACULA (1957). Bonkers, but fun. Crazed, man-hating high school chemistry teacher turns a schoolgirl into a vampire using hypnosis and a magical amulet. Possible gay subtext, but no Dracula. C- #film #movies #horror #vampires en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_o...
Blood of Dracula - Wikipedia
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Movie of the day...GONJIAM: HAUNTED ASYLUM (2018). A Korean ghost-hunting group investigates a supposedly haunted asylum where two teenagers recently disappeared. Good, spooky fun, but a confusing final act. B- #film #movies #horror #ghosts #KHorror #horrorsky en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonjiam...
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum - Wikipedia
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Movie of the day...X THE UNKNOWN (1956). Mysterious and deadly happenings plague a town in Scotland. Can scientists figure out what is going on and what to do about it? A nice bit of radioactive black-and-white fun. C+. #film #movies #horror #scifi #monsters en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_the_U...
X the Unknown - Wikipedia
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Movie of the day...THE SCREAMING SKULL (1958). A new wife released from a sanitarium is brought to the home where her husband's first wife died mysteriously. Because nothing bad ever happens when newlyweds do this. Lurid melodrama ensues. C- #film #movies #horror en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scr...
The Screaming Skull - Wikipedia
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Movie of the day...THE BLACK SCORPION (1957). Prehistoric giant scorpions (and one really annoying child) threaten Mexico. A good old-fashioned monster movie with generally well-done stop-motion special effects. C+ #film #movies #horror #scifi #scorpions #monsters en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bla...
The Black Scorpion (film) - Wikipedia
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What makes this really worth watching is the analysis of how media treats conflicts around the world--why do some conflicts get a lot of news coverage and why do others with just as much death and suffering get ignored? #China #Myanmar #war #media #news #world www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfEj...
Why Is the World Ignoring Myanmar's Civil War?
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Movie of the day...THE VOURDALAK (2023). An eerie take on the vampire story. Beautifully photographed and creepy as hell. Interesting main character...a naive fop who tries to do the right thing, but does not quite make it. B+ #film #movies #horror #vampires en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vou...
The Vourdalak - Wikipedia
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Movie of the day...CASTLE OF BLOOD (1964). A journalist takes a bet to spend the night in a haunted castle. (Note to self: never, never do this. 😱 ) Wonderful, eerie ghost story. Watch it uncut and in Italian with subtitles. B #film #movies #horror #ghosts en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_...
Castle of Blood - Wikipedia
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Movie of the day...Matango (aka Attack of the Mushroom People, 1963). Castaways on a strange island struggle to survive. Food is scarce, except for...mushrooms. Eerie. Interesting study of how people in peril often turn on each other. C+ #film #movies #scifi #horror en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matango
Matango - Wikipedia
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Movie of the day...CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN (1943). Mad scientist uses human glands to turn a gorilla into a human-gorilla hybrid. Murderous jealousy leads to mayhem. Loopy, but John Carradine is at his sinister, charismatic best. C #film #movies #horror #scifi en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive...
Captive Wild Woman - Wikipedia
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Movie of the day...DIRE WOLF (2009). Scientists use genetic engineering to create a vicious wolf-human hybrid. Because nothing ever goes wrong when people do things like this. 🤦♂️ Predictable and silly, but not unwatchable. C- #film #movies #horror #scifi #monsters #wtf www.imdb.com/title/tt1265...
Dire Wolf (2009) ⭐ 3.8 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
1h 26m | Not Rated
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Movie of the day...DESTROY ALL MONSTERS (1968). A very silly movie, but my inner nine-year-old had a great time. Aliens try to conquer Earth by taking control of Godzilla and other monsters. Goes about as well as you might expect. C #film #movies #scifi #Godzilla en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroy...
Destroy All Monsters - Wikipedia
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