Author Archive: Retro

It’s an erratic but funny, sincere flick about a pulp writer who falls in love with a much-younger schoolgirl. Early directorial effort by Richard Donner has expressive eyes and ears. Very well edited, with appealing scenes, lots of energy. Fine acting, especially by Bronson.

A convicted strangler, studying the paranormal in his jail cell, learns to make himself invisible. As an invisible man, he escapes from prison to stalk and strangle the five women who testified against him at his trial. Robert Foxworth plays the police lieutenant assigned to protect them, and to catch the invisible strangler.

Anthropology students from Chicago travel to the Louisiana swamps in search of the creature that hides there.

Donna and Joel Gregory are researching a book about long dead Hollywood goddess Lorna Love. They are staying at Lorna’s estate while interviewing old “friends” of Lorna. Joel, whose father had a passionate affair with Lorna, becomes obsessed with Lorna. Donna must try to break the spell that has her marriage in trouble and their very lives in jeopardy.

A young businessman and his wife on a hunting trip find themselves hunted by two hired killers in the middle of a forest fire.

The sky lights up and the desert comes alive on this desperate search for hidden millions.

A girl finds herself getting closer to her dead mother after viewing hours of tape made especially for her 17 years ago.

In three separate stories personal mail reaches a man (Martin Sheen) and two women (June Allyson, Juliet Mills) a year late.