Classic TV and Movies

Sweeping the Oscars with 8 awards, On the Waterfront is a classic film which tells the story of corruption, misplaced… read more On the Waterfront

The day the earth stood still was made back in the days of Black and White film-making, back when the… read more The day the earth stood still

It Came from Outer Space is a sci-fi that was originally created to feature 3D technologies, using the glasses, even… read more It came from outer space

he story is set in the 1880s, starting off in India. Christopher Plummer plays Kipling, who narrates the story as it unfolds. But he remains in India and does not partake in the adventure, which takes it’s main characters, two scoundrels with great ambition cross the lands, beyond the Khyber

coming of age movie about a gear-head who falls in love while chasing down a stolen Corvette that he helped restore. This movie captures the 70s, fashion, freedoms, easy-living.

The first cinematic adaptation of a Stephen King novel. Carrie’s naivety becomes apparent when at 16 she is panicked by her first menstrual flow. Her menarche is also the awakening of telekinetic powers, which manifest initially with her exploding the light bulbs to avoid prying eyes in the school locker area.

This is perhaps the best of all the suspense Halloween horror/slasher films one could hope to see. Although there were… read more Halloween

Based on a best seller novel of the same name,The AmityVille Horror, this 1979 movie stars Margot Kidder (Superman) and James Brolin. The story follows a family who purchased the home of an extreme crime scene 13 months after Ronald Joseph DeFeo Jr. killed both his parents, two brother and two sisters with a shot gun in the house.

This is another Wes Craven film, but the Serpent and the rainbow is shot with such surprising realism that you can forget at times you are watching a film and think you are watching a documentary or recreation of real life story

The movie begins with Jill Johnson played by Carol Kane babysitting for a local Dr. and his wife. After the kids are asleep and she is waiting for the parents to return, she starts to get phone calls asking her if she has checked on the children. She has heard nothing from them and figured that it is just a prank call. But the calls continue and increase in frequency so she calls the police, who discover that the calls are originating from within the home. The children were murdered shortly after Jill arrived to babysit.

This is the story of a lecturing Dr. Frankenstein, named Frederick who is grandson to the infamous lunatic Dr. Frankenstein. (Part of the reason for making this film in black in white is to capture another epoch more realistically for 1970s audiences). Frederick, changes his name’s pronunciation in order to distance himself from his infamous relative.

The story premise is pretty simple. The hereditary owner of the summer camp decides to reopen the long closed location after years of neglect. It’s 1980 and he has advertised for some summer counselors who are willing to help him with a few repairs and set up to get the camp going

Wes Craven brought the world a Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984. Drawing from newspaper reports of tortured refuges who died in their sleep,

This sci-fi police drama, Alien Nation, was cancelled too soon after only a single season. The setting is Los Angeles when refuge aliens are trying to integrate into society.

The Dick Van Dyke show ran for 5 seasons 1961 – 1966, in the era of the Kennedy’s. Wholesome family… read more The Dick Van Dyke Show

The INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN is a 1981 comedy starring Lily Tomlin. It was written by Lily Tomlin’s real life partner… read more The Incredible Shrinking Woman