Savant's back in action, after 7 whole days and no new reviews. They'll be coming pretty quickly now, however, with a box of Billy Wilders finally arrived. Writing about a Wilder movie isn't even work. I enjoyed my little break, and am looking forward to a bunch of hot titles in August ...
MGM's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a wonderful picture given so-so treatment on DVD. The extras that help explain the lost long version are very good, but the transfer has some drawbacks. Highly recommended, just the same.
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark has been out for almost two years, but Anchor Bay is reissuing it in a bargain double bill, so I took this opportunity to review it, maybe to warm up for the exciting horrors coming in August. Cassandra Peterson's wit and daring make a corny/campy exercise into a fun show.
Image and Blackhawk have released a pair of exotic early films as a double bill: Alla Nazimova's silent Salomé, and the early talkie experiment Lot in Sodom. Both are plenty weird, but the second is one of the highlights of artsy erotic moviemaking.
Well, the Wilders will be rolling out soon, along with a tall stack of interesting horror and sci fi films from Warners and MGM (and possibly a couple more Anchor Bays). The Haunting, House of Wax/Mystery of the Wax Museum and The Thing from Another World are definitely on their way, among others. Every time a classic 50s sci fi comes out, I can feel the old tingle ... hope the Hawks film is an uncut version! Thanks, Glenn Erickson
Posted by DVD Savant at August 01, 2003 11:58 AM