#leo gordon

[screamscenepodcast]

Roger Corman partners with Edward Small for TOWER OF LONDON (1962), starring Vincent Price and Michael Pate! In this blend of Shakespeare's Richard the Third, Macbeth, and Hamlet, Corman challenges the historical record and makes Richard III a "Vincent Price wife guy," but does it succeed as a horror movie?

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 38:51; Discussion 45:57; Ranking 1:06:08

[ghassanrassam]

1957 Joel MacCrea has a fight with his half brother but widow Virginia Mayo favors him

[movie-titlecards]

Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)

My rating: 6/10

I mean, the monsters are a bit crap and there isn't enough of them, but they actually tried to put some plot and characters into this thing, so that's something.

[moviemosaics]

The Haunted Palace

directed by Roger Corman, 1963

[clemsfilmdiary]

The Haunted Palace (1963, Roger Corman)

7/30/21

[gatutor]

Cathie Merchant-Leo Gordon "El palacio de los espíritus" (The haunted palace) 1963, de Roger Corman.

[oldshowbiz]

Character actor Leo Gordon played intimidating, unhinged psychopaths. Prior to his break out role in Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954), he served five years in San Quentin for armed robbery. Filmmaker Don Siegel said that Gordon was the most terrifying man he ever met. 

[fourorfivemovements]

Films Watched in 2021:

05. Fire and Ice (1983) - Dir. Ralph Bakshi