the words and worlds of John Robinson
Thirty years after the events of The Mummy’s Hand, Steve Banning relates his Egyptian adventures to his family over tea and coffee one genial afternoon. The story of his fight against Andoheb and Kharis, the mummy, is a little far-fetched for his son and other relatives to believe, but if his wife, Marta (whom you’ll …
One night in the deserts of Egypt, a man named Andoheb visits the Hill of the Seven Jackals to inherit the title High Priest of Karnak. His responsibility is to keep the mummy, Kharis, alive. A brew of three tana leaves keeps the mummy alive, but sedated; nine leaves gives him enough life to walk. …
In ancient Egypt, High Priest Imhotep (the Great Karloff) is in a forbidden love affair with Princess Anck-su-namun. She is a devotee of the goddess of Isis and a priestess in the Temple of Karnak. When the princess dies, Imhotep is, naturally, beside himself with grief. The High Priest can’t live without his beloved, so …
Tommy Nelson is a boxer with character and a sense of ethics. When he’s approached by the mob to throw a fight, he refuses and defeats his opponent. This act of defiance is not appreciated by the mob. They kill Tommy’s manager and frame him for the murder. On the lam, he needs help and …
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I said in an earlier article that if I possessed the power of invisibility, I don’t think I’d be a complete villain. I wouldn't be criminal, but I sure would scare the hell out of quite a few people. I'd like to be an optimist here and think most of us wouldn't do anything too …
The United States entered World War II in December of 1941. Not only did your average Americans show their support for the war effort, but the Hollywood machines did, too. If you would like to see an example of a film being “a product of its time”, I submit Invisible Agent as Exhibit A. Where …
When Halloween was released back in 1978, its success made a sequel inevitable. The success of Halloween II, which was almost guaranteed, practically demanded there be a second sequel. So, there was released Halloween III: Season of the Witch. It did not have Michael Myers stalking and killing suburbanites and their teens. Instead, it was …
Sequels are nothing new. Hollywood has been cranking them out nearly since the birth of motion pictures (I’m sure a good number of theatrical plays had sequels, too, before the flickers came along). Some sequels (and prequels) don’t add anything new, a lot of them are more of the same of what was popular in …
I have only read one H.G. Wells novel in all my years, and that was The War of the Worlds. The Invisible Man and The Island of Dr. Moreau have been in my To Be Read pile for quite some time, but I haven’t gotten around to them yet (there’s just so many great books …
I love Abbott and Costello. When I was a kid, their movies played late on Saturday nights on a local syndicated channel. It was always a double feature, from midnight to four, and my brother and I rarely missed them-- we'd be sleepy during church the next morning, but we were young and survived. We …
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