The Bat, 1959

A killer known as “The Bat’ has returned and is loose in a mansion occupied by mystery writer Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder (Agnes Moorehead). He is searching for a million dollars worth of securities that was stashed there by the original thief, and the mansion’s owner, John Fleming. The question is who is the masked man called “The Bat?” Continue reading “The Bat, 1959”

Comedy of Terrors

Two unscrupulous undertakers (Vincent Price & Peter Lorre) find they are about to be evicted by their landlord (Basil Rathbone) for being a year late on rent. In order to drum up business, the dastardly duo sneak into the house of a wealthy elderly man, but when the bill comes due, his young widow skips town with the inheritance. When they set out to repeat the process, they receive a message from the landlord that the money was due in the morning. So they set off to kill two birds with one pillow. Unfortunately the landlord is harder to kill than expected. Continue reading “Comedy of Terrors”