Scott's Movie Reviews – A Century of Cinema: Reviews by Scott Schirmer

Secret Agent (1936)

[6] After the spirited spy hijinks of The 39 Steps, director Alfred Hitchcock followed up with another fun espionage adventure, Secret Agent, based on a pair of novels by W. Somerset Maugham. John Gielgud (Arthur) co-stars as a British novelist-turned-spy sent to…

November 4, 2026

Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)

[6] Ralph Bates (The Horror of Frankenstein) stars as the infamous Dr. Jekyll, harvesting female hormones from fresh cadavers in his quest to invent a cure for all ailments. His experiments lead to an interesting result, though: a male fly becomes a…

November 3, 2026

The Human Comedy (1943)

[8] Mickey Rooney headlines this slice-of-life picture about a New York town maintaining the home front during WWII. Rooney plays a highschooler working as a telegram delivery boy to help provide for his family while his older brother is in service. James…

November 2, 2026

Fright Night (1985)

[9] As the horror genre shifted full-bore into gore and kill counts in the '80s, Tom Holland (Child's Play) wrote and directed this Valentine to a simpler, more classic way of spooky storytelling. Fright Night is about a high school boy (William…

November 1, 2026

Nightbreed (1990)

[9] Nightbreed is a bad movie. But it's also one of my favorite movies. Allow me to explain. The film, directed by Clive Barker and based on his book Cabal, wants to be a sprawling horror-fantasy epic for the ages. The complicated…

November 1, 2026

The Exorcist (1973)

[9] Director William Friedkin (The French Connection, Sorcerer) approaches author William Peter Blatty's tale of demonic possession with disturbing seriousness and realism, an approach that struck fear in the hearts of moviegoers like no film has before or since. Ellen Burstyn stars…

October 31, 2026

The Monster Squad (1987)

[4] A group of young kids who love classic Universal monster movies turn out to be the experts their town needs when Dracula, the Wolf Man, the Mummy, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon enter the real world. Dracula (Duncan Regehr)…

October 30, 2026

Alfred Hitchcock

Hammer Films

Disney Animation