‘HOMICIDAL’
Director; WILLIAM CASTLE
Columbia Pictures-1961
Starring JEAN ARLISS, etc.
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Greetings once again my ‘Little infected Spider-bites!’ Tis I, your dear old’ ‘Web-Mistress of Terror’, DITA DIRT NAP!!!

Back from the dead, this Summer getting in some 'swim-time' before it ends, again, this year and demonic-ly over-joyed to bring you another ‘Fright-flick’, for your viewing pleasure. (BTW; DITA Artwork provided by Artist ;JASON MURPHY. DITA thanks Jason ever so as their will be another DITA-Pic created by him this Xmas!

DITA brings you once more a ‘Picture With A Fright-Break’, from one of my very favorite Directors of all time, uh, besides ED WOOD; The One & Only; WILLIAM CASTLE, called, ‘HOMICIDAL!’

Now back to my Fright-Flick Pick this weekend, the fun and frightening camp flick; ‘HOMICIDAL!' To see the Trailer’ from William Castle’s ‘HOMICIDAL’ just Click here> https://youtu.be/IO-b01XH3yk?si=7HJsqKvQG-ZRFWr4

Peek’s your interest…….doesn’t it??? Love it! DITA chose this film cuz it tends to reflect my ‘Mondo-Beyondo’ sense of Humor , and to a large degree mimics my surreal un-dead life. ‘Hmmmmmmm???’

A small bit of ‘Hollywood-Trivia/Fun fact about this film;
It wuz shown here in Hollywood back in the late 90’s at the famous ‘ORPHEUM THEATER’ as a part of the ‘Annual Spook-A-Thon Halloween Film Festival’, that DITA used to Promote. It wuz of course a big hit with the Attending Audience! When you watch it , you’ll see why! I guarantee!!! Those fans & friends who know DITA well, will pick up on my reason for choosing this ‘culty-fun’ fright pic to Review during it’s ‘ending-reveal!’ LOL!

This movie pays ‘homage’ to Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Horror-Opus’; ‘PSYCHO’ with brilliant little nuances that are in DITA’s opinion, just right and subtle…………,uh, unlike me!
This movie makes for fun viewing with a group of friends at home, curled up together in a group, in front of large-screen smart TV, w/the lights out, pizza passed around, as well as gooey, hot-buttered popcorn> https://youtu.be/dZjUQ1aomEA?si=iaab8YqZ05-hE1p9  As well as just the warm glow of the screen, to keep you warm, as fall slowly creeps in next month.

The Story in this Picture, complete w/MARTHA STEWART ‘over-tones seen in the quirky character of EMILY! This is eon’s before ‘MARTHA’ went to the Slammer, mind you.
Emily’s character is so proper and seemingly perfect, that DITA almost expected her to casually lift up her dress and see a Stamp on her ass of ‘GOOD HOUSEKEEPING’S SEAL OF APPROVAL’! W-h-a-t??? She’s a good actress, hon! You start to really believe she’s homicidally-perfect!

Any-Boo, DITA must tell you my favorite line in the movie, uh, before I forget. Imagine that, a skeleton/zombie afflicted with ‘A.D.D.!’ ‘W-H-A-T?’ ‘It could happen! That campiest line in this fright-break’ flick is spoken by Emily as she slowly heads up the stairs, towards the end. After telling her enemy ‘in-her-head’, Miriam Webster (someone Emily just tried to frame for a murder, of course.) Emily/Whoever states creepily & calmly to her; ‘MIRIAM, IF YOU STAY IN THIS HOUSE ONE MORE MINUTE, I’M GOING TO KILL YOU!’

Oh, she says it with ‘SUCH’ conviction and doesn’t even bat an eye-lash in the process. ‘Can u say; ‘COLD-HEARTED! ‘MEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOWWW!!!’

Miriam of course high-tails it right outta-there as fast as her little sensible ‘Payless’ flats will carry her…..right out to her car! But, hold on kids, then she………………..!
Uh, sorry my little ‘Blood-bags’, as WILLIAM CASTLE said back in 1961………….‘TIME FOR A FRIGHT-BREAK!!!’ Too experience that ‘Homicidal’ ‘FRIGHT-BREAK’, simply ‘CLICK HERE, Hon> https://youtu.be/kKrgEUfgwbI?si=AAOwz9BgdENe1w-T  ‘Don’t cha’ just love it???’

Mr. Castle, you were a big, brilliant kid at heart, with Promotions out the ‘wazz-zoo! That’s one of the thing’s DITA’s loves about his work!!! This wuz just one of his many ‘gimmicks’ that his Fans, like myself just love along with his Showman-Ship that wood put any ‘Carnival-Barker’ to shame, this old Bitch included!

All you need to know about this entreatingly-enjoyable 'fright film' is there’s Emily, an old invalid woman, who’s a prisoner, of a certain afore mentioned ‘Bitch’, A man, oddly close to her, and Miriam, perpetual ‘poor-me’ victim until she decides to …………………….???

What, now you know surely by now that DITA tries had never to tell the whole Story…….cuz that to Emily, wood be un-neighborly and in poor taste, right MARTHA, umm, I mean Emily?