Invisible Agent (1942)
Invisible Agent has had a pretty low reputation for years amongst horror fans, but that is probably to do with the type of story on display here rather than the quality of the film itself. It’s a good, enjoyable adventure…
The Frozen Dead (1966)
The creator of IT! (1966) also made this preposterous but slightly more enjoyable precursor to the “Nazi Zombie” sub-genre earlier that same year and, funnily enough, I came across both these hitherto rare movies almost simultaneously from different sources…which is…
The Bellboy and the Playgirls (1962)
Here’s the outline: the bellboy wants to be a private investigator so he’s reading a book about it, and decides to practice on hotel guests. A group of women check in that represent a lingerie manufacturer. The bellboy poses as…
Amuck (1972)
This giallo is probably most famous for the slow-motion lesbian sex scene between Barbara Bouchet and Rosalba Neri near the beginning. That scene is certainly impressive (as you might imagine if you have ever seen either of these two actresses…
The Dunwich Horror (1970)
“The Dunwich Horror” of 1970 may not be great Horror, but it is nonetheless a worthwhile little film that has many qualities. The film is based on the writings of the almighty H.P. Lovecraft, which may be one of the…
Some Girls Do (1969)
Campier, less successful sequel to DEADLIER THAN THE MALE (1967) – basically the only department where this surpasses the original is in the title track! Incidentally, it makes no attempt to be a direct continuation of the earlier film –…
A Study in Terror (1965)
As I wrote in my review of ‘Jack the Ripper’ (1959), it’s only in recent years that movies about Saucy Jack have bothered with historical accuracy and providing a ‘real’ solution to the question of the Ripper’s identity. The German…
The Gorgon (1964)
Those who tiresomely belabor the inadequacy of the snakes on the Gorgon’s head at the film’s conclusion entirely miss the point. It is not surprising in our cretinous era that some would lament the unavailability of computer generated special effects…
The House That Screamed (1970)
A young girl (Cristina Galbó) arrives at an isolated boarding school in the south of France where several students are believed to have run away, but were actually the victims of a psychotic killer… Odd mixture of giallo mystery and…
12 to the Moon (1960)
“12 to the Moon” is certainly not a very good sci-fi film, though with so many terrible sci-fi films made during this same era, at least it cannot be counted among them. Heck, at times the film almost is good…almost….
Movies And Liberation
I am lucky to witness the impact movies have on people when they shine a light on a specific truth. Movies, which celebrate the true nature of the human spirit, often become classics and bear repeat viewings. Movies like Casablanca,…
Devil’s Express (1976)
The only known film in which a would be rapist is dragged into the New York subway system by a Chinese monster who has inadvertently contributed to a race war in the big apple- ‘Gang Wars: Devil’s Express’ was distributed…
Mill of the Stone Women (1960)
Based on a Flemish short story by Pieter Van Weigen, Mill of the Stone Women is an excellent slice of Eurocult Gothic horror. The film is along the same lines as films by Mario Bava; most notably Black Sunday and…
They Came from Beyond Space (1967)
Meteorites landing in Cornwall, England turn out to be invaders from outer space. They take over the minds of Earthlings, set up camp, and conduct top secret experiments. The aliens’ appetite for fine scientific brains is unquenched by heroic Robert…
Black Samurai (1977)
It has been a while since I watched Black Belt Jones, but that was the previous Jim Kelly film I had seen and recently the mood took me for some blaxploitation films. Where the previous film had Kelly fighting for…
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
THE DEVIL RIDES OUT, while it came along almost 10 years after Hammer first started churning out horror films, is possibly the best horror film they ever produced. Even though HORROR OF DRACULA and CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF rank highly…
Son of Dracula (1943)
Producer Carl Laemmle Jr changed history of horror cinema when he hired director Tod Browning to make the first official adaptation to Bram Stoker’s classic novel “Dracula”. This was the beginning of Universal Studios’ tradition of Gothic horror that reigned…
The Spotlight is on Paul Logan and THE HORDE
Paul Logan has starred in action, comedy, drama, and horror films along with starring in prime time TV series and a soap opera. He was born and raised in NY and was a skinny kid that was constantly being…
The Underwater City (1962)
This was one of the last science-fiction adventure relics from the 1950s to early 1960s before the JFK assassination changed the mood of this genre to something less innocent and more grim. Lovely Julie Adams portrays a psychologist who tests…
Moon Zero Two (1969)
Ah, the year was 1969. Apollo 11 had landed on the moon. I was 11 and eating up any science fiction I could. When I saw the advertisement for this movie I HAD to see it. So I had my…