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Foundational Cinema

Month: May 2018

Holocaust 2000 (1977)

Holocaust 2000 represents two things. It is the director’s attempt to cash in on the huge success of The Omen. It is also Kirk Douglas’s attempt to get a wider, younger audience back on his side by flirting with the…

Count Yorga, Vampire (1970)

The film begins by showing us a coffin being removed from a ship, then trucked out to an estate in modern day (circa 1970) Los Angeles. On top of this, we hear narration telling us a bit about vampire legends….

Rats: Night of Terror (1984)

Do you like competent actors? Senseical plot lines? Good writing? If you do (and you all saw this coming) do not watch this movie! On the other hand, if you like a good cheesy plot, some over-the-top gore, gratuitous nudity…

Neon Maniacs (1986)

A group of slow-moving, inter-dimensional maniacs, each with their own unique look and method of killing, emerge from under The Golden Gate Bridge at night to prey on the people of San Francisco. Having witnessed the creatures at work, high…

From Beyond the Grave (1974)

From Beyond the Grave could have gone either way in quality. It could have a clever, atmospherically effective and well acted film or predictable schlock, luckily From Beyond the Grave belongs in the former category and of the anthology horror…

Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)

Peter Cushing joins five men in a railway carriage only to have each man pick one of his deadly tarot cards and have Cushing predict his future. Each man picks the same card and each then tells/hears a story about…

The Horror (1932)

Years ago, John Massey stole an idol from a temple in India, and was cursed by the high priest. One day, Massey realizes he is being watched by a Hindu on the street. He becomes fearful that he will soon…

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

In order to continue his experiments, the Baron blackmails a young couple into helping him abduct Dr Brandt (a brilliant brain surgeon gone mad) from the lunatic asylum so that he can operate on him, cure his sanity and transplant…